NFTs

Bored Apes Yacht Club Creator Yuga Labs Raises $450M at $4B Valuation
Bored Apes Yacht Club Creator Yuga Labs Raises $450M at $4B Valuation
March 23, 2022  |  NFTs

Yuga Labs, which created the Bored Apes Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection, has raised $450 million in a funding round that values the company at...

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Alibaba May Have Found Hong Kong Proxy to Skirt China’s NFT Crackdown
Alibaba May Have Found Hong Kong Proxy to Skirt China’s NFT Crackdown
March 22, 2022  |  NFTs

China’s tech giants went on another non-fungible token (NFT) distancing spree yesterday (March 21), with WeChat booting several platforms that violated China vague-but-serious “no speculation”...

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Upshot Grabs $22M for Real-Time NFT Appraisals
Upshot Grabs $22M for Real-Time NFT Appraisals
March 22, 2022  |  Investments

Blockchain-based non-fungible token (NFT) protocol Upshot on closed a $22 million Series A2 fundraising round that it will use for additional research and development of...

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Is Bored Ape Yacht Club’s New Memecoin In the Doghouse Or Doge House?
Is Bored Ape Yacht Club’s New Memecoin In the Doghouse Or Doge House?
March 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bored Ape Yacht Club developer Yuga Labs may be the creator of the hottest NFT avatar collectable, but whether it has broad enough shoulders to...

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Today in Retail: FedEx Raises Prices as Package Volume Slows; Car Buyers Need to Be Engaged
Today in Retail: FedEx Raises Prices as Package Volume Slows; Car Buyers Need to Be...
March 18, 2022  |  Retail

Today in retail, Sycamore Partners is considering buying U.K. fashion retailer Ted Baker, while GameStop is adding rewards club members at brisk pace as it...

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UMG’s 10:22PM Buys Bored Ape #5537, Debuts KINGSHIP Website
UMG’s 10:22PM Buys Bored Ape #5537, Debuts KINGSHIP Website
March 18, 2022  |  NFTs

Universal Music Group’s (UMG) next-generation label 10:22PM, a Web3 brand that discovers and develops artists, has purchased Bored Ape #5537, the Santa Monica-based company announced...

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Smart Contracts Firm Avalanche Offers $290M in Incentives to Build DeFi, NFT Blockchains
Smart Contracts Firm Avalanche Offers $290M in Incentives to Build DeFi, NFT Blockchains
March 17, 2022  |  Blockchain

Smart contracts platform Avalanche Foundation has rolled out a new incentive program called “Multiverse,” which will help grow subnets on its network, according to a...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Google Rolls Out Last-Mile Delivery Tool
Today in the Connected Economy: Google Rolls Out Last-Mile Delivery Tool
March 17, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Google debuts a new suite of mapping, routing and analytics capabilities designed to tackle last mile delivery. Also, Instacart joins...

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Ukraine Building an NFT Museum, Seeking a Permanent Crypto Vault for Its War Story
Ukraine Building an NFT Museum, Seeking a Permanent Crypto Vault for Its War Story
March 17, 2022  |  NFTs

“History is written by the victors.” The quote is often attributed to Churchill, but the sentiment is much older. It’s something that Alex Bornyakov, Ukraine’s...

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