The head of NFT marketplace OpenSea is trying to distance his company’s products from cryptocurrencies. In an interview with the Financial Times (FT) published Thursday (Dec. 29), Devin Finzer, OpenSea’s chief executive, cautioned regulators in their approach to his industry. “It is really important that...
Tech investor Tiger Global Management has reportedly slashed the value of its private funds by nearly 25% this year, leading to one of the industry’s largest-ever declines in assets at $42 billion. That’s according to a recent report by Bloomberg News, which says that Stripe,...
The chief financial officers (CFOs) of a number of the largest companies in the U.S. have stepped down recently, a trend happening as America’s corporations face continued pressure from rising inflation. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) noted in a report Sunday (Oct. 23), autumn...
After 11 months as the chief financial officer of non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea, Brian Roberts said he is sailing to new waters. Roberts announced his move in a LinkedIn post Saturday (Oct. 8), noting that he’ll remain with the company as an adviser. “I...
January 14, 2024
Last year was not a good one for non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Sales for the blockchain-based digital assets fell 63% to $8.7 billion in 2023, even with volume tripling between October and November, Bloomberg News reported Sunday (Jan. 14), citing data from CryptoSlam. As that report notes, NFTs were a defining feature of the crypto bull market in 2021, deemed […]
December 29, 2022
The head of NFT marketplace OpenSea is trying to distance his company’s products from cryptocurrencies. In an interview with the Financial Times (FT) published Thursday (Dec. 29), Devin Finzer, OpenSea’s...
November 27, 2022
Tech investor Tiger Global Management has reportedly slashed the value of its private funds by nearly 25% this year, leading to one of the industry’s largest-ever declines in assets at...
October 23, 2022
The chief financial officers (CFOs) of a number of the largest companies in the U.S. have stepped down recently, a trend happening as America’s corporations face continued pressure from rising...
