Business

NFT Tied to Rare Whiskey Cask Auctions for $2.3M

Specialty NFT marketplace Metacask said the sale sets a new record for the whiskey barrel auction block.

Business  ·  22 October 2021

Reddit Readying an NFT Platform

Business  ·  22 October 2021

Bitcoin at Your Bank: NYDIG Names First 2 Firms to Roll Out BTC Buys

Five Star Bank and UNIFY Financial Credit Union will be the first to offer bitcoin services through NYDIG’s partnership with Q2.

Business  ·  22 October 2021

Gensler for a Day: Regulating DeFi With Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov

Fireblocks is helping connect institutions to DeFi, giving its CEO unique insights into the regulatory path forward.

Business  ·  22 October 2021

Worldcoin, Now Valued at $1B, Has Grand Plans to Get You to Gaze Into the Orb

A16z and Coinbase Ventures are betting big that billions of people will line up to gaze into “The Orb” in exchange for crypto. Over 130,000 already have.

Business  ·  21 October 2021

Sotheby’s, Future Perfect Ventures Invest $20M in NFT Tech Firm Mojito

Mojito, a suite for creating non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces, has received $20 million funding from Sotheby's and Future Perfect Ventures giving the firm a valuation of $100 million.

Business  ·  21 October 2021

Fanatics-Owned Candy Digital Raises $100M From Insight Partners, SoftBank

The Major League Baseball affiliated NFT startup is now valued at $1.5 billion.

Business  ·  21 October 2021

AGM Receives Second Batch of Orders for ASIC Miners

The order builds onto a previous deal for 30,000 units of ASIC crypto miners to Nowlit Solutions.

Business  ·  21 October 2021

Houston Firefighters Pension Fund Makes Bitcoin, Ether Purchase

A pension fund for firefighters in Houston has made a purchase in bitcoin and ether facilitated by bitcoin investment firm NYDIG.

Business  ·  21 October 2021

Associated Press Taps Chainlink for Elections, Sports Data

As well as providing race call data on the 2021 U.S. State Elections, AP will begin adding macroeconomic and sports feeds to the blockchain.

Business  ·  21 October 2021

SBF, The Weeknd Join Board of Tom Brady’s NFT Platform

Brady is already an investor in FTX; ​​Sam Bankman-Fried will now be on the board of Autograph.

Business  ·  21 October 2021

DraftKings Founders Back ‘Play-to-Earn’ Soccer Game With $3M Raise

MonkeyBall, a self-described mashup of “FIFA Street” and “Final Fantasy,” will run on the Solana blockchain.

Business  ·  21 October 2021

Andreessen Horowitz Invests in New Meta4 NFT Fund

A16z is the lead investor in Meta4’s new fund, which will invest in rare digital art and collectibles such as the Bored Ape Yacht Club.

Business  ·  21 October 2021