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NBA's Spencer Dinwiddie, Andre Iguodala and More Join Dapper Labs $12M Funding Round

Dapper Labs raised $12 million in its newest funding round led by NBA stars Spencer Dinwiddie, Andre Iguodala, JaVale McGee, Aaron Gordon and Garrett Temple.

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Finance

Charlie Lee, Adam Back Lead $3.1M Private Token Raise for Blockchain Game Infinite Fleet

A game developed by Samson Mow's Pixelmatic has completed a $3.1 million private SAFT sale of tokens.

Infinite Fleet artwork

Markets

Blockchain Enabled Fantasy Soccer Firm Sorare Raises $4M in Seed Fund Round

Using the Ethereum blockchain Sorare generates unique digital cards representing soccer players, that can be traded by users and used in weekly league competitions.

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Tech

Enjin’s New Minecraft Plug-in Lets Players Spawn Blockchain Assets

Players can now drop blockchain assets into their Minecraft servers, enabling ownership over in-game items and currencies.

Minecraft Lego toys (Credit: Shutterstock/Ekaterina_Minaeva)

Markets

Kathleen Breitman's 'Blaze of Glory'

The CEO of Tezos reveals her biggest fear, and what inspires her most, in an all new CoinDesk Confessional.

Kathleen Breitman (Credit: Katheen Breitman)

Tech

Trust No Dapp: Chainlink Launches Oracle for Provable Randomness

Chainlink may be solving part of the problem that first drove Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s interest in decentralized applications.

Providing a provably random string of numbers is not as easy as you may think. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Tech

CryptoWars Leaves Loom Sidechain in Pivot to 'Play-to-Earn,' Aka Betting

CryptoWars founder Matias Nisenson is changing things up: "No decent game can run nowadays fully on-chain, even though that was our gaming utopia."

After signs of success on its first iteration, the team behind CryptoWars is changing things up. (Credit: Experimental)

Markets

Blockchain Gaming Platform Enjin Updates Wallet Ahead of China Expansion

Enjin is opening up the wallet for its ENJ token to Chinese users ahead of a planned expansion into the Asian nation.

Enjin Wallet now supports ENS domains. (Credit: Enjin)

Tech

Blockchain Gaming, Messaging Apps See User Growth Amid Coronavirus Lockdowns

Coronavirus lockdowns have led to a relative surge in a small corner of the cryptocurrency space: its more casual and entertaining end.

IN AND OUT: Cryptovoxels, home to a recent party for the socially distanced. (Credit: Cryptovoxels)

Finance

'MLB Champions' Downplays ETH, Aims for Mass Market in New Game Reboot

Blockchain game MLB Champions is rolling out a slew of new gameplay features while reducing its reliance on Ethereum.

ONLY GAME IN TOWN: With the baseball season currently delayed due to coronavirus, MLB Champions is looking to provide fans with an outlet. (Credit: Lucid Sight)