NFTs


Finance

Silver Lake Leads $150M Round in NFT Platform Genies

The investment values the avatar company at $1 billion.

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Finance

NBA’s Crypto Chief Registers Second .Eth Domain as League Files for 4 NFT Trademarks

The basketball league’s launch into crypto could come sooner than later.

(Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Finance

Bored Apes Go Hollywood With Coinbase-Produced Movie Trilogy

The trio of films will tie into the launch of Coinbase’s long-awaited NFT marketplace.

Inside the Bored Ape Yacht Club–themed pop-up burger restaurant in Long Beach, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Finance

Michael Levy: How to Turn Your NFT Into a Loan

Levy, a speaker at the Consensus festival, was an early investor in NBA Top Shot, a catalyst for the NFT boom. Now he runs Flowty, an NFT lending platform.

(Michael Levy, modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

Finance

Wax Studio’s Blockchain Brawlers Game Earns $357M in First Week

The company claims its new P2E game is more secure than Axie Infinity.

UFC fighters during a 2018 match in Rio de Janeiro.

Finance

Hashed Leads $6.5M Round for LOVO’s AI-Backed Voice NFTs

The company wants its synthetic speech tools to be used in chat apps or as in-game assets.

(Petr Macháček/Unsplash)

Finance

HBAR Foundation Commits $250M to Drawing Metaverse Apps to Hedera

The announcement follows a $155 million DeFi fund launched at the end of March.

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Finance

EToro Is Aping Into Blue-Chip NFTs With $20M Fund

The trading platform is launching eToro.art, its foray into the world of non-fungible tokens.

EToro's Guy Hirsch speaks at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami. (Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Tom Brady’s Autograph, ESPN Launch Network’s First NFT Collection

The collection will feature images of the likely Hall of Fame quarterback and coincide with the release of a docuseries on Brady’s career.

Quarterback Tom Brady, seen here during his time with the New England Patriots, retired from professional football on Tuesday. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)