Silver Lake Leads $150M Round in NFT Platform Genies
The investment values the avatar company at $1 billion.

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.

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.

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.

Wax Studio’s Blockchain Brawlers Game Earns $357M in First Week
The company claims its new P2E game is more secure than Axie Infinity.

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.

HBAR Foundation Commits $250M to Drawing Metaverse Apps to Hedera
The announcement follows a $155 million DeFi fund launched at the end of March.

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.

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.
