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The NFT sector has not yet returned to the glory of its 2022 heyday, but that hasn’t stopped the evolution of the tech. For instance, OpenSea has partnered with the…
The NFT space has lost a lot of its sparkle over the past few years, but that hasn’t stopped some founders, investors and projects from trucking along in hopes of…
OpenSea’s big journey right now is to make bigger bets with key Web 2.0 and web3 creators or brands, the platform’s chief business officer said
Ethereum NFT marketplace passes $1B in volume for first time since May as the creator royalties war heats up
The NFT market may be finding its footing again as the market on the Ethereum blockchain surpassed $1 billion for the first time since May 2022.
Today at TechCrunch’s crypto-focused event in Miami, OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer discussed his business and the future market for non-fungible tokens. The digital assets, better known by the acronym “NFTs,”…
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There’s still juice in the NFT market despite very real downturn
What does OpenSea’s trading volume look like these days? Are other data points trending differently?
OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer discusses staying on top of a turbulent NFT market at TC Sessions: Crypto
The NFT market is worth tens of billions of dollars and saw rapid growth throughout the crypto bull run. NFT exchange OpenSea, led by CEO and co-founder Devin Finzer, emerged…
The CFOs from OpenSea, Brex and Noom are changing teams. Here’s what that says about executive turnover in the high-growth startup world.
OpenSea has launched natively on the layer-1 blockchain, Avalanche, both firms exclusively told TechCrunch.
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Show me the utility!
At some point you begin to wonder if we’re seeing more hope than reality in terms of use cases for NFTs.
Few startups in the crypto world boast the market dominance that OpenSea currently enjoys, but numerous venture-backed startups are looking to chip away at their…
Asia’s crypto games and web3 investment powerhouse Animoca Brands is making inroads into Japan as its local unit picks up $45 million in financing at a $500 million pre-money valuation.…
Welcome to Chain Reaction, where we unpack and explain the latest in crypto news, drama and trends, breaking things down block by block for the crypto curious. For our Thursday…
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$10B crypto developer platform Alchemy buys coding bootcamp in first-ever acquisition
Web3 developer infrastructure startup Alchemy, which last raised a $200 million Series C1 last February, has just made its first acquisition ever — and it’s in the education space. The company purchased education startup ChainShot, which runs coding bootcamps for aspiring web3 developers, Alchemy co-founder and CEO Nikil Viswanathan told TechCrunch…
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Solana co-founder says NFTs have ’50 different use cases’ that can onboard millions this year
New NFT use cases stretch from gaming to music, and Solana co-founder Raj Gokal says he sees enough startup activity focused on those areas to feel optimistic about the digital…
Cross-chain messaging protocol Nomad has become the target of crypto’s latest nine-figure attack after hackers abused a “chaotic” security exploit to steal almost $200 million in digital assets. Nomad, a…
It seemed doubtful that the period of hype that gave us endless Bored Ape derivatives would last forever. But what’s next?
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A former product manager at Coinbase has been arrested, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday, after being charged in a cryptocurrency insider trading scheme related to the listing of new…
After a lengthy crypto bull run, the startups and projects in the space are reining in expectations and settling in for a long-haul crypto winter. It’s been a particularly tough…
Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based gaming company and the investor behind web3 big names like The Sandbox, Sky Mavis, Dapper Labs and OpenSea, just got a talent boost. Alan Lau,…
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Despite a significant depression in crypto markets, plenty of top players have been hesitant to say that the good times are over for the time being, but as NFT marketplace…
After flagging concerns over the financial risks associated with non-fungible tokens, some of China’s authorities are putting forward guidance on how to best make use of the novel technology. The…
Despite falling NFT sales volume, there’s more underlying strength to the market than you’d think
Bearish sentiment in the crypto markets has trickled down to the NFT subsector.
All valuations are hypothetical, so bear that in mind the next time you’re reviewing an offer letter.
The web3 faithful will note that the NFT market goes up and down, and as it is down today, it will go up again. That may be true, and it…
Update (July 8, 12:15 PM IST): Opensea vendor consumer.io revealed today that customer data of five other companies were also compromised. While the firm didn’t name these clients, it said…
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