NFT Weekly Summary: MoonPay to Onboard Latin America to Web3, Magic Eden Dominates Bitcoin NFTs
Exclusive Interview with Animoca's Co-Founder, Ledger Announced $108M in Funding, and Magic Eden Dominates Bitcoin NFT Marketplace.
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“We believe that gaming alone will quite comfortably onboard the first billion users to Web3”
Exclusive Interview with Animoca Brands' Co-Founder, Yat Siu, where he shares insights and thoughts about the Web3 ecosystem.
Animoca recently revealed it is raising $1 billion for a new metaverse fund, which co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu tells us discussions and negotiations are still ongoing with potential backers.
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Crypto Wallet Company Ledger Announces $108M in Extended Series C Funding
The crypto wallet company is extending its Series C round announced in June 2021. The company plans to raise the total amount across three rounds.
“Suddenly people were like ‘wow, to leave crypto on an exchange is actually dangerous,” said Gauthier. “And 2023 is even better for us because now you can’t even leave money at a Swiss bank.”
Hong Kong Investors Raise $30M to Invest in Early-Stage Web3 Startups
Hong Kong is launching a new $100 million crypto fund to invest in early-stage startups.
The new ProDigital Futures has already raised $30 million of the total fund. The fund aims to raise the remaining $70 million by the end of the year.
Fetch.ai Ramps Up AI and Web3 Tech Stack Pipeline with $40M Investment from DWF Labs
The autonomous AI and web3 tech startup said it will use the fresh funding to revamp its tech offerings.
Fetch.ai provides tooling for builders to develop and deploy monetisation solutions in their applications and platforms.
Market Movers 🚨
Magic Eden Dominates Bitcoin NFT Marketplace Sales Barely a Week After Launch
The newly launched platform now accounts for about 69% of all ordinal inscriptions volume and more than 40% of all transactions.
According to the dashboard prepared by Domo, ordinal marketplaces have now registered a volume of $15.65 million from 38.3k trades made by 18.46k users.
MoonPay Taps Airtm to Onboard the Latin American Community to Web3
The web3 infrastructure company is expanding its ecosystem to the “world’s most connected digital dollar account”
This partnership will enable Moonpay to tap into Airtm’s extensive network and presence in the region.
Polygon’s zkEVM Mainnet Goes Live as Vitalik Buterin Sends First Transaction
Polygon has launched the zkEVM (zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine) Mainnet. The Ethereum scaling solution is destined to allow developers to build massive computer-facing products enabling fast transactions whilst maintaining high-security levels.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin on Monday revealed he had sent his first transaction to zkEVM Mainnet.
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y00ts on Polygon secondary sales top $1.2M.
Top 24H 10 Fan Tokens by volume see over $61M in total volume.
BendDAO's collateral now holds 66 Otherdeed Koda NFTs.
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