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GameStop looks to diversify its meme money

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To defeat Elon Musk, Twitter needs … more NFTs

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Ethereum-focused BlockApps raised $41 million to expand into enterprise blockchain space

While the digital asset industry has brought in some skeptics over the past couple years, investors are hoping that crypto startups can push traditional firms into blockchain infrastructure. BlockApps

Animoca Brands has raised funding at a more than $5B valuation, triple where it was in October

Animoca Brands, an eight-year-old, 600-person Hong Kong-based outfit that has managed to put its stamp on many of the world’s most popular NFT and metaverse brands, has raised roughly $360 milli

Solidus Labs rakes in another $15 million as crypto risk-monitoring tools take off

Solidus Labs, a four-year-old, New York-based company that says its surveillance and risk-monitoring software can detect manipulation across cryptocurrency trading platforms, has raised $15 million in

With $3 million in new funding, Farm Hill brings its healthy lunches to San Francisco

A food delivery startup called Farm Hill is expanding its business from the suburbs of Silicon Valley to San Francisco this week, bucking the trend of so many “on-demand” businesses that focus on

Seeing Opportunities In The US, itBit Relocates To NYC, Names New CEO

As the local governments across the U.S. begin taking the first steps to embrace Bitcoin and bitcoin, startups like itBit are working feverishly to stake their claims. The company, which raised $3.