Tagged: dapper labs

November 19, 2023 @ 8:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dapper Labs announced the upcoming launch of Disney Pinnacle, an all-new socially driven collectible experience that brings the magic of pin collecting to the digital age. Disney Pinnacle will aim to “bring together characters from 100 years of Disney, along with beloved icons from Pixar… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ticketmaster announced that it will allow event organizers to issue NFTs (non-fungible tokens) that are reportedly tied to tickets on Flow, a blockchain/DLT network that’s run by a16z-backed Dapper Labs. Big news for live event fans! @Ticketmaster Event Organizers now can offer digital keepsakes, minted… Read More

February 5, 2022 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the US Department of Treasury issued a statement on illicit activity in the “high-value art market.” More specifically, activities that include money laundering and terrorist financing risks. The study found that while there is some evidence of money laundering risk in the high-value art… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Circle has announced support for USDC on the Flow network. Flow is -a Web3 platform originally created by Dapper Labs, that includes an ecosystem of NFT projects including NBA Top Shot, BALLERZ, Matrix World, and others. USDC is the second-largest stablecoin by market cap in… Read More

December 23, 2021 @ 12:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SPACE Metaverse has acquired $7 million in capital from a number of tier-one venture funds in order to establish the economic foundation to join various metaverses into “one parallel society.” The funding Included some of the most prominent names in the DeFi and crypto space… Read More

October 14, 2021 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Yup, the Web 3.0 social platform that rewards curators, has confirmed that it has finalized a $3.5 million round that was led by Distributed Global, which is an early investor in crypto-focused Unicorns Dapper Labs, Audius and Solana. The proceeds from the investment round will… Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Diogo Mónica, Co-founder and President of Anchorage, notes that Anchorage Digital is pleased to confirm custody and staking support for Flow (FLOW). Diogo writes in a blog post, dated Tuesday (June 22, 2021), that for as long as Anchorage has existed as a company, it… Read More

May 16, 2021 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A newly filed lawsuit alleges that the sale of NBA Top Shot “Moments” is in violation of the federal Securities Act of 1933, which is a law that aims to ensure investor protection when acquiring publicly-traded securities. Michael McCann and Jacob Feldman from Sportico note… Read More

March 10, 2021 @ 6:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski has decided to enter the blockchain-based digital collectible space by introducing his own non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The National Football League athlete has teamed up with NFT marketplace provider OpenSea to launch five different digital trading cards that feature memorable Super… Read More

March 1, 2021 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Consumers have reportedly spent over $230 million purchasing and trading digital collectibles of NBA game highlights. The NBA’s Top Shot product is a blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-powered digital trading card system that has managed to generate more than $230m worth of gross sales,… Read More

February 21, 2021 @ 9:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The current Bitcoin (BTC) bull market has been fueling another major boom in blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) startup deals. Coinbase Ventures had launched back in 2018, which was during the extended cryptocurrency bear market that lasted from early January of that year to… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 11:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dapper Labs, which is the company behind highly-popular digital collectibles like NBA Top Shots and CryptoKitties, has finalized an initial tranche of bridge financing. Dapper Labs confirmed that it plans to secure as much as $50 million in capital. Last year,  Dapper Labs had acquired… Read More

January 31, 2021 @ 2:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange Kraken has confirmed that it has added support for Flow (FLOW) trading which was introduced on Wednesday (January 27, 2021) at around 15:30 UTC. At the time of the launch, only FLOW tokens that had been earned via staking rewards were tradable…. Read More

August 11, 2020 @ 8:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain infrastructure developer, Bison Trails, revealed on August 11, 2020, that it has added support for the Flow blockchain. As explained in a release shared with CI, Bison Trails’ support of Flow will let users access its multi-role architecture. All five Flow node types will… Read More

September 20, 2019 @ 2:12 am By Cali Haan  |  

Dapper Labs, creator of CryptoKitties, has secured $11 million USD in funding from private partners to continue developing a new blockchain called Flow. Flow will be used mainly to circulate digital collectibles like CryptoKitties, a project that once clogged the Ethereum network due to a… Read More