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Bondex, which seeks to gamify recruiting, announced a $10 million raise across rounds
Web3 development shop Hashcode Studio is tasked with building out the gaming giant’s magical spin on chess
As ZK proof development continues apace, two startups focused on creating tools for building with zero knowledge announced funding rounds
A new Ethereum layer-2 and an Avalanche-based blockchain also hit the ground running this week
Web3 gaming and social media development brought home a few raises of their own this week
ONE Championship teams up with Animoca to bring an NFT-powered mobile game to mixed martial art fans
The separate investment vehicle will target mid- to late-stage metaverse startups
Venture capitalists awarded $500 million in funding to crypto startups last week — more than half went to metaverse and Web3 gaming firms
Asia’s largest blockchain investment firm has just secured another $100 million to fund its metaverse ambitions
As Japanese intellectual property gains international popularity, local crypto community continues to grow
Google’s parent firm is the largest participant in blockchain investing on a list of 100 public companies, Blockdata found
Venture capital firms Multicoin Capital and Lightspeed are funneling more money into blockchain projects and crypto startups
Yuga Labs, the creator behind blue-chip NFT collection BAYC, notched a $4 billion post-money valuation on its latest raise
Lots of fresh capital entered the crypto space this week, up 36% from last week’s $1.34 billion
The partnership extends the pair’s K-pop music metaverse AniCube joint venture
The move comes as Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov urged cryptocurrency exchanges to block addresses belonging to Russian users
The announcement comes exactly two months after Brinc closed a $130 million funding raise led by Animoca
The Sandbox Metaverse Accelerator Program will target 100 startups developing on the Open Metaverse, gifting them up to $250,000 each