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Pudgy Penguin’s $9M seed round could point to a growing NFT industry
TechCrunch· 7 days agoPudgy Penguins isn’t the first NFT-focused company or collection to raise money. Pudgy Penguins, which reminds me of Club Penguin, was launched in 2021 and acquired by Los Angeles-based entrepreneur and web3 enthusiast Luca Netz in April 2022.
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Quartz· 6 days agoAt a time when billionaires like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos are queuing up to give away their fortunes, and when their efforts are more discredited than ever, wouldn’t it make sense for one of the ...
The Deeply Flawed Crypto Bill Making Its Way Through Congress | Washington Monthly
Washington Monthly· 7 days agoLast month, a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives passed a bill to deregulate the...
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How Crypto Money Is Poised to Influence the Election
New York Times· 7 days agoThe industry’s political awakening — and enormous pool of cash — is already affecting high-profile races across the country. Ryan Selkis, a...
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Quartz· 7 days agoCristiano Ronaldo’s partnership with Binance isn’t quite the easy win he’d hoped for. The Portuguese football star partnered with the crypto exchange in November 2022 and released “CR7” non-fungible ...
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Quartz· 5 days agoEarly crypto investor Roger Ver, a.k.a. ‘Bitcoin Jesus,’ has been charged with a tax fraud, with the Department of Justice saying he evaded nearly $50 million in taxes. In an indictment filed ...
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Quartz· 5 days agoWisconsin has officially become the first state to buy Bitcoin, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC filing, available online, was first reported ...
Big Gifts Are Up in 2024, Boosted by a Massive Donation
The Chronicle of Philanthropy· 7 days agoDiscussion groups, lectures, civic projects, and retreats are part of a growing movement across the country to bring together people of different ideologies and backgrounds and mend the deep ...
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Quartz· 7 days agoChangpeng Zhao (also known as CZ) — the founder and former CEO of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange — has been sentenced to four months in jail for enabling money laundering ...