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Sports NFT Platform Stakes Raises $5.3M for ‘Digital Bragging Rights’
The platform lets users bet against each other’s sports picks, with winners minting their takes as NFTs.

Coinbase Opens NFT Marketplace to All
The crypto exchange has opened the floodgates to its Ethereum-based marketplace after testing the beta version with a select group of users in April.

Starbucks Teases Web 3 Platform in NFT Announcement
The coffee chain says its digital collectibles will likely be chain-agnostic and come with benefits tied to its physical locations.

BAYC Team Raises $285M With Otherside NFTs, Clogs Ethereum
The virtual land rush for the ape-centered metaverse project has already cost traders more than $176 million in fees alone.

Coinbase NFT Marketplace Beta Sees Less Than 900 Transactions in Opening Week
The exchange’s long-awaited NFT platform saw 73 ETH in trade volume in its first week after a small portion of its three million-person waitlist was granted access.

CXIP Labs Taps Celebrity Investments in $6.5M Round for NFT Development Suite
The NFT-minting protocol has plans to launch a series of creator and enterprise targeted products.

NFL Draft Goes NFT: Football League Releases New Collection on Flow
The league says its official NFT platform is still in its “test and learn” phase, but has seen promising results since launching in November.

Moonbirds COO Leaves Project for New Fund – With $1M in NFTs in Tow
Founder Kevin Rose addressed the controversial exit of Ryan Carson, the project’s chief operating officer, in a Twitter Spaces on Monday.

OpenSea Eyes ‘Pro Experience’ With Acquisition of NFT Aggregator Gem
The deal comes just weeks after controversy surrounding one of Gem’s pseudonymous developers.

DeFi Data Shop Nansen Makes First VC Investment in Gaming Analytics Firm ZeroDrop
Following a $75 million funding round of its own, it’s the first time Nansen has invested in an outside firm.
