NFTs
Southeast Asian VC Firm SeaX Ventures Closes $60M Tech Fund
The fund will invest $500,000-$5 million in technology companies, which includes blockchain and Web 3.

Pudgy Penguins NFT Collection Looks to Next Chapter With $2.5M Sale
The collection of 8,888 digital penguins has been sold to LA-based entrepreneur Luca Netz in a 750 ETH deal.

NFTs Take Hollywood: My Week at NFT LA
The star-studded week brought out the good and bad of NFT mania. But who was it for?

Monetized Memes: Dank Bank Raises $4.2M
The NFT platform plans to use the funds to acquire “legendary memes.”

NFT Punks With the FU Money
Michael Casey visits NFT.LA and finds permissionless innovation in the capital of storytelling.

Twitch Co-Founder’s Gaming NFT Marketplace Raises $35M
Fractal is ramping up development with the help of big-name backers.

Citi Sees Metaverse Economy as Large as $13T by 2030
The virtual world could be the next generation of the internet, the bank’s analysts said in a report.

BAYC Says Discord Briefly Compromised, Tells Users to Avoid Discord for Minting APE NFTs
A ticket tool on Discord was briefly compromised and caught by the BAYC team in early Asian hours on Friday. It also affected other NFT projects.

OpenSea Exec Who Quit After ‘Insider Trading’ Scandal Is Back With NFT Platform
Two pitch decks seen by CoinDesk show that OpenSea’s former head of product, Nate Chastain, is building a platform to simplify the NFT discovery process.
