Web3
Sotheby’s to Auction Neal Stepheson’s ‘Snow Crash’ Manuscript and Digital Collectibles
The auction house is offering the original 1991 manuscript of the sci-fi novel that coined the term "metaverse," alongside a series of physical and digital collectibles.

Dapper Labs Ruling Could Spell Trouble for Other Centralized NFT Projects, Experts Say
If Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shots Moments are found to be securities, the company and its CEO could potentially face civil and criminal penalties for selling unregistered securities.

Web3 Music Streaming Platform Audius Integrates TikTok
Audius users can sign up for the application with their TikTok profiles and use the streaming service’s songs in their videos on the social-media platform.

DWF Labs Invests $25M in Privacy Tech Startup Beldex
The funds will help promote the ecosystem of decentralized applications that protect user data.

A16z Leads $25M Round for Web3 Startup Building Online Towns
Here Not There also received backing from Benchmark and Framework Ventures.

Pantera Invests $10M in Metaverse Game Worldwide Webb
The Web3 game allows players to use their existing NFT collections as avatars.

Spotify Is Testing Token-Enabled Music Playlists
The pilot is currently only available for Android users in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Australia and New Zealand.

BlackRock Starts Metaverse-Themed ETF Despite Waning Investor Interest
Meta, Apple and Nvidia are top holdings for the exchange-traded fund.

LinksDAO to Bid on Scottish Golf Course Following Vote
The decentralized autonomous organization will make an offer on the 18-hole Spey Bay Golf Club, worth about $900,000.

NFT Marketplace Blur Co-Founder 'Pacman' Unveils Identity on Twitter
Pacman, one of the co-founders of rising non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Blur, revealed his identity late Tuesday in a Twitter thread, sharing a photo of himself next to the Web3 avatar he uses for interviews. "The Hash" panel discusses the implications for the future of Blur amid a brewing turf war with OpenSea.
