Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekBinance CEO CZ is the richest crypto billionaire at $96B: BloombergBloomberg has estimated … [Read more...] about Binance CEO’s net worth hits $96B, Jack Dorsey launches BTC defense fund, Bill Miller apes into Bitcoin: Hodler’s Digest, Jan 9-15
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Australian Open Apes Into Tennis NFTs and Decentraland Too
“We’ve always been known as one of the most innovative and entertaining events on the calendar,” Plummer told CoinDesk in an interview. “It’s a festival of entertainment as much as a tennis tournament, some people spend eight or nine hours at the Australian Open and don’t even see a tennis ball. Going into the metaverse was the next logical step in that progression.” Source … [Read more...] about Australian Open Apes Into Tennis NFTs and Decentraland Too
8 of the top 10 NFTs sales last month have been Bored Apes and CryptoPunks
In the last 30 days, eight of the 10 highest NFT sales have been four Bored Apes and four CryptoPunks, according to NonFungible.com. The other two NFTs sold were a plot of land in Decentraland and a digital art piece created by XCOPYART called “A Coin for the Ferryman” for 1,330 ETH ($6 million, becoming the highest sale).The highest Bored Ape (#544) was sold for 675.01 ETH … [Read more...] about 8 of the top 10 NFTs sales last month have been Bored Apes and CryptoPunks
Planet of the Bored Apes
The tech behind NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, hasn’t changed all that much since the development of the ERC-721 standard – the coding framework on which most popular crypto collectibles are built.That’s because until 2021, NFTs were mostly a niche curiosity for crypto enthusiasts. Even with the rise of CryptoKitties in 2017, NFTs didn’t immediately conjure up any cultural or … [Read more...] about Planet of the Bored Apes
Big Money Apes Into Blockchain Gaming With $725M Raise for Forte
Major crypto players Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Cosmos, Polygon Studios and Solana Ventures were among those that have invested in an additional $725 million in funding to close a Series B round for the blockchain gaming platform Forte.The round was led by Sea Capital and Kora Management with a number of game and media publishers participating, including Animoca Brands, Big … [Read more...] about Big Money Apes Into Blockchain Gaming With $725M Raise for Forte