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Andreessen Horowitz Leads $4.4M Round in DeFi's Element Finance
Element Finance, which is building a yield-maximizing marketplace for crypto interest rates, has landed some prominent backers.

'NBA Top Shot' Data Site Raises $1.6M to Bring Visibility to Your NFT Bags
Dapper Labs’ hyper-popular digital trading cards are fostering a side economy dedicated to providing market data to the ballooning user base.

Digital Yuan Won’t Give China ‘First-Mover Advantage’ With CBDCs, BIS Chief Says
"Digital nature alone" will not be enough to give any one CBDC an edge as an international reserve asset, the BIS general manager asserts.

NFL Player Taylor Rapp Is Launching an NFT to Fight Anti-Asian Hate
“I really hope the NFL sees this and the important message that is behind it in why I'm actually doing it,” Rapp said.

Michael Jordan Joins $305M Investment in Firm Behind NBA Top Shot
Dapper Labs' buzzy NFT platform has generated over $500 million in sales since launch.

Cuban, Palihapitiya Back NFT Marketplace SuperRare's $9M Series A
The NFT marketplace plans to build out its social features and experiment with presenting works in virtual reality.

Nifty Gateway Pledges to Go 'Carbon Negative' Amid Criticism of NFTs
The Gemini-owned marketplace for non-fungible tokens says it’s buying carbon offsets despite a “double standard” for the IRL art world.

Kentucky Governor Signs Tax Breaks for Crypto Miners Into Law
The commonwealth wants to become a hub for energy-heavy businesses like crypto mining.

Chainalysis Raises $100M, Underscoring Surging Demand for Blockchain Surveillance
The compliance-minded crypto data firm, is now valued at $2 billion after a Series D raise from Paradigm, Ribbit and others.


