NBA Top Shot
NBA Top Shot Whale Launches NFT Lending Platform 'Flowty' With $4.5M in Funding
Michael Levy, one of the first large investors in the NBA Top Shot NFT project, has raised $4.5 million in funding to launch a peer-to-peer NFT lending marketplace on the Flow blockchain called Flowty. “The Hash” group discusses the potential of the NFT lending space and the difference between Flow and other base layer chains like Ethereum and Solana.
Michael Levy: How to Turn Your NFT Into a Loan
Levy, a speaker at the Consensus festival, was an early investor in NBA Top Shot, a catalyst for the NFT boom. Now he runs Flowty, an NFT lending platform.
The Cross Section of Crypto and Sports: NFTs, Contracts, and More
Joining “New Money” hosts Spencer Dinwiddie and Solo Ceesay for a conversation about the merging of crypto and sports are professional athletes: Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Foye Oluokun, Atlanta Dream co-owner Renee Montgomery and former WNBA player Imani McGee-Stafford. The group discusses how different leagues like the NFL and NBA are embracing digital assets and NFT projects like NBA Top Shot.
The NBA’s Web 3 Innovation Dilemma
The pro basketball league led the way with NBA Top Shot. But is it ready for the bigger implications of Web 3 for fan engagement and ownership?
Dapper Labs Exec Talks Flow Network: ‘It’s Not Just an NFT Blockchain’
Matthieu Jobbé-Duval, head of financial products at Dapper Labs, which oversees the Flow ecosystem, including NBA Top Shot and NFL All Day, discusses the latest on Flow, including introducing ERC-20 token wrapped FLOW (wFLOW). What does this mean for DeFi users on Ethereum?
NBA Top Shot Bans User ‘FreeHongKong’
The user was banned with little explanation from the site’s support team after attempting to cash out their earnings.
NBA Top Shot Maker Dapper Labs Commits $80M for Startup Acquisitions
Dapper Labs, the firm behind the Flow blockchain and NFT platform NBA Top Shot, is pursuing a series of acquisitions. Regulatory filings show it has raised $23 million toward a $71 million goal, with some of the funds being used to purchase a "young, scrappy" company. "The Hash" squad discusses the latest crypto mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Dapper Labs Raising $13.5M in Equity Offering
The NBA Top Shot creator is almost halfway toward its goal.
