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Opinyon

The Pitfalls of 'Community-as-Company'

When a faulty smart contract cost the Akutars NFT collection nearly $35 million, project leaders said they'd bail it out.

Credit: Akutars (Edited by CoinDesk)

Pananalapi

Maaria Bajwa: 'People Like to Root Against the Winners'

Bajwa once got wise advice from a mentor: To be valuable to your venture firm, you must have “domain expertise that no one else has.”

(Maaria Bajwa, modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

Pananalapi

OpenSea Eyes ‘Pro Experience’ With Acquisition of NFT Aggregator Gem

The deal comes just weeks after controversy surrounding one of Gem’s pseudonymous developers.

(OpenSea/CoinDesk, modified by PhotoMosh)

Tech

NFTs Stolen After Bored Ape Yacht Club Instagram, Discord Hacked

A fraudulent "mint" link was sent to followers. Some appear to have taken the bait.

A selection of Bored Apes, one of the best-selling NFT avatar series.

Pananalapi

Julie Pacino: Eliminating Middlemen in Film

“The market is going to decide what’s good, not some dude in a suit.”

(Julie Pacino, modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)

Pananalapi

NBA Top Shot Whale Launches NFT Lending Platform With $4.5M in Funding

Flowty is a peer-to-peer NFT lending platform built on the Flow blockchain.

(Mick Haupt/Unsplash)

Pananalapi

OpenSea Suspends Trading of Sand Vegas Casino Club NFTs

Gambling Apes NFTs promised a cut of the profits from casinos built on metaverse platforms and Web 2.

(Randy Faris/Getty Images)

Pananalapi

These ‘Utility NFTs’ Look to Gamify Rainforest Protection

The AEternals NFT project offers a crypto-native way to protect plots of land in the Amazon rainforest.

(Vlad Hilitanu/Unsplash)