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OP3N, a web3 AI-powered platform, raised a $28 million Series A round that values the company at $100 million, the startup shared exclusively with TechCrunch. “I wanted to make a…

OP3N raises $28M to build ‘WhatsApp meets Amazon’ for web3

Looks like Meta is NGMI, as some might put it. Meta’s head of commerce and financial technologies Stephane Kasriel posted on Twitter that the company will sunset its NFT and…

Meta winds down support for NFTs on Instagram and Facebook

Thousand Faces, a web3 community-based investment group, hosted its demo day on Wednesday with the top 10 startups from its Female Founder Accelerator program.

Meet the women-led web3 startups from Thousand Faces’ demo day

February wrapped up as a big month for the NFT market as non-fungible tokens on the Ethereum blockchain surpassed $1.5 billion in volume for the…

Are NFT marketplaces becoming an open sea for creator royalties?

Welcome back to Chain Reaction, a podcast diving deep into the stories, backgrounds and latest news with the biggest names in crypto. For this week’s…

Bitcoin rewards and NFTs may help grow the blockchain

The past few weeks in crypto land have been focused on the latest craze: Ordinals. What are Ordinals, you ask?

NFTs could give Bitcoin a face-lift as it increases its blockchain demand

About 122,500 Bitcoin-focused Ordinals have been inscribed to date as the project gains momentum across the crypto ecosystem.

Ordinals creator views his Bitcoin-centric creation as ‘digital artifacts,’ not just NFTs

Amid signs of life in the NFT market, an NFT-focused startup, Thred, launched today to help users discover new collections, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. “We think of it like…

Former Amazon, Starbucks exec launches Yelp-like platform to review and discover NFTs

Ordinals, an NFT-like project on Bitcoin, has grown quickly the past month, signaling a possible new frontier for the cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin NFTs are growing quickly as community sees long-term potential

NFT platform Magic Eden partnered with web3 infra company MoonPay to help users buy digital collectibles with credit cards, Apple Pay and more.

Want to buy an NFT with your credit card? Magic Eden lets you do just that

The crypto gaming industry may look outside of tokenomics to grow and sustain itself for the long haul.

Web3 gaming needs to focus on sustainable economies, Immutable co-founder says

Tomorrow, January 11, is a big day in the web3 universe. It’s The Cross Chain Coalition Web3 Demo Day, a showcase of 12 boundary-pushing early-stage startups building projects across web3,…

Check out the final four startups pitching tomorrow at CCC Web3 Demo Day

We have so many (12, in fact) outstanding early-stage startups ready to pitch at the Cross Chain Coalition Web3 Demo Day on January 11. If you want to learn more…

Meet four more startups pitching at the CCC Web3 Demo Day

In 2022, the crypto community rose to new heights — and then it crashed. TechCrunch+ followed it all.

How TechCrunch+ followed the roller-coaster crypto market in 2022

We’re excited to announce two more early-stage startups participating in the Cross Chain Coalition Web3 Demo Day on January 11. If you haven’t heard, this free online showcase features more…

Sneak peek: Look who’s pitching at the CCC Web3 Demo Day

Two top Solana NFT projects, DeGods and y00ts, have announced they are leaving the blockchain in 2023, which is stirring up conflicting sentiments in the crypto community. Over the weekend,…

Top Solana NFT projects DeGods and y00ts to leave the blockchain and ‘explore new opportunities’

Here comes the New Year and with it, resolution season. Why not resolve to do whatever it takes to build a stronger startup? Here’s one easy, fun and effective step.…

Uniswap Labs’ COO will judge pitches at the CCC Web3 Demo Day

As the world becomes more digital, the demands and needs of everyday consumers are changing — and NFTs might be a big part of the future for brands looking to…

Starbucks’ NFT program may drive more digital collectible integrations with big brands

The chief gaming officer at NFT marketplace Magic Eden sees the traditional and web gaming worlds coming together.

Magic Eden exec sees NFT gaming like the ‘early days of mobile gaming’

Social collectibles platform Revel describes itself as ‘a cross between Instagram and Robinhood, wrapped in social game economics.’

Revel raises $7.8M to become the Instagram and Robinhood of NFT platforms

Meet one dozen rising-star startups that are hard at work paving the future of Web3 infrastructure, DeFi, NFT and gaming applications at The Cross Chain Coalition Web3 Demo Day on…

Meet two of 12 rising startups pitching at Cross Chain Coalition Web3 Demo Day

Despite a turbulent web3 market, dedicated people and companies continue working to build meaningful products and a better global financial system. Mark your calendar and join crypto experts, engineers, top-tier…

Announcing The Cross Chain Coalition Web3 Demo Day, a free online event

Starbucks today is launching its blockchain-based loyalty program and NFT community, Starbucks Odyssey, to its first group of U.S. beta testers. The new initiative, which includes coffee-themed NFTs that translate…

Starbucks opens up its web3 loyalty program and NFT community to first beta testers

Winamp version 5.9.1 is here, rejoice! The venerable — nay, aged — but reliable media player has been receiving sporadic updates over the last couple decades, but little truly new…

Oh no, they added NFTs to Winamp

A good way to be wrong is to predict the future. A good way to be incredibly and embarrassingly wrong is to predict the future in a medium that is…

3 views: Predicting 2023’s key startup themes

Today at TechCrunch’s crypto-focused event in Miami, OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer discussed his business and the future market for non-fungible tokens. The digital assets, better known by the acronym “NFTs,”…

Can gaming resurrect the NFT market? OpenSea thinks so

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There’s still juice in the NFT market despite very real downturn

What does OpenSea’s trading volume look like these days? Are other data points trending differently?

There’s still juice in the NFT market despite very real downturn

NFT marketplace Joepegs raised $5 million in a seed round led by FTX Ventures and the Avalanche Foundation

FTX and Avalanche co-led $5M round for Joepegs NFT marketplace

Japanese messaging app Line’s non-fungible token (NFT) unit LineNext said Tuesday that it has launched a consumer-to-consumer (C2C) marketplace on the NFT platform DOSI. The C2C trading service allows users to buy…

Line launches NFT marketplace on its platform DOSI 

We’re less than two weeks away from kicking off TC Sessions: Crypto in Magic City on November 17. Yep, that’s Miami’s official nickname. Who knew? But listen up, crypto fans,…

Last day to save with early-bird passes to TC Sessions: Crypto