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Feb 24, 2023 • 4min
NBA Top Shot creator to face lawsuit around securities status
Dapper Labs, the company behind many popular NFT collectible projects, will face a lawsuit accusing it of selling unregistered securities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 23, 2023 • 4min
Spotify is testing playlists that could be unlocked by NFT holders
Unlocking exclusive access has been a long-held promise of a lot of NFT-based communities. And now, Spotify is helping some of them realize that claim with token-gated playlists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 23, 2023 • 5min
Google Cloud partners with Tezos blockchain to bring web3 technology to its customers
Google Cloud has partnered with the Tezos Foundation to grow its web3 application development and provide new services for its customers, the companies announced on Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 22, 2023 • 4min
Amazon Fire TV devices can now directly stream audio to Cochlear hearing implants
Amazon teamed up with hearing implant company Cochlear to launch Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids (ASHA) support to compatible Cochlear devices, the company announced today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 22, 2023 • 5min
Kempus wants to be the ultimate app for sharing college hacks
Remember poring over reviews on Rate My Professors to find out which prof is good-looking and who gives easy As? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 21, 2023 • 3min
Agtech startup Green Labs is the latest Korean startup to lay off employees
Green Labs, a South Korean agtech startup that raised $140 million (170 billion won) Series C in January last year, is cutting a significant number of jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 21, 2023 • 5min
Quell’s gamified home fitness tech drums up $10M
Home fitness had a huge moment at the outset of the pandemic — and understandably so. People were stuck at home, gyms closed and suddenly workout options seemed to dramatically decrease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 20, 2023 • 4min
Japan’s central bank to pilot digital currency starting in April
Japan is joining a growing list of countries exploring the possibility of adopting a digital currency, with country’s central bank, the Bank of Japan (BoJ), announcing that it would launch a pilot to test a “digital yen” in April. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 20, 2023 • 5min
Binance-backed web3 gaming startup Unagi gets funding to expand fantasy sports platform
Web3 gaming company Unagi today announced a €4.7 million ($5 million) seed round of funding, as the French startup prepares to expand its NFT fantasy sports platform beyond football (“soccer”) and into the basketball realm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 17, 2023 • 5min
Autonomous cargo drone airline Dronamics reveals it’s raised $40M, pre-Series A
Autonomous aircraft have long been thought of as having the most potential, though not in the realm of glitzy people-carrying drones so much as the more sedate world of cargo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
