# Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman’s Thirty-Five Ventures to create NFT drops with Coinbase

# Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman’s Thirty-Five Ventures to create NFT drops with Coinbase

“# Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman’s Thirty-Five Ventures to create NFT drops with Coinbase ” On Wednesday, Thirty Five Ventures, a venture capital firm co-founded by NBA star Kevin Durant and sports manager Rich Kleiman, announced a business partnership with Coinbase. Under the agreement, Thirty Five Ventures will work jointly with Coinbase to create nonfungible…

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# The Graph awards M to GraphQL developer The Guild

# The Graph awards $48M to GraphQL developer The Guild

“# The Graph awards $48M to GraphQL developer The Guild ” The Graph Foundation has announced a $48 million funding grant to open-source API platform The Guild in a bid to advance usability and performance of the networks subgraphs. Joining as a core network developer, The Guild will provide vast experience from its time managing…

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# Crypto payments solutions firm Ramp raises  million to increase adoption of dApps

# Crypto payments solutions firm Ramp raises $53 million to increase adoption of dApps

“# Crypto payments solutions firm Ramp raises $53 million to increase adoption of dApps ” On Wednesday, crypto-fiat gateway payments provider Ramp announced it had raised a $52.7 million Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital, NFX, Galaxy Digital, Seedcamp, Firstminute Capital, and angel investors. Ramp allows its partner brands to offer crypto-enabled services,…

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# Cove Markets to join Robinhood Crypto in latest acquisition

# Cove Markets to join Robinhood Crypto in latest acquisition

“# Cove Markets to join Robinhood Crypto in latest acquisition ” Cove Markets, an API platform that enables users to trade across multiple centralized exchanges and manage aggregate financial data, will become part of Robinhood Crypto, as announced by the discount brokerage late Tuesday. Traders and investors can connect up to seven exchanges, including Coinbase…

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# NYDIG raises B in funding, valuation now B

# NYDIG raises $1B in funding, valuation now $7B

“# NYDIG raises $1B in funding, valuation now $7B ” On Tuesday, New York Digital Investment Group, or NYDIG, a financial institution specializing in Bitcoin financial services such as savings accounts, trading brokerages, 401(k)s, etc., announced it had secured a $1 billion equity investment led by WestCap. The funding places its valuation at nearly $7…

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# MGA Entertainment and Ioconic launch L.O.L. Surprise NFT platform in 20,000 retail stores worldwide

# MGA Entertainment and Ioconic launch L.O.L. Surprise NFT platform in 20,000 retail stores worldwide

“# MGA Entertainment and Ioconic launch L.O.L. Surprise NFT platform in 20,000 retail stores worldwide ” Toy company MGA entertainment announced Tuesday that the first NFT-based cards for the L.O.L. Surprise trading card game are now available for purchase. The company entered into a partnership with digital asset consultancy firm Ioconic in September, and now hopes that the…

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# Umbrella Network launches M oracle accelerator program

# Umbrella Network launches $15M oracle accelerator program

“# Umbrella Network launches $15M oracle accelerator program ” Decentralized oracle service Umbrella Network has launched a new accelerator program for projects looking to build data pipelines to the cryptocurrency market, a process that many within the industry believe is necessary to grow the emerging domains of blockchain gaming, DeFi and the Metaverse.  The $15…

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