Day: October 13, 2021

Dapper Labs Inks Multi-Year Partnership With NBA Star Kevin Durant’s Boardroom — CoinDesk

“From the moment we met with Kevin and [Thirty Five Ventures co-founder Rich Klein], it was clear that we shared a passion to bring fans closer than ever and in the most epic ways to their favorite athletes,” said Roham Gharegozlou, CEO of Dapper Labs. “As KD continues to put his stamp on game-changing moments, we’re able to offer fans access to him in entirely new ways and cement NBA Top Shot’s place at the center of the fan experience.” Source

No Joke: Hannibal Buress Is Doing Comedy NFTs

Jambb is turning laughs into non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The comedy collectibles startup has raised $3.5 million to build a comedian-focused NFT marketplace on the Flow blockchain, the company announced Wednesday. The raise was led by Arrington Capital and Animoca Brands and included investment from Flow developer Dapper Labs, ParaFi Capital, LD Capital, Signum Capital, NextView Ventures, Ascensive Assets and Waterdrip Capital. Jambb’s marketplace will host collectibles of jokes, sets and memorabilia from various comedians. The Boston-based startup says its marketplace will resemble Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot in offering packs…

Binance Smart Chain (BSC) Receives $1 Billion to Bring the Next 1 Billion Crypto Users – Sponsored Bitcoin News

sponsored Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency platform, has launched a $1 billion Growth Fund for Binance Smart Chain, to accelerate adoption of digital assets and blockchain technology. In the span of next few months multiple programs will be set-up under its umbrella to empower the growth of cryptocurrencies worldwide. Designed to incubate rising blockchain-crypto projects the fund will also run advanced technological development programs. “BSC’s growth has attracted 100M+ DeFi users with just an initial funding of $100 million.” said Changpeng Zhao (CZ), CEO at Binance. “With…

VC firm a16z pursuing crypto lobbying push in Washington

Anthony Albanese, chief operating officer of Andreessen Horowitz’s (a16z) crypto division, and Katie Haun, general partner at the firm, are among a high-powered delegation from the venture capital giant that will engage with lawmakers and administration officials in the United States on crypto regulations. According to CNBC on Wednesday, the move is part of efforts by the Silicon Valley-based VC outfit to promote favorable regulation of the emerging Web 3.0 ecosystem. Speaking to CNBC, a16z’s global policy chief Tomicah Tillemann decried the broken state of the current Web 2.0 status…

Binance Becomes New Shirt Sponsor of Italian Soccer Club Lazio — CoinDesk

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Cipher Mining to Purchase 28K to 56K Mining Rigs From Bitfury

Cipher Mining Technologies (NASDAQ: CIFR), a newly formed U.S.-based bitcoin mining operation, has signed an agreement with Bitfury to purchase 28,000 to 56,000 Bitfury mining rigs at an “attractive price.” According to an 8-K form filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), delivery of the mining rigs is expected to begin in June and continue through December 2022, with the rigs delivered in seven batches. The agreement between the two firms stipulates a maximum purchase price of $6,250 per machine with an advance payment of $10 million. Each…

Burry: The Market Already Crashed. You Just Don't Know It Yet…

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Ethereum’s Latest Progress Toward Proof-of-Stake — CoinDesk

Unfortunately, getting rid of miners does not get rid of MEV, and users of the proof-of-stake network will still be subject to the whims of transaction ordering by those looking to extract value from liquidations, frontrunning and arbitrage. Eth1 clients will still be responsible for the creation of blocks, much like they are today. Therefore, the transaction ordering process will take place the same way, before the blocks are passed to Eth2 clients to finalize the bundled transactions. Source

BlackRock chairman ‘more in the Jamie Dimon camp’ on Bitcoin, praises crypto

The chairman of multi-billion-dollar United Stated investment management corporation BlackRock “probably” agrees that Bitcoin (BTC) has no value. In an interview with CNBC on Oct. 13, Larry Fink issued a tentative agreement with JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon on Bitcoin’s true worth. Fink: “I can’t tell” if Bitcoin is going to $80,000 or zero Famed for his allusions to Bitcoin over the years, Fink, who maintains that he is not a fan of the largest cryptocurrency, nonetheless supports more people investing in the space. “I’m not a student of Bitcoin and where it’s…

BlackRock Chairman ‘more in the Jamie Dimon camp’ on Bitcoin, praises crypto

The chairman of multi-billion dollar United Stated investment management corporation BlackRock “probably” agrees that Bitcoin has no value. In an interview with CNBC on Oct. 13, Larry Fink issued a tentative agreement with JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon on Bitcoin’s true worth. Fink: “I can’t tell” if Bitcoin is going to $80,000 or zero Famed for his allusions to Bitcoin over the years, Fink, who maintains that he is not a fan of the largest cryptocurrency, nonetheless supports more people investing in the space. “I’m not a student of Bitcoin and where it’s…