Volume 45

OpenSea: You've been building in this space since before most people even knew what an NFT was. What initially brought you in, and what’s kept you involved through all the ups and downs?

Jeffrey Zirlin: Personally, I’ve believed in crypto since discovering it around 2011, but I wasn't interested in using it or building in the space until...

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Online multiplayer gaming project BeraTone launched its first private playtest on the Berachain blockchain, available exclusively to holders of the Founder’s Sailcloth NFT.

According to the announcement, the playtest marks the beginning of a multi-phase play-to-earn rollout designed to reward early participants.

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Futureverse, a New Zealand-based AI and metaverse infrastructure company, has acquired Candy Digital, a startup known for creating licensed digital collectibles with brands like Major League Baseball, Netflix, and DC Comics.

Finalbosu, an anime-inspired web3 project founded by a team of independent creators, sold out its public mint of all 3,445 NFTs on April 14 in under six minutes.

The sale, which happened on the Abstract blockchain, used a first-come, first-served model with NFTs priced at 0.134 ETH.

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A group of about 25 independent NFT creators released the 71st set in the Opepen collection. Dubbed “Zoopepen,” the set features 80 Opepen-style animal portraits created in a collaborative process that began spontaneously on X.

Popular browser-based metaverse world Decentraland wrapped its third annual Metaverse Fashion Week on April 12 with a closing set by Coppola, a Brazilian house music DJ known in the web3 scene.

MoonPay, a Miami-based crypto payments company, has launched MoonPay Labs, a new accelerator designed to support early-stage web3 startups with product guidance, marketing support, and pre-seed capital.

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