How NFT marketplace OpenSea became a crypto trading aggregator, facilitating $1.6B in trades and $230M in NFT transactions in the first two weeks of October
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Inside San Francisco-based live-in startup accelerator HF0, whose alumni include OpenSea's founders; HF0's latest fund is $100M, up from its previous $16M fund
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Uniswap Labs says the US SEC has closed its probe into the company and will not file enforcement actions, after the SEC dropped OpenSea and Robinhood probes
WSJ: BBG John E Deaton / @johnedeaton1 : Hayden lays out the problem when it comes to regulators more interested in pushing a political agenda than enforcing the law. Hayden mentions the personal toll...
NFT marketplace OpenSea says the US SEC has ended an investigation into the company, after OpenSea received a Wells Notice in August 2024
Nonfungible-token marketplace OpenSea said that it was informed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission that the regulator has ended an investigation …
Do Kwon's criminal fraud trial in the US is scheduled for January 2026; prosecutors expect challenges accessing encrypted devices and translating communications
After the collapse of the crypto firm Terraform Labs, Inner City Press covered … Naga Avan-Nomayo / crypto.news : Do Kwon's fraud trial scheduled for 2026 Estefano Gomez / Crypto Briefing : Do Kwon's ...
Documents and sources detail OpenSea's chaotic work environment, ever-shifting priorities, and regulatory issues, as the SEC and FTC make inquiries
The rise and fall of NFTs made and unmade OpenSea — the largest marketplace for the crypto asset. But insider accounts of the company reveal …
OpenSea says the US SEC sent it a Wells notice calling NFTs sold on the platform securities; CEO Devin Finzer says the company is “ready to stand up and fight”
OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer said in a post on X that the company is “ready to stand up and fight”
After NFT sales dropped 63% YoY to $8.7B in 2023, OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer talks OpenSea 2.0, set to offer users improved differentiation between NFT categories
- NFTs have lagged behind Bitcoin in crypto resurgence — OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer said more use cases for NFTs are here
Sources: Tiger Global cut valuations of its portfolio companies in September 2023, including Superhuman by 45%, DuckDuckGo 72%, Yuga Labs 69%, and OpenSea 94%
The nearly $13 billion Private Investment Partners 15 fund marked down AI-powered email company Superhuman by 45% and cut …
Document: Coatue cut the value of its $120M OpenSea stake to $13M as of Q2 2023, implying a $1.4B valuation or less on paper, down from $13.3B in January 2022
One of OpenSea's biggest investors has marked down by 90% its stake in the struggling non-fungible-token marketplace …