Blackbird, a restaurant loyalty tool founded by Resy and Eater co-founder Ben Leventhal and which uses the $FLY native token, raised a $24M Series A led by a16z
One of the great joys of living in New York City is never … PRNewswire / Benzinga : Blackbird Labs Raises $24 Million Series A Round From a16z, Amex Ventures and More to Help Trans...
OpenSea temporarily drops marketplace fees to compete with no-fee marketplace Blur, which on February 15 beat OpenSea in daily trading volume for the first time
The top NFT marketplace's policy shift stems from competition with popular zero-fee marketplace Blur.
OpenSea briefly removes marketplace fees to compete with no-fee marketplace Blur, which topped OpenSea in daily trading volume on February 15 for the first time
The top NFT marketplace's policy shift stems from competition with popular zero-fee marketplace Blur.
Variant, an early stage crypto-focused fund, has raised $450M for a third fund focused on the “user-owned web”, after previously raising $22.5M and $110M
Taylor Locke / Fortune :
Variant, an early stage crypto-focused fund, has raised $450M for a third fund focused on the “user-owned web”, after previously raising $22.5M and $110M
Taylor Locke / Fortune :
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will start letting some US creators test digital collectibles and NFTs on Instagram this week, and won't charge for sharing NFTs
Anushree Dave / The Block : Source: Facebook .
The Dogecoin bull run in 2021 and recent airdrop of $SOS tokens by a third party to OpenSea users show that the only scarce resource in crypto is attention
People talk a lot about scarcity in crypto. Whether it's enforcing digital scarcity through NFTs or the idea that “there's 55m millionaires but only 21m bitcoins”.
A look at ConstitutionDAO, which has taken $4M+ in crypto donations to bid at an auction on one of the original copies of the US Constitution, printed in 1787
and it's all organic and across the www https://twitter.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Are you buying a copy of the constitution by donating to @ConstitutionDAO? Nope. You...
Substack says it has reached 1M paying subscribers, up from 250,000 last December
Many top journalists have left legacy media to go it alone on publishing platform — Newsletter start-up Substack has reached 1m paying subscribers, underlining the growing power ...
Coinbase announces it will let users buy, sell, and showcase Ethereum-based NFTs by the end of the year
they are “digital goods” after all, and subject to the 30 percent IAP fees. Dying to know what Coinbase will try and do here https://www.theverge.com/... Li Jin / @ljin18 : Coinbas...
A look at the evolution of App Store rules from 2009, when FCC investigated Apple's refusal to approve Google Voice, to the recent antitrust-related changes
A look at the evolution of App Store rules from 2009, when FCC investigated Apple's refusal to approve Google Voice, to the recent antitrust-related changes
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Profile of Li Jin, an aggressively pro-worker VC who founded Atelier Ventures, which manages $13M, to invest in influencer-related startups
Founders of Fanhouse, an OnlyFans-like platform, say Apple is demanding they start paying “30% of creator earnings” by August or be removed from the App Store
Fanhouse wants to keep sending 90 percent of payments to creators — Apple is clashing with the platform Fanhouse …
Patreon raises $155M Series F led by Tiger Global Management at a $4B valuation, up from $1.2B in September, bringing its total raised to $411M
Online company raises $155 million in latest round, led by new investor Tiger Global Management — Patreon Inc., an online platform …
LinkedIn announces the formation of a global creator management team, led by its EIC Dan Roth, aiming to support and grow content creators on the platform
Sara Fischer / Axios : Tweets: @danroth , @nick_dewilde , @sarthakgh , @changeist , @sarafischer , @axios , and @ljin18 Tweets: Daniel Roth / @danroth : We're building out our cre...
Clubhouse raises Series B led by a16z, says it has 180+ investors, and will test options for paying creators and begin work on an Android app soon
When I first met Paul Davison, it took about 10 seconds to realize … Tae Kim / Bloomberg : Forget TikTok. Clubhouse Is Social Media's Next Star. Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch : ...
Creator platforms, which resemble economies in which wealth is concentrated at the top, should pursue new strategies to build the “middle class of creators”
The American Dream exists, but what is the reality? — 1 hr ago … In 1788, George Washington predicted that America would be … Tweets: @ljin18 and @ljin18 Tweets: Li Jin / @ljin18...
Creator platforms, which resemble economies in which wealth is concentrated at the top, should pursue new strategies to build the “middle class of creators”
The American Dream exists, but what is the reality? — 1 hr ago … In 1788, George Washington predicted that America would be … Tweets: @ljin18 and @ljin18 Tweets: Li Jin / @ljin18...
Triller, a TikTok competitor that sees being American as its greatest asset, is tempting TikTok stars with cash, fancy cars, creator mansions, and more
TikTok's top creators are taking “Triller money” to bring their content over to the app. — When talk of a possible TikTok ban began in July …