Marketplace magic eden raised $130 million in a Series B round and plan to expand beyond the ecosystem Solana. The round was led by companies greylock и Electric Capital. magic eden currently valued at $1.6 billion formerly the largest marketplace OpenSea received a rough estimate - and also in the Series B funding round. magic eden plan to use the funds to expand in the market, and to explore multi-network opportunities.
At the moment, magic eden handles about 90% of NFTs on the network Solanamaking strong competition OpenSea. According to CEO Jack Lu, the company does not make short-term plans, the current situation does not affect its strategic decisions in any way - despite the fall in SOL and ETH cryptocurrencies by 80%, which are the main ones for buying and selling NFTs on the site. The platform focuses on a long-term perspective of ten years or more.
Meta opens digital clothing store
Mark 47.5% Zuckerberg, CEO of the company Meta, organization banned in Russia, announced the launch of the Meta Avatars Store, a digital clothing store where you can purchase clothes from various brands for your metaverse avatars. The store will feature brands such as Prada, Balenciaga и Thom Browne. They will become available for avatars in Instagram, Facebook и Messenger. Clothing prices have not yet been disclosed. AT Meta we are confident that the metaverse industry will grow so much in the coming years that the need for digital clothing and other attributes will become an integral part of the virtual space.
Back in April, the company announced its plans to launch its own cryptocurrency inside the metaverse, but the SEC has yet to allow it. Meta is exploring the possibility of controlled tokens that will be used inside their applications, as is currently the case with in-game currencies. When it comes to VR, Zuckerberg is referring to the flagship app. Horizon Worlds meta, which is available only to owners of the VR headset line Oculus Quest. Most likely, users will be able to wear new digital items directly in Horizon worlds. Zuckerberg previously announced that Meta begins testing support for digital collectibles in the form of NFTs in Instagram. According to Mark, this will be the first step towards introducing collectible tokens into the ecosystem. Meta.
Coin98 Labs acquires Yunero Studios
Coin98 Labs has acquired Yunero Studios in order to accelerate the adoption of Web3 using GameFi. Yunero – founded in 2021, is a game studio from Vietnam. The studio team consists of professionals who previously worked for leading companies such as VNG Corporation, Eway JSC and Vega Corporation. Their very first foray into Web3 games is the game Rongos. This is an NFT game that is set to change the blockchain gaming ecosystem. Expected that Rongos will be released at the end of this year.
Coin98 Labs are developers specializing in the creation and development of the DeFi ecosystem and protocols, Web3 applications and NFTs on multiple blockchains. The Coin98 Universe currently combines Coin98 Super App, Coin98 Exchange, Coin98 SpaceGate (Bridge), Saros Finance (DeFi Supernet on Solan).
Founder of Coin98, Thanh Le shared his thoughts:
The CEO also left a comment Yunero Studios, Du Nguyen:
Uniswap buys Genie.xyz
Uniswap Labs has acquired NFT marketplace aggregator Genie.xyz. A similar deal was made by OpenSea when they bought the gem.xyz aggregator.
Users are expected to be able to trade NFTs on the Dex website this fall. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
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