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    Father of crypto-millionaire rescued after being held for ransom—and having his finger severed

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    Web3 gaming company Proof of Play raises $33 million from a16z’s Chris Dixon and Greenoaks

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    Mark Cuban loses $870,000 in crypto hack, billionaire blames bad version of MetaMask software

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    A golden toilet among regular toilets? NFTs of Donald Trump skyrocket after he talks to Tucker Carlson and has his mug shot released

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    Pepe coin crashes as developers send $16 million to exchanges, prompting fears of a rug-pull

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    Ex-OpenSea manager convicted in first-ever NFT insider-trading case is sentenced: ‘I let down the community’

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    Web3 app Friend.tech lets influencers literally cash in on their follower counts
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    Donald Trump may be sitting on half-a-million dollars in Ether that came from selling his widely mocked NFTs

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    GameStop’s quest for relevance—following meme-stock madness—won’t include crypto wallets, which it’s ending amid ‘regulatory uncertainty’

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    The unheralded woman who closed Polygon’s deals with Starbucks, Disney, and Mastercard is now a VP at OpenSea

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    Snoop Dogg’s metaverse stands out among the rapper’s brands—for being uncool

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    Floor turning to in-app payments to make buying and displaying NFT artwork ‘more accessible’

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    ‘Digital art is here to stay’: Despite market downturn, NFTs are still popping up in galleries, including this small NYC exhibition space

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    Sound wants to be the next iTunes, and it just raised $20 million from the likes of a16z and Snoop Dogg

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    DOJ accuses 25-year-old OpenSea spoofer of stealing $450,000 worth of NFTs and crypto

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    This Week in the Metaverse: Bored Ape Yacht Club is sinking as floor prices spiral

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    This Week in the Metaverse: Azuki’s botched Elementals drop has some calling it quits on the collection

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    ‘NFL Rivals’ creator Mythical Games raises first $37 million of new funding round

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    This Week in the Metaverse: A Sothebys auction brings in $11 million—and a bit of hope for the NFT market
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    This Week in the Metaverse: A Sothebys auction brings in $11 million—and a bit of hope for the NFT market

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    Apple threatens to remove Web3 social network Damus from App Store if it doesn’t end Bitcoin tipping

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    Going to golf’s U.S. Open? Get a limited-edition NFT from Amex

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