Collectibles giant Funko shares surge after acquiring NFT app Tokenwave

Collectibles giant Funko shares surge after acquiring NFT app Tokenwave

Among the first publicly-traded companies to jump on the NFT bandwagon, they won't be the last In a flurry of price action reminiscent of 2017 mania, shortly after announcing that they had acquired NFT display and tracking platform Tokenwave, pop-culture collectibles giant Funko’s stock (NYSE: FNKO) rallied over 20%. Unlike many price-pumping announcements heavy on hype and sparse on content from the last bull run (and the dozens inevitably to come over the next few months), Funko and NFTs may be a perfect fit, however.On Thursday the creator of the widely popular Funko Pops collectibles....


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