Yuga Labs fetches $450M in funding, Charles Hoskinson’s prediction falls shor...
Coming every Saturday, Hodlers Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekNFT creator Yuga Labs raises $450M, bringing company valuation to $4B The creators of the wildly popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs, Yuga Labs, raised $450 million in seed funding at a $4 billion valuation. Unsurprisingly, top venture capital firm and cash cow Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) led the round.Yuga Labs,....
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Led by Andreessen Horowitz, the seed round is one of the largest funding deals in the nonfungible token market. Yuga Labs, the creators of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and new owners of the CryptoPunks and Meebits brands, announced it is now valued at $4 billion after its latest $450 million seed funding round. VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z, led the company's first institutional investment, marking one of the largest seed rounds for any nonfungible token (NFT) collection to date. Other investors included Animoca Brands, FTX and MoonPay, as well as LionTree, Sound Ventures and Thrive....
On Friday, Yuga Labs, the firm behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible token (NFT) collection, announced the company acquired the intellectual property behind the Cryptopunks and Meebits brands. Furthermore, after obtaining the IP from Larva Labs, Yuga has decided to give “full commercial rights to the NFT holders.”
Bored Ape Creators Yuga Labs Acquires Cryptopunks and Meebits Collections From Larva Labs
Last year and during the course of 2022, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have seemingly become a mainstay within the crypto industry. One of the teams....
The recent Yuga Labs NFT launch on the Ethereum blockchain has crippled the network after demand surpassed all expectations. In total, more than $500 million had been raised in a matter of 24 hours. However, the success of the launch cannot obfuscate the roadblocks that the launch encountered. This had prompted Yuga Labs to not […]
Recent data released by the Blockchain analytics firm Santiment revealed that the Cardano network leads the way among other blockchains by development activity. This comes as Charles Hoskinson’s Cardano continues to build and make innovations that are projected to disrupt the blockchain space. What Makes Cardano Stand Out? Sharing this data on its X (formerly […]
The non-fungible token (NFT) and blockchain firm Yuga Labs has announced a community council will be representatives of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) NFT collections. Yuga Labs has chosen seven community members with “a proven track record” to represent the NFT club at large. **Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 3:50 p.m. (ET) on October 5, 2022, as it included an erroneous number concerning the community grants from Yuga Labs. Yuga Labs Names Seven Community Council Members On Wednesday, Yuga Labs announced that the team has....