Play-to-earn gold rush as Crypto Gaming Guild and Zebedee raise millions from...

Play-to-earn gold rush as Crypto Gaming Guild and Zebedee raise millions from...

Play-to-earn is booming, with startups Crypto Gaming United and Zebedee closing funding rounds of $5 million and $11.5 million respectively. Crypto Gaming United, a startup aiming to build a global community of nonfungible token (NFT)-focused play-to-earn gamers, hraised $5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round.A Sept. 8 announcement notes the round was led by famed Australian venture capitalist Mark Carnegie and Chrono.tech CEO Sergei Sergienko — with the pair having co-founded the crypto-focused asset manager MHC Digital Finance.Australian investment managers Shaw and Partners....


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