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6 Tech Trends that will reshape Media & Entertainment in 2021

Trigent

By 2024, Over-the-top (OTT) media revenue is predicted to touch $158.84B that’s more than double the $67.8B The number of OTT service users in the United States is expected to reach 198 million by 2021. Here’s our take on 6 technology trends that will influence the media and entertainment world this year.

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Glow Labs raises seed round to help NFT creators reward their loyal customers

TechCrunch

The NFT market was worth $41 billion at the end of last year — nearly as large as the conventional art market by some estimates — and it’s expected to nearly double in size by the end of 2022, according to a report released this week by blockchain analytics firm Nansen.

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Digital listening reveals 3 leading innovation drivers

CIO

With media outlets racing to get exclusives out the door on the latest “big thing,” sifting through the excitement to find the bigger picture is challenging. The listening centered on conversations about emerging technologies and use cases associated with innovation, such as artificial intelligence, metaverse, blockchain, robotics, Web 3.0,

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Friend.tech hype is skyrocketing, but will it actually reach the stars?

TechCrunch

Since Friend.tech opened its invite-only beta test 11 days ago, the decentralized social-focused app has quickly attracted a lot of users, even catching the attention of big name crypto influencers, NBA players and OnlyFans creators. But can it convert all the early hype to meaningful, lasting traction?

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Scale AI’s Massive $1B Deal Leads Slower Week

Crunchbase News

Nevertheless, the week saw a $1 billion round go to yet another AI startup, and biotech and blockchain also saw some big deals. billion the San Francisco-based startup hit after a $325 million raise in April 2021. Farcaster , $150M, blockchain: Is Web3 funding back? Check out last week’s biggest funding rounds here.

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Top 10 Web3 business ideas that could turn into a great startup

Openxcell

A technology called the blockchain powers this decentralized and peer-to-peer internet evolution, enabling more direct and peer-to-peer interactions. As a result of this paradigm shift, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and decentralized applications have been leveraged to create innovative business models. What is Web3? cryptocurrency.

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Nestcoin raises $6.45M pre-seed to accelerate crypto and web3 adoption in Africa and frontier markets

TechCrunch

billion between July 2020 and June 2021, per research by New-York based research firm Chainalysis. Bademosi was the Director of Binance Labs in Africa, overseeing the incubation and development of blockchain projects when he decided to start Bundle as CEO in 2019. million pre-seed to that end.

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