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Will Topps’ SPAC-led debut expand the bustling NFT market?

TechCrunch

We care because Topps and its products are popular with the same set of folks who are very excited about creating rare digital items on particular blockchains. Here’s the data: Image Credits: Topps investor presentation. Read it every morning on Extra Crunch , or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday. Why do we care?

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Bring on the low-cost NFTs

TechCrunch

I’ve been thinking about the NFT market quite a lot lately, mostly scratching my head at some of the prices folks are willing to pay for certain ownership signatures on particular blockchains. Data from Dappradar indicates that in the last 24 hours, just 31 traders swapped a mere 18 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs.

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What are NFTs? Top 5 Remarkable NFT business ideas to adopt in 2022

Openxcell

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are blockchain-based cryptographic assets having unique identifying codes and metadata that differentiate them from others. They are one-of-a-kind works that are recorded on a blockchain and hence cannot be altered or duplicated. Let’s see how do NFTs work – NFTs are reserved on a Blockchain.

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6 Tech Trends that will reshape Media & Entertainment in 2021

Trigent

Ad-supported models will work well provided platforms collate sufficient data for targeted advertising. in 2023 with eSports being touted as the future of sports. Legalized sports betting will also see a surge with 5G technology, and several sports stadiums and similar arenas in the U.S.

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Data collection and data markets in the age of privacy and machine learning

O'Reilly Media - Data

While models and algorithms garner most of the media coverage, this is a great time to be thinking about building tools in data. In this post I share slides and notes from a keynote I gave at the Strata Data Conference in London at the end of May. Economic value of data.

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Daily Crunch: AI content developer Jasper now valued at $1.5B following capital infusion

TechCrunch

Christine reports that the low-flying, Boston-based venture outfit just tripled the size of its second fund to $150 million thanks to its approach of investing in sports technologies with the help of its community of athlete backers who help promote and grow the portfolio companies.

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TrustLayer raises $6M seed to become the ‘Carta for insurance’

TechCrunch

Recent traction includes companies working in the construction, property management, sports and hospitality industries. TrustLayer comes in by “attacking a messy, data-rich and unstructured problem within the insurance industry that is a major friction source for commerce.”.

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