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NBA Top Shot maker Dapper Labs is now worth $2.6 billion thanks to half of Hollywood, the NBA and Michael Jordan

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Now the company is reaping the benefits of its trailblazing status with a new $305 million financing led by some of the biggest names in Hollywood, sports and investing. billion, according to multiple media reports, and comes at a time when NFTs have captured the popular imagination. The new round values the company at a whopping $2.6

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Daily Crunch: Hackers pinched LastPass customers’ encrypted password vaults, parent company admits

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If you like the great outdoors : Strava, the activity tracking and social community platform, acquired Fatmap, a 3D mapping platform for the great outdoors, to make that next hike a doozy, Paul reports. At least, that’s Connie ’s read of a new report, in her excellent article Opportunistic investors are giving up on aging pre-IPO companies.

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Daily Crunch: YouTube rolls out support for dubbing videos in more than 40 languages

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“All of the LPs felt more constrained; we could feel it,” reports Connie. ProsperOps raises $72 million to help, Kyle reports. And we have five more for you: Continuously, cheaper : Earthly wants to reinvent continuous integration to make it faster and cheaper , Ron reports. The cloud is growing expensive. What private jet?

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

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billion valuation, Kyle reports. 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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Daily Crunch: Twitter backpedals on CEO’s promise, permanently bans user who tracked his private jet

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If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em : It used to be that Apple fought what they call “sideloading” alternative app stores on the iPhone, but in order to comply with European laws, the consumer tech giant is now reportedly looking at allowing them with iOS 17, which will come out next year, Ivan reports. million, Manish writes. billion valuation.

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DraftKings shares plans for launch of NFT collectibles marketplace

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DraftKings is charging into the NFT game, announcing a marketplace aimed at curating sports and entertainment-themed digital collectibles for its audience of enthusiasts. The platform is “debuting later this summer,” and showcases another potentially lucrative expansion for the fantasy sports betting company.

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Daily Crunch: Former employee says Patreon has laid off its entire security team

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Zack reports there are not a lot of details about the layoffs, but did have some information about how Patreon will manage its security going forward. . The company promises a minimum 10 Gbps of enterprise fiber to the nation’s capital, Paul reports. million to make it all paperless, Mike reports. Startups and VC.

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