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FTX execs blew through $8B; testimony reveals how

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Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives spent $8 billion worth of customer funds on real estate, venture capital investments, campaign donations, endorsement deals and even a sports stadium, according to testimony from former senior FTX executive Nishad Singh.

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Nigerian proptech Spleet gets $2.6M led by MaC VC to scale its property management products

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For the average individual living in Lagos — Nigeria’s most populous city, with over 20 million people — apartment hunting is an extreme sport. While Adesanmi worked for years in Nigeria’s banking and fintech space, his family’s real estate background pushed him to establish a startup in proptech.

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Discord’s reported $10B exit; Compass and Intermedia Cloud Communications set IPO price ranges

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Discord is a well-financed unicorn that has raised oodles of capital and reportedly sports rapidly expanding revenues. Second: Real estate tech company Compass has set an IPO price range we need to explore. First, the possible $10 billion exit of Discord to Microsoft. Is its resulting valuation strong?

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“Link-in-bio” company Linktree raises $45M Series B for its social commerce features

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” Zaccaria added that one of Linktree’s differentiators is its adoption by users in a wide range of categories, including health and wellness, real estate, sports, music, politics, publishing and food.

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Apple Watch accessory maker Wristcam raises $25M

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Industry leader Apple certainly doesn’t seem to be rushing into the idea, so Wristcam went and did it for them with the launch of a band sporting its own camera capable of shooting 4K images and 1080p. Other wearable makers have flirted with video and images on wrist-worn devices, but the feature is far from mainstream.

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Toca Football raises $40 million to fuel its budding chain of giant soccer and entertainment facilities

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based company that operates 14 sports centers across the U.S. high school soccer programs recorded an all-time high in the 2018/19 season, with more than 850,000 playing the sport across the country. Maruyama suggests the company has been able to take advantage of a depressed commercial real estate market over the last year or so.).

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

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Talking about both real words and virtual, the use of NFTs can be done for marketing digital real estate. Talking about decentraland games, digital real estate apps are getting more and more attention in the virtual world. NFT for Sports. The best idea is to begin a new business in the sports industry.