Vancouver-based Dapper Labs, the NFT startup behind CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot, lays off ~134 staff, or ~22% of its workforce; Dapper Labs has raised $600M+
Dapper Labs has laid off around 22 percent of its staff, BetaKit has learned. — The company confirmed the layoffs to BetaKit …
Profile of CryptoPunks, an NFT project founded by two Canadian developers in 2017, which has reached $1.5B in lifetime sales as NFTs explode in popularity
unique digital assets—on the blockchain long before NFT became a household term...Two months later, a Canadian venture firm...used elements of the CryptoPunks smart contract to launch its own line of ...
OpenSea, a marketplace for NFTs, raises $23M Series A led by a16z Crypto, says $95M in digital merchandise was sold on the service in Feb., up from $8M in Jan.
When CryptoKitties roared onto the scene in 2017, most people regarded the collectible digital cats, which were tied to and encapsulated …
Flow, a blockchain for non-fungible tokens built by CryptoKitties's creator Dapper Labs, raises $18M in a token sale
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The UK's Financial Conduct Authority has banned the sale of cryptocurrency derivatives and exchange-traded notes to retail users from January 6, 2021
More than 12,500 users participated in the first phase of a public token sale on CoinList for Flow, a new blockchain platform developed by Dapper Labs, the creator of CryptoKitties.
Dapper Labs, developer of CryptoKitties, raises $11.2M from a16z, Warner Music Group, and others for its proof-of-stake, high transaction volume blockchain Flow
Now that Warner Music Group has mastered streaming, generating $2 billion in revenue from the technology, the music giant behind Cardi B …
Opera releases its Android browser with a built-in Ethereum wallet, support for crypto collectibles such as CryptoKitties and ethereum-based decentralized apps
Opera has announced the public release of its “Web 3-ready” Android web browser, which notably sports a built-in cryptocurrency wallet.
Dapper Labs, which develops the CryptoKitties consumer blockchain collectibles, raises $15M led by Venrock, its second round in 2018 after launching in February
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Research: the largest seven DApps by usage at their peaks saw average user drops of 74%, as CryptoKitties experienced 96% drop and Numerai's use fell 97%
Decentralized Apps (Dapps) are facing problems in maintaining a userbase. The largest Dapps being used currently are exchanges.
In the past few months CryptoKitties saw sharp drop in daily active users, number of transactions, and average price of kitties according to analytics sites
- In March, investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures gave a total of $12 million to CryptoKitties, a blockchain game for digital collectibles.