DappRadar: NFT lending market volume has dropped 97% from a peak of ~$1B in January 2024 to ~$50M in May 2025, with borrower activity falling by 90%
Average NFT loan sizes have tanked, which DappRadar's Sara Gherghelas says means users are borrowing against low-value assets or being conservative with leverage.
Signal President Meredith Whittaker says the company plans to support encrypted backups in 2025, and it costs ~$50M per year to run the encrypted messaging app
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Sources: Perplexity is looking to raise ~$500M to double its valuation to $8B or more; Perplexity's annualized revenue is ~$50M, up from ~$10M in March 2024
Search-based chatbot seeks to raise about $500 million in what would be its fourth funding round in a year
Sources: Apollo Global Management and Fortress Investment Group are each investing ~$50M in competing groups that aim to restart Celsius under new management
Wall Street Journal :
Twitter faces ~$1B per year in interest expenses after Elon Musk's deal added ~$13B in debt, up from ~$50M in 2021 when operations generated ~$633M in cash flow
Mr. Musk faces financial challenges in owning Twitter. The site frequently loses money and took on $13 billion in debt for the blockbuster deal.
After a peak of $248M in February, daily trading volumes of NFTs on OpenSea fell 80% to ~$50M in March; average price of a Bored Ape NFT fell 44% since Feb. 24
Internet collectibles ranging from cartoon apes to artsy doodles have plunged in value as real-world conflict … Tweets: @germanotes , @muradahmed , @jeffnolan , @adamsamson , @carnage4life , @_inpract...
A look at SoftBank's $100M Opportunity Fund for diverse founders, which launched after George Floyd's murder and has invested ~$50M in 60 companies so far
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Phil Schiller testifies that the App Store drove $400B in physical sales in 2019, which Apple did not take a cut of, and Apple spends ~$50M per year on WWDC
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Dosh raises $40M, sources say at a $300M valuation, following a $44M Series A nine months ago, as its cash back app has doled out ~$50M to shoppers
When it comes to reaching would-be customers today, one of the biggest investments that brands and retailers will make is in advertising, to the tune of nearly $630 billion globally.
A look at the resources needed to design a chip for high-volume applications in-house, which may require ~$50M in operating costs before the first product ships
This post is an excerpt from our newsletter in which we take a deep look at the shifting trends of the semiconductor industry.