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The Sandbox's US CEO explains his vision for the metaverse platform and why people are still flocking to web3 during the crypto winter
"We want to be the Manhattan of the metaverse, a concentration of exciting brands and artists — but…
Phil Rosen
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The founder of the Coachella of NFTs breaks down why he launched the world's largest NFT event — and why he isn't sweating the digital asset downturn
In an interview with Insider, NFT.NYC's Jodee Rich also explains why he hosts the world's largest N…
Phil Rosen
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This 18-year-old just raked in $700,000 of revenue selling Bored Ape toys — and NFT holders say the physical replicas reinforce their attachment to digital identities.
Insider sat down with an 18-year-old who makes Bored Ape Yacht Club toys for NFT holders and is on …
Phil Rosen
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Doodles NFTs hit $500 million in sales and could still weather recession, says CEO who's tapped Pharrell Williams and Reddit's Alexis Ohanian to build a Web3 media giant
"We've communicated from the very beginning...that our purpose is to elicit joy," the Doodles CEO t…
Phil Rosen
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This investor bought a Bored Ape NFT for $1,700 in 2021 and plans to HODL. He explains why the crypto meltdown didn't stop him from quitting his job to work in Web3.
"Name you industry, NFTs are going to disrupt it. Look where some of the smartest people are going,…
Phil Rosen
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams says his first paycheck on Friday will be converted to bitcoin and ether via Coinbase
The move fulfills a pledge Adams made in November when he said he'll take his first three paychecks…
Isabelle Lee
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A Snoop Dogg impersonator labelling himself 'Doop Snogg' fooled a New York NFT conference in a stunt designed to expose fakery in digital art
Doop Snogg attended the conference wearing a fake moustache and shoes packed with paper to appear t…
Abby Wallace
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A 410-pound gold cube turned up in Central Park in a reminder of the crypto tungsten craze
The cube sat in the New York park for a few hours for the upcoming launch of an NFT and crypto coin…
Adam Morgan McCarthy
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New York City Mayor-Elect Eric Adams says he will take his first 3 paychecks in bitcoin as he pushes to make the big apple a crypto hub
"NYC is going to be the center of the cryptocurrency industry and other fast-growing, innovative in…
Isabelle Lee
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NYC mayor Eric Adams says his bitcoin investment is about sending a message that the city is open to new tech, sidestepping concerns about crypto plunge
"It's the same as when I invested in the stock market," Mayor Eric Adams told CNN. "We saw a drasti…
Isabelle Lee
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NYC is getting its own city coin in line with the incoming mayor's crypto hub vision
The launch of NYCCoin follows MiamiCoin, which to date has earned more than $21.3 million since its…
Isabelle Lee
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The US government just declared war on crypto
The SEC shook up the world of crypto by filing lawsuits against two of the biggest crypto exchanges…
Dan DeFrancesco
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SantaCon rains drunken santas on NYC every year. Turns out, it might not have been completely transparent about its charity.
SantaCon, which rains santas on New York City in a bar crawl every year, is spending money in stran…
Katie Notopoulos
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Brittany Chang
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Samsung is opening a metaverse version of its flagship NYC store in Decentraland
Samsung has partnered with Decentraland, an ethereum-based virtual world that is among a few differ…
Isabelle Lee
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Depending on who you ask, BlackRock just saved, or killed, crypto
BlackRock's application for a bitcoin ETF is the latest push from traditional finance firms into di…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Bill Ackman calls on New York to fix its crypto-unfriendly rules and asks how NYC's mayor can even spend his bitcoin paycheck
Ackman's tweet came after a crypto enthusiast said he'd move to Connecticut since his New York resi…
Shalini Nagarajan
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NYC Democratic mayoral front runner says he will turn the city into a bitcoin hub to rival Miami
Eric Adams, who is leading the polls to become the Democratic mayoral candidate, said New York City…
Sophie Kiderlin
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A plot of digital land was just sold in the metaverse for $2.43 million — more than most homes in NYC and San Francisco cost
Metaverse Group, a subsidiary of Tokens.com, completed the purchase for a patch of digital land for…
Phil Rosen
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NFTs are back, and this time they could wreck havoc on the crypto market
People are borrowing against their NFTs in record numbers, which begs the question how such a volat…