Ornella Hernández

Catch up on the latest funding and partnership news about GameFi and Web3 gaming. This week, Cointelegraph covers LootRush, Axie Infinity and Polygon Studios.

Other notable NFT news this week includes Larva Labs deleting all of its tweets and Elon Musk briefly changing his Twitter profile picture to a Bored Ape Yacht Club collage.

The NYM Innovation Fund will support research on mixnets and privacy-enhancing technologies.

Ethereum users rushing to purchase scarce three- and four-digit names have been driving NFT market sales activity.

ICP-powered ORIGYN is leveraging blockchain and biometric technology to tackle the issue of counterfeit watches.

Ukraine continues to use crypto and NFTs to fund the two-month long ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

As the inaugural conference presented by FTX and SALT is underway in the Bahamas, Cointelegraph gathered some key insights.

OpenSea's NFT empire just got bigger with its latest acquisition, while virtual influencer Rae creates an NFT collection to advance girls' education, and online chess players can now turn memorable matches into NFTs with Chess.com.

Uncertainty over regulation remains a key barrier to crypto investing, according to Bitstamp.

One of largest VC deals so far in Q1 2022 went to Miami-Based Yuga Labs with its $450 million seed funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

Coorest and the PLCnetwork of the Southern Hemisphere believe that blockchain and NFT technology are a solution for protecting endangered wildlife and funding costly conservation areas.

Breitman revealed that Tezos’ solution to the blockchain trilemma is using optimistic rollups in an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph.

DappRadar and the Blockchain Game Alliance produce the Q1 numbers behind the top play-to-earn and GameFi DApps.

In a conversation on stage at Paris Blockchain Week Summit and in an exclusive interview afterwards, Nicolas Cary shared his insights on inflation, regulation and Web3.

A Medium post revealed Cronje's disdain for crypto culture and his likely return to the space.

Billionaire and Bitcoin advocate Ricardo Salinas believes that the growth of Bitcoin is inevitable, but its future depends on how fast and cheap transactions can get.

Even though mobile Android users have been able to access the browser for the past few months, over a billion Apple users can now download it via the App Store.

Cointelegraph conducted an exclusive interview with Silvio Micali at the Paris Blockchain Week Summit.

In less than a week, Animoca Brands has acquired two major video games publishers: Eden Games and Darewise Entertainment.

Archie Comics is one of the first major comic book companies to launch its characters into Web3, and its inaugural NFT collection is inspired by The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

The four-day event brought together developers, business leaders, policymakers and builders of the Bitcoin economy.

Ashton Kutcher, Gwyneth Paltrow, Justin Bieber and Snoop Dogg are among MoonPay's strategic investors who have brought the company's valuation to $3.4 billion.

The network also pledged $20 million to offset its carbon footprint and foster an industry-wide movement.

Bored Ape Yacht Club owners can take advantage of IP rights by auditioning for a BAYC movie trilogy, while other popular NFT characters now make up the cast of iHeartMedia's latest podcast venture.

Blue Chip NFT collections such as Azuki, Clone X and Doodles are leading the steady growth of a market that has traded over $17 billion since 2020.

Looks like its latest raise brings Epic Games' valuation to $31.5 billion.

Mastercard joins Visa and American Express with moves into the Metaverse as it seeks to increase revenue streams and remain competitive in the virtual economy.

The Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami set the stage for the announcement followed by a panel with athletes Serena Williams, Odell Beckham Jr. and Aaron Rodgers.

CryptoVoxels will be the home of the Spells of Genesis trading card exhibit as NFT galleries become increasingly commonplace in the metaverse.

ESPN’s first NFT collection is based on its "Man in the Arena: Tom Brady" documentary and magazine issue.