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Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 drops white paper on building the open metaverse — VentureBeat

In the document, the company said its mission is to deliver a Layer 1 blockchain, interoperating tools and decentralized services optimized for the open metaverse, writes Dean Takahashi.

SpiderVille raises $1M

SpiderVille, a Web3 music startup, has raised a $1 million pre-seed round.

Tesla sold $936M of bitcoin, kept its Dogecoin reserves — CNET

Musk explained the sell-off was related to ongoing COVID lockdowns in China, writes Daniel Van Boom. Here is the link: https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/tesla-sold-936m-of-bitcoin-kept-its-dogecoin-reserves/

Quadrata raises $7.5M

Quadrata has raised a $7.5 million seed funding round. The investment was led by Dragonfly Capital.

Seth Green NFT theft part of multimillion-dollar scam campaign, investigator says — Vice

The theft raised questions on whether Green was still allowed to use the Bored Ape for the show or if he lost the copyright, writes Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai.