News Fan engagement app Afterparty.AI secures $5m in new funding, bringing total raised to $12m Afterparty says the money will go towards developing its new AI-powered platform
News Snoop Dogg joins $20m Series A funding round for music NFT platform, Sound Series A funding round led by a16z crypto.
Analysis News Universal’s virtual band KINGSHIP just sold out its entire collection of 5,000 NFT ‘Key Cards’ KINGSHIP's members include four Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs
News NFT marketplace Serenade raises $4.2m, plans expansion into the US Visual rebrand and marketplace technology update also planned
News Universal’s Web3 label 10:22PM just bought a Bored Ape NFT for over $350,000… and says it will serve as the manager for virtual band, KINGSHIP The NFT, named Manager Noët All, will become the manager of virtual group, KINGSHIP
News Warner strikes ‘first-of-its-kind’ deal with blockchain gaming developer Splinterlands WMG makes another move in the blockchain industry
News Universal partners with Marc Geiger-backed NFT platform Curio to develop NFTs for its global artists and labels UMG becomes the first major music company to collaborate with Curio
News Nas and Lil Baby-backed metaverse firm Everyrealm closes $60m funding round led by Andreesen Horowitz The firm is led by CEO Janine Yorio
News Brad Pophal joins YMU as Head of Web3 and NFT for US Music YMU reports to have generated over $30 million in sales in 2021
News Quincy Jones-backed NFT platform OneOf strikes partnership with Warner Music Group OneOf raised $63 million in a seed round in May 2021
News Steve Aoki launches his own metaverse and NFT membership platform, the A0K1VERSE A0K1VERSE membership offers token holders exclusive access to both physical and digital opportunities
News NFT Platform Blockparty strikes first major label partnership with Warner Music Group New York-headquartered platform strikes first major label partnership
News NFT marketplace OpenSea valued at $13.3bn as it raises $300m in Series C funding OpenSea was founded in 2017
News Damon Dash insists he’s entitled to sell share of Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt as NFT – despite being sued by Roc-A-Fella Records 'This lawsuit is meritless, misstates the facts and is an attempt to prevent me from selling something that I have the legal right to sell,' says Damon Dash