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Over the past year alone, $2.8 billion was spent on crypto art, compared to $14.6 billion on traditional art. Major galleries, auction houses, and art fairs worldwide have become increasingly involved in the NFT space, including Pace, König, Lehmann Maupin, and, more recently, Art Dubai.

原文刊於信報財經新聞「StartupBeat創科鬥室」非同質化代幣（NFT）湧現，不但刺激起數碼藝術品市場，也為傳媒機構創造新財源。英國雜誌Press Gazette提到，自2021年3月以來，各大新聞出版機構透過出售NFT，至今集資近1200萬美元

Symphony Digital, a nascent digital asset investment platform, announced on Thursday the closing of its inaugural fund, Symphony Digital Opportunities Fund, at $40 million. Family offices and institutional investors including Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands invested.

Web3 companies are becoming a hot ticket for top talent in Silicon Valley and beyond. Finance execs and lawyers are leaving cushy jobs to join crypto companies. Recruiters are diverting engineers away from Big Tech. And influencers are making up to $26,000 a month covering crypto.

In the evolving metaverse economy, Yat Siu, the founder of a once little-known mobile gaming startup, is becoming known by a nickname: Mr. Metaverse.

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People’s Daily, the official publication of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is planning to make NFTs featuring traditional and modern Chinese paintings, reported Forkast. The media outfit will team up with the China Arts and Entertainment Group in promoting local works.

Japan-based messaging app Line has launched its NFT marketplace with around 40,000 tokens up for grabs. Called Line NFT, available tokens on the platform include comedy works and character videos.

Animoca Brands, the Hong-Kong based digital entertainment startup behind the popular blockchain metaverse platform The Sandbox, raised $358.88 million in January at a valuation of over $5 billion in a funding round led by Liberty City Ventures.

Beijing-based autonomous driving startup Haomo.AI has closed its Series A+ round. Separately, Jiangsu Synthgene Biotechnology, a provider of raw materials and related solutions to clients in the life sciences industry, has secured more than 300 million yuan ($47.