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December 10, 2021
FreeRossDAO Makes Winning $6M Bid for NFT Art by Silk Road Convict Ulbricht

FreeRossDAO Makes Winning $6M Bid for NFT Art by Silk Road Convict Ulbricht

A DAO devoted to appealing Ross Ulbricht's life sentences won the auction for his NFT artwork.
December 07, 2021
DAO Raises $5M for NFT Art by Silk Road Convict Ross Ulbricht

DAO Raises $5M for NFT Art by Silk Road Convict Ross Ulbricht

Ross Ulbricht, the incarcerated founder of the criminal darknet market Silk Road, has attracted millions of dollars worth of bids for his nonfungible token (NFT) art. The Ross Ulbricht Genesis Collection depicts four graphite pencil drawings and one oil canvas alongside essays and poems composed by Ulbrich, 37, during his imprisonment. The collection also includes…
November 30, 2021
Inspired by Aaron Swartz' Ideals New DAO Takes Aim at Academic Publishing Industry

Inspired by Aaron Swartz' Ideals New DAO Takes Aim at Academic Publishing Industry

A new DAO is forming that's devoted to the information liberation ideals of the late computer scientist Aaron Swartz.
November 23, 2021
Acala Network Wins Polkadot's Parachain Slot as Auction Shifts to Next Phase

Acala Network Wins Polkadot's Parachain Slot as Auction Shifts to Next Phase

Acala Network won the parachain slot on Polkadot as auction moves into new phase.
November 19, 2021
ConstitutionDAO Members Decry High Gas Fees After Narrowly Losing Auction

ConstitutionDAO Members Decry High Gas Fees After Narrowly Losing Auction

ConstitutionDAO lost its bid for a copy of the founding charter of the United States.
November 16, 2021
November 12, 2021
Polkadot’s Parachain Auctions Aim to Fulfill Promise of Scalability

Polkadot’s Parachain Auctions Aim to Fulfill Promise of Scalability

Polkadot's auction of parachains may drive innovation and scalability for a project aims to improve on Ethereum.
November 10, 2021
Trailblazer THORChain Accidentally Front-runs THORSwap Community in Latest Woe

Trailblazer THORChain Accidentally Front-runs THORSwap Community in Latest Woe

THORChain's woes continued when its DEX accidentally front-runned its community.
November 08, 2021
New NFT Discovery Platform Raises $2M From Spartan and Sequoia

New NFT Discovery Platform Raises $2M From Spartan and Sequoia

A new platform called Pulsr is designed to let NFT investors search the market with visual tools instead of text.
November 01, 2021
Avalanche Joins Layer 1 Funding Boom with $200M War Chest for Devs

Avalanche Joins Layer 1 Funding Boom with $200M War Chest for Devs

Avalanche rises $200M developer fund in Layer 1 buildout boom.