'Bored Ape' NFT-startup Yuga Labs valued at $4 billion after funding

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Yuga Labs, the company behind the 'Bored Ape Yacht Club' collection of NFTs, said on Tuesday it was valued at $4 billion after a $450 million funding round led by a16z crypto, Andreessen Horowitz's crypto fund.Metaverse gaming company Animoca and its subsidiary, The Sandbox, and crypto exchange FTX were a

Yuga Labs, the company behind the"Bored Ape Yacht Club" collection of NFTs, said on Tuesday it was valued at $4 billion after a $450 million funding round led by a16z crypto, Andreessen Horowitz's crypto fund.

The hype around digital assets that propelled crytocurrencies like bitcoin to record prices last year, has also spilled over into nonfungible tokens, or NFTs.

 

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