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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been extremely popular during the last two years and in recent times, specific NFTs from certain collections, sell for hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars per NFT. During the last 30 days, Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs saw $257 million in sales volume. While people still question the value of NFTs, it’s also interesting to see who is purchasing the most expensive NFTs like Bored Apes and trading them regularly. The following is an in-depth look at the top five BAYC traders of all time and the millions of dollars in profits they have made.

Thirty different blockchain companies and nonprofit organizations plan to fork the Facebook-led Libra crypto project to build their own permissionless version, dubbed OpenLibra.

‘Ukraine understands that the legalisation of blockchain technologies will help it attract new investments,” claims the co-founder of the legal startup Legal Nodes Nestor Dubnevich in his comment for LetKnow.News.

Physical storage-turned-rentals startup Omni is dealing with layoffs today, two sources familiar with the situation tell TechCrunch. Omni just shed seven operations team members. The startup is in talks to sell its engineering team to Coinbase after also receiving interest from Thumbtack.

“A number of companies are planing to use satellites to create blockchain nodes, but it makes little sense,” claims the developer of SatoshiFund Andrey Sobol inhis comment for LetKnow.News.

Israeli startup GK8 unveiled a cold-storage crypto wallet with on-network transfer capabilities, the company said.

The United States Air Force (USAF) has chosen smart contract startup SIMBA Chain to provide the blockchain which will be used to secure its supply chain.

Binance Labs, along with Arrington XRP Capital, Neo Global Capital, Fenbushi Capital, and several other venture funds, is investing $3.5 million in a blockchain customer relationship management (CRM) startup, hoping to bring enterprise big names onto the Binance Chain and accelerate enterprise blockchain adoption.

A Singaporean startup, Limestone Network, is using blockchain to sustain a smart neighbourhood at the heart of the Cambodian capital.

The world has seen both hot and cold storage but now one company is bringing “chill storage.” ZenGo, a Tel Aviv-based firm, is promising the first non-custodial wallet without private keys, points of failure, or passwords, all with a custodian-grade experience.

Latin America-based cryptocurrency startup Ripio has launched a trading platform, including an over the counter (OTC) desk, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on May 16.

French crypto hardware firm Ledger will provide its technology to American payments startup Uphold to improve security, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on May 13.

The startup Radar, which raised $10 million in a series A funding round last year, has revealed a new suite of tools for developers working on the lightning network, bitcoin’s second layer for scaling payments.

Sunday, a Ukranian blockchain CEO got kidnapped in Kiev. Gregory Kucherkov is the CEO of Cornerstone, an effort to fund real estate investment with a blockchain token. Conerstone is planning an ICO. CCN received a tip from COO Fedir Martynov, and reached out to him by phone.

Quantstamp Inc., a Y Combinator-backed blockchain security startup, has announced the establishment of a limited liability company, Quantstamp Japan GK, after receiving a “significant investment” from Nomura Holdings and Digital Garage.

Blockchain device manufacturer startup Pundi X unveiled new specifications for its blockchain phone, which it plans to release to the public later this year.

Cryptography company Curve revealed its Institutional Digital Asset Wallet Service today, which aims to provide financial institutions and enterprises with a storage solution that makes their cryptocurrencies and digital assets instantly available — while also providing total autonomy and eliminating the need for private keys.

Swiss bank Julius Baer plans to provide its client access to digital asset services, following a partnership with crypto bank startup Seba Crypto, a press release from Julius Baer reveals on Feb. 26.

Coinbase has acquired blockchain analytics startup Neutrino as part of a wider push to offer more diverse crypto assets across borders.

Social media giant Facebook is growing its blockchain efforts by hiring staffers from Chainspace, the startup behind a smart contracts platform.