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A16z Crypto Backs YGG’s $13.8m Round to Advance Soulbound Tokens

Yield Guild Games ( YGG ), a platform that rents NFTs for use in blockchain games, announced on Friday that it had sold US $13.8 million in tokens to a group of investors led by DWF Labs and a16z Crypto - a Web3- focused fund managed by VC firm Andreessen Horowitz. (techinasia)

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