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In February 2021, Jesse Schwarz bought a Top Shot NFT of LeBron James dunking for $208,000, setting a record. It was the most expensive sale in the platform’s short history; at the time, the average price of a Moment — Top Shot lingo for an NFT — was $181.81, according to CryptoSlam. “To invest and set that record with the $208,000 purchase on LeBron just was an awesome Moment as a fan but obviously as an investor, too,” Schwarz told me then. “The purchase I made about a year ago, that was kind of the peak.” One of the…

Amazon workers and community allies demonstrate during a protest organized by New York Communities for Change and Make the Road New York in front of Jeff Bezos’ Manhattan residence in New York on December 2, 2020Photo: Kena Bentancur (Getty Images)Amazon—a trillion dollar multinational corporation repeatedly sued by labor groups for unfair working conditions at its facilities—wants you to know it’s being treated unfairly.In a blog post on Wednesday Amazon lashed out at antitrust legislation currently making its way…

A new posthumous profile of Taylor Hawkins, the Foo Fighters’ drummer who died in March, examines his final months on the road with the legendary rock band. And it isn’t sitting well with his former bandmates and some of his friends who were interviewed for the story.Speaking to Rolling Stone for a piece published Monday, several of Hawkins’ friends said the late musician complained of tour-related exhaustion as the band hit the road following an 18-month, pandemic-induced hiatus.Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron said his…

Imagine you’re on a video call with your boss. You’re tired and stressed, but you’re trying to hold things together and be as professional as possible given the circumstances. Now imagine your boss knows all this because they have an app that is actively monitoring your mood and feeding back about your emotional state in real time. They know how you’re feeling even if you don’t say it. Their software is scanning and watching. This might sound dystopian but could soon become a reality. Companies are already working on…