Blind TL;DR Edition No. 9: Week Ended Jan. 7, 2022
Blind TL;DR helps you stay on top of what shaped the tech industry this week in about 3 minutes. Keep tabs on the latest with insights straight from the newsmakers—technologists like you.
Still just hype?
The NFT marketplace OpenSea is riding the NFT and cryptocurrency wave. OpenSea raised $300 million at a $13.3 billion valuation. Transactions at the four-year-old company reached $14 billion in 2021, up from just $21 million in 2020.
Less than six months ago, the eBay-for-NFTs raised $100 million at a $1.5 billion valuation. Don’t miss the debate about the valuation on Blind.
Friday fun day
Work is 20% off at the e-commerce platform Bolt. The unicorn startup experimented with a four-day workweek last fall and made the perk permanent after its 550 employees unsurprisingly said they wanted the policy to continue.
Believe it or not: Some technologists on Blind aren’t impressed.
The whiteboard is how much?
Miro, best known for its virtual whiteboards, raised $400 million at a $17.5 billion valuation. The Series C closed as the workplace collaboration company says it has more than 30 million users and nearly all of the Fortune 100 as customers.
Check out Blind to learn how workplace collaboration apps got so hot.
See you in the metaverse
At least 2 million new people joined the VR revolution over the holidays. The Oculus app became the No. 1 app in app stores for the first time ever on Christmas. The record is good news for Meta, as now, there may be more people in the upcoming metaverse than you might expect.
Discover what you can do with Oculus on Blind.
Apple breaks another record
In case you missed it: Apple stock has been on a tear. The iPhone-maker began the new year by becoming the first U.S. company to reach a $3 trillion market cap. It hit the $2-trillion milestone less than 17 months ago.
The stock appreciation is good news for the engineers who just got one-time stock bonuses. Learn more about Apple’s bonuses on Blind.
New York says TC or—
Companies hiring in New York City will soon be required to post salary ranges in their job postings and for promotion and transfer opportunities. The Big Apple’s city council passed the new pay-transparency law over the holidays, which will go into effect in April 2022.
Find out what this might mean for other cities on Blind.
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