Hawku has raised $4 million to build a marketplace for gaming and utility nonfungible tokens (NFTs). 

“ NFTs are a digital certificate of ownership validated by the blockchain, the transparent and secure digital ledger behind cryptocurrencies. NFT tech can prove that a digital item is a one-of-a-kind rarity. It can verify a sword’s uniqueness in a fantasy game and make it more valuable. The game devs who make it can sell it for more money, and the player who buys it (and levels it up) could resell it for more money. Players could actually make money playing games as if they were investing in them, rather than just spending money in them. That can change the potential of the game’s economy, and change the fortunes of game developers. That’s the promise of NFTs, and why there are so...

Hawku has raised $4 million to build a marketplace for gaming and utility nonfungible tokens (NFTs). 

“ NFTs are a digital certificate of ownership validated by the blockchain, the transparent and secure digital ledger behind cryptocurrencies. NFT tech can prove that a digital item is a one-of-a-kind rarity. It can verify a sword’s uniqueness in a fantasy game and make it more valuable. The game devs who make it can sell it for more money, and the player who buys it (and levels it up) could resell it for more money. Players could actually make money playing games as if they were investing in them, rather than just spending money in them. That can change the potential of the game’s economy, and change the fortunes of game developers. That’s the promise of NFTs, and why there are so big investments…