ChainCatcher news, NFT social platform Metalink has completed a $6 million seed round financing, with participation from Social Capital, Arrington Capital, Sound Ventures, Gemini Frontier Fund, Dapper Labs' venture capital arm BallerVC, and Genies' Human Ventures. Angel investors include MoonPay CEO Ivan Soto-Wright, The Sandbox founder Sebastien Borget, and former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan.In addition, Metalink announced the launch of its mobile application, where NFT collectors can interact, aggregate information announcements, and track their portfolio performance. The app also plans to introduce trading features later this year, allowing users to buy, sell, and exchange digital assets. (Source link)

According to ChainCatcher news, citing two informed sources from BlockWorks, billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya's Social Capital is raising at least $3 billion for a cryptocurrency venture capital fund.Social Capital has been purchasing Bitcoin since 2013, and has also invested in the NFT market SuperRare and Solana blockchain-based Sabre Labs. The new fund is Social Capital's fifth fund, with reportedly $1 billion allocated for early-stage startups (with individual investments ranging from $10 million to $20 million), $1 billion for later-stage companies (with individual investments ranging from $100 million to $200 million), and $1 billion for equity investments in companies at different stages of development (with individual investments ranging from $250 million to $450 million). (source link)