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Hey Waivly Crew! 🌊 Soon NBA Top Shot collectors will be able to display their NFTs in physical display frames. Mercado Bitcoin’s parent company 2TM has raised a further $50m.

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NBA Top Shot NFTs can now be displayed in real frames

Dapper Labs and Infinite Objects have partnered to give NBA Top Shot collectors a way to display their NFTs in the real world.

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Thanks to the partnership between Dapper Labs, the company behind Top Shot, and hardware start-up Infinite Objects, you can now order a “Video Print” of NBA NFTs in physical display frames.

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Top Shot owners can now simply log into Infinite Object’s portal, connect their Dapper account, select a favourite moment, and buy a Video Print of the clip. Each frame will come with a QR code and holographic sticker to prove its ownership.

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It won’t be cheap, as attaching a moment to a 5.7 x 8.4 inch “Large” frame costs $199, while an 11.4 x 7.5 inch “Extra Large” frame will cost $399. Initial shipping is expected to start sometime in January.

2TM raises $50M in Series B round extension

2TM has raised an additional $50.3 million in a second closing of its Series B funding round.

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2TM, the holding company for Mercado Bitcoin, is Brazil’s largest crypto exchange by market valuation. The funding will help expand its operations across Latin America, with Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, as its main priorities.

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The Series B fundraiser had participation from United States-based funds 10T and Tribal Capital, as well as Brazilian companies Traders Club, Pipo Capital, and Endeavor, 2TM revealed on Tuesday.

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“Our international expansion and the increasing offer of new products based on the technology that gave life to bitcoin are just beginning. Tribe and 10T will bring their expertise in the blockchain segment, which is even more relevant than the amount invested,” 2TM CEO Roberto Dagnoni said in a statement.

The Waves

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Tech Special

Twitch launches new tool to catch ban evaders

Twitch has introduced a new way tool that will detect people who might be attempting to evade bans.

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The tool, called Suspicious User Detection, uses machine learning to identify users as “possible” channel ban evaders so that streamers and moderators can decide to take action or not. Messages from evaders won’t be visible in chat, but streamers will be able to see them.

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Twitch has been under pressure for months over abuse that takes place on its site, including targeted harassment and hate raids where streamers' chats get flooded with harassing messages, so hopefully, this tool will help stop this.

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"It is addressing that core problem of targeted harassment," Alison Huffman, Twitch's director of product for community health, said in an interview. "We have heard through talking with creators and their moderators over time that this is a persistent problem for them."

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NASA plans to replace the International Space Station by 2030

NASA is reportedly pushing the retirement date for the International Space Station from 2024 to 2030.

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NASA’s auditing body, the Office of Audits, has released a report detailing NASA’s plan to replace the ISS with one or more commercial low Earth-orbit stations before it retires and de-orbits, which is currently scheduled for 2024.

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The audit goes into detail about the costs of maintenance and operation of the ISS, along with why it is a necessity for NASA’s plan for human deep space exploration and the establishment of a permanent presence on the Moon and exploration of Mars.

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Getting a commercial space station up and running by 2028 won’t be an easy task for NASA, as the report brings up challenges that included “limited market demand, inadequate funding, unreliable cost estimates, and still-evolving requirements.”

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Ledger wallets are an extremely secure and premium way to secure, manage, and grow your crypto assets with their Bluetooth-enabled hardware wallets, and easy-to-use app which lets you manage your portfolio on the go. They let you manage multiple assets, buy, sell, grow, and exchange crypto, gain financial freedom by you being in full control and ownership of your private keys, and so much more.

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The wallets are really simple to setup, and to move your crypto over to, so there’s no reason not to secure your assets and take control of your cryptocurrency now and get yourself a Ledger device. You can manage 1800+ coins and tokens directly in the Ledger Live app once you’ve got your device up and running, so you’ll always have your entire portfolio covered.

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