Sources: Amazon plans to launch an NFT initiative in April, with more than a dozen crypto-native partners and a focus on blockchain-based gaming (Michael Bodley/Blockworks)

Michael Bodley / Blockworks:
Sources: Amazon plans to launch an NFT initiative in April, with more than a dozen crypto-native partners and a focus on blockchain-based gaming  —  Amazon is launching a digital assets enterprise, according to four sources familiar with the matter, who said that an NFT initiative is expected in the spring.

Ornella Hernandez / Blockworks:
Web3 game publisher Revolving Games raised over $13.2M from Pantera Capital, Animoca Brands, and others, bringing its seed funding to $25M+  —  Rockstar Games’ co-founder adds to team’s war chest for Web3 game development

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Hands-on with Matter devices at an official launch event; Matter has a long way to go before it delivers on a promise of an interoperable and simple smart home  —  At the official launch event for Matter this week, I saw a lot of exciting things: a Google Nest Hub controlling an Eve Energy smart plug …

Mike Truppa / The Block:
Matter Labs, which develops the Ethereum scaling protocol zkSync, raised a $200M Series C led by Blockchain Capital and Dragonfly, bringing its funding to $458M  —  – Matter Labs has raised $200 million in a Series C round led by Blockchain Capital and Dragonfly.

Tory Newmyer / Washington Post:
DARPA is launching a review of cryptocurrencies to assess threats to national security and law enforcement posed by the rise of digital assets  —  New project is part of the U.S. government’s wider crackdown on illicit uses of digital assets  —  The military’s innovation office is launching …

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Reddit’s chief product officer says 3M+ users created Reddit Vault wallets, including 2.5M to buy NFT avatars that can be used as profile pictures on the site  —  In July, Reddit jumped on the NFT train, launching an NFT-based marketplace that allows users to purchase blockchain-based profile pictures for a fixed rate.