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October 6, 2021

Fantasy football is so old school. Try fantasy startup investing.

A new NFT-based virtual startup investing game, Visionrare, launches today.


Amy Lewin

4 min read

The NFT craze just got very, very meta. 

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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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