Daily Crunch: 'For a limited time,' Coinbase's new NFT marketplace will waive transaction fees
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Happy 20th of April, 2022, which has no particular significance and we are not making any jokes. It’s been a strange news day, but never fear, we have some great stories for you to peruse. Today’s Equity podcast is a good one, with Alex and Natasha discussing startup myths and assumptions.Don’t forget that Found, the TechCrunch podcast where founders talk about the stories behind their startups, was nominated for a Webby for best technology podcast. We need your help with some votes, so cast yours today -- voting closes tomorrow! Car enthusiasts and those who like to talk about all things movement-related, it’s time to secure your tickets for next month’s TC Sessions: Mobility 2022. Waymo co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov will join us for a fireside chat. There’s something here for everyone, even university students that have some good mobility ideas. And while you’re procuring tickets, grab one for October’s TechCrunch Disrupt. The TechCrunch Top 3 NFT shoppers unite!: Coinbase’s long-awaited NFT marketplace launched in a beta form for those who find joy in trading digital collectibles. If you thought the Flutterwave drama was over, you would be wrong: Earlier this month, Tage brought you the story of a former Flutterwave employee accusing CEO Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola of bullying and harassing. Bringing beauty salons into the digital era: The beauty industry is not often one venture capital firms flock to, so that’s why it’s great to see a company like Colombia-based Morado, a digital beauty marketplace supplying salons with all the gadgets and gizmos needed to operate, get some attention from some big names like Tiger Global, a16z and H2O Capital. Startups and VC Love ‘em or loathe ‘em, NFTs are all the rage, and a small subset of people are raking in the cash in the process. In a TC+ analysis, Jacquelyn wonders how the market is going to survive the volatility and the outliers-driven market dynamics. Fascinating and well worth a read (and a TC+ subscription, if you haven’t given our subs team the $50 worth of annual subscription tokens yet).Meanwhile, in the most life-imitates-art (looking at you, "Silicon Valley") story I’ve written for TechCrunch to date, Social Local Mobile Commerce (SoLoMoCo) app Tulu raised a chunk of cash to bring the sharing economy to your apartment building.