This week, the Chain Reaction team spoke with two investors from the recently founded web3-focused company Haun Ventures, Jordan and Darrell spoke with comic and Super Trooper Jay Chandrasekhar about his app on Found, and the Equity team discussed the legal dispute involving Black Girls Code. eBay reports that the trading cards category saw $2 billion in transactions in the first half of 2021, rising substantially faster than the site’s overall marketplace.
DoorDash breached: Remember the Twilio hack a few weeks ago? The ripple effects continue. This week DoorDash disclosed that hackers were able to obtain access to internal DoorDash tools, accessing “names, email addresses, delivery addresses and phone numbers of DoorDash customers.”
I’m aware that individuals who haven’t used the app claim it’s brimming with dancing videos, but the truth is that you’ll only see dancing videos if you’re truly interested in watching them. Given that eBay has traditionally served as a forum for trading card collectors to buy and sell their treasures, the company’s acquisition of one of its main rivals only solidifies its position in this regard. In essence, the acquisition represents eBay’s most recent foray into the trading card business, which experienced a tremendous rise during the epidemic.
One of the largest online markets for collectible trading card games is TCGplayer.com. We recently learned that Instagram is developing a Be Real-like tool that requires users to upload candid photographs in under two minutes. I think TikTok’s “For You” tab is a terrific way to find and interact with information that you care about because it is designed in a way that is based on your interests. I like to bake and read, so most of the content I see on TikTok is book suggestions and baking recipes. Trading cards, according to eBay, are currently expanding significantly.
