TechCrunch+ roundup: Allocating equity, unicorn traffic jam, blockchain gaming survey

Property tech, fintech, media, and personal mobility companies have all seen big drop-offs since their debut.“I would hazard that we’ve collected enough data to call the SPAC boom a failure.”The SPAC boom was a failure, yeah?Image Credits: Gunes Ozcan (opens in a new window) / Getty ImagesImage Credits: Gunes Ozcan (opens in a new window) / Getty ImagesPaying users to play is part of blockchain gaming’s unique selling proposition, but is that the purpose of entertainment?Senior Editor Alex Wilhelm says he enjoys the fun and excitement associated with playing against others online, but “I am bearish on crypto games as they currently exist for a few reasons, even if the incentives are more aligned than they appear in traditional gaming.”Despite blockchain gaming’s play-to-earn angle, I prefer to payImage Credits: Shannon Minor (opens in a new window) / Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new window) under a CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new window) license.Image Credits: Shannon Minor (opens in a new window) / Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new window) under a CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new window) license.Halsey Minor is best known as a co-founder of CNET and an early Salesforce.com investor, but for the last several years, he’s been working in crypto.After three decades developing content, he’s now leading Vivid Labs, which operates a proprietary NFT publishing platform.“Much like I recognized the massive explosion of the internet many years ago, I see crypto and NFTs as the technology of the future,” said Minor in a TC+ interview that includes advice for founders hoping to raise capital for web3 projects.Here’s why CNET co-founder Halsey Minor is bullish on NFTsImage Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window)Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window)Next week, Anna Heim and Alex Wilhelm plan to file a series of stories for The Exchange examining sectors and trends in different regions.