Blackbird, Crypto Restaurant App, Raises $24M in Funding Led by A16z

Through Blackbird, which is built on Coinbase’s Layer-2 Base blockchain, customers tap their phone on a near field communication (NFC) reader (the devices which allow smartphones to connect to payment readers) and create a non-fungible token (NFT) membership. The NFT is then minted when users “tap in” to the restaurant.