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Finance

Cricket NFT Marketplace to Raise $100M in Series A Funding Round: Report

FanCraze is built on Flow, the same blockchain that hosts NBA Top Shot, the digital collectibles platform that won widespread popularity last year.

Cricket (Pixabay)

Finance

Digital Assets Can Boost Revenue for Sports Teams, PwC Says

Token sales and metaverse events have the potential to become major revenue streams for teams and leagues.

PwC logo (Shutterstock)

Opinion

The NBA’s Web 3 Innovation Dilemma

The pro basketball league led the way with NBA Top Shot. But is it ready for the bigger implications of Web 3 for fan engagement and ownership?

NBA Top Shot (Dapper Labs)

Finance

DraftKings Becomes Polygon Validator After NFT Marketplace Clocks $44M in Sales

Zero Hash is providing the technical chops for the sports betting platform to become one of Polygon’s largest governors.

DraftKings appears to be doubling down on its crypto plans. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images for DraftKings)

Finance

Mickey Mantle Baseball Card NFT Sells for $471K in OpenSea Auction

The NFT iteration of the coveted 1952 baseball card racked up a bidding war in the sale’s final hour, making it one of the priciest sports NFTs ever sold.

Mickey Mantle in 1968, around the time he retired from baseball. (Getty Images)

Finance

Manchester City Soccer Club Signs Deal With Crypto Exchange OKX

The partnership gives OKX a presence at the English Premier League champion's Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City's Etihad Stadium

Videos

FC Barcelona to Create Its Own Cryptocurrency and Metaverse

Owned and operated by fans, Spanish soccer club FC Barcelona has rejected offers from crypto enterprises with the ambition to create its own cryptocurrency and metaverse.

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Finance

FC Barcelona Plans to Create Its Own Cryptocurrency: Report

The club has rejected offers to be associated with crypto enterprises because it wants to develop its own cryptocurrency and its own metaverse.

FC Barcelona fans. Credit: Shutterstock/Christian Bertrand

Finance

Two European Soccer Clubs Cancel Sponsorship Deals With Bitci: Report

Sporting Lisbon pointed to the Turkish crypto firm's failure to make its payments.

(Vasyl Shulga/Shutterstock)

Finance

Fast Break Labs Raises $$6M in Seed Funding Round

The Web 3 startup founded by two ex-Meta Platforms employees is developing a blockchain-based fantasy basketball game.

(Fast Break Labs)