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Winklevoss-Owned Gemini Sponsors 2021 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race

The Winklevoss twins, who founded Gemini in 2014, rowed for Oxford at the Boat Race in 2010.

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Markets

DOGE Adoption on the Rise. Dallas Mavericks to Accept Dogecoin for Tickets, Merchandise

The team will soon be accepting the crypto as part of a deal with payment services provider BitPay.

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Finance

Panthers’ Russell Okung Becomes First NFL Player to Be Paid in Bitcoin

Okung’s $13 million salary is being split 50-50 between bitcoin and fiat by way of Zap’s Strike product.

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Finance

Miami Heat’s Tyler Herro Lends Voiceover Chops to Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot

The Miami Heat's Tyler Herro is the first NBA player to provide a voiceover for a crypto game.

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Finance

FC Barcelona Footballer Invests $4.3M in Fan Token Platform Sorare

Sorare, the platform for digital soccer collectibles, said FC Barcelona's Gerard Piqué is investing $4.3 million in the NFT site.

Sorare investor and Spanish soccer player Gerard Piqué.

Finance

Dapper’s NBA Top Shot Launches Out of Beta With Samsung Galaxy Store Deal

After selling more than $2 million in digital basketball cards during its private beta, NBA Top Shot is launching to the public.

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Tech

CryptoKitties Creator Debuts NBA Game on Its Own Blockchain

Blockchain meets basketball in the newest game from Dapper Labs, the developers of CryptoKitties.

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Markets

Blockchain E-Sports TV App to Ship on Samsung S20 Phones in US

THETA.tv will soon be available on Samsung's flagship Galaxy S20 smartphones shipped to the U.S.

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Markets

Surveying the Carnage: Movies, Sports and Education in Crisis

As the COVID-19 crisis grows, some industries will recover quickly, but some won’t recover at all. In this episode we help you understand which is which.

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Finance

NBA Player Spencer Dinwiddie Taps Broker-Dealer in Push to Tokenize Sports Contracts

The move follows a three-month tussle with the NBA, which initially claimed it represented a league violation.

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