Share this article
Dapper Labs Signs Multiyear Partnership With NBA Star Kevin Durant’s Boardroom
The deal includes a role for Durant to help create original NBA Top Shot Moments.
By Eli Tan
Updated May 11, 2023, 5:46 p.m. Published Oct 13, 2021, 9:36 p.m.
Boardroom, a sports media company created by NBA star Kevin Durant and his investment firm Thirty Five Ventures, has agreed to a two-year partnership with Dapper Labs, the companies announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
- Dapper Labs, the creator of the popular basketball collectible platform NBA Top Shot, said the deal includes a creative development role for Durant to curate and create NBA Top Shot Moments and video content.
- Boardroom said the partnership will lead to giveaways, spotlights around key Moments, fan-to-fan trading and behind-the-scenes video content.
- Durant was one of many stars from the National Basketball Association, including Michael Jordan, who invested in a large funding round for Dapper in March.
- “From the moment we met with Kevin and [Thirty Five Ventures co-founder Rich Kleinman], it was clear that we shared a passion to bring fans closer than ever and in the most epic ways to their favorite athletes,” Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou said. “As KD continues to put his stamp on game-changing moments, we’re able to offer fans access to him in entirely new ways and cement NBA Top Shot’s place at the center of the fan experience.”
STORY CONTINUES BELOW
Don't miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today. See all newsletters
More For You
What to know:
- As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
- GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
- Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.
More For You
Cascade Unveils 24/7 Neo-Brokerage Offering Perpetuals on Cryptos, U.S. Stocks
The platform will let retail traders use one margin account to trade round-the-clock perpetual markets.
What to know:
- Cascade has introduced a 24/7 brokerage-style app for perpetual markets spanning crypto, U.S. equities and private-asset exposure.
- The firm is pitching a single, unified margin account with direct-to-bank U.S. dollar capability for deposits and withdrawals.
- The company has raised $15 million from investors including Polychain Capital, Variant and Coinbase Ventures.
Top Stories
