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Bybit Becomes Esports Team NAVI’s Official Crypto Platform for 3 Years

Crypto exchange Bybit has entered a multi-year partnership with esports team NAVI, with the exchange saying that this "marks the beginning of its foray into esports collaborations."The deal is a perfect match, say the new partners, as both industries showed "transformative power" in a short amount...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Fan Tokens Spread to the Basketball Industry Too

Japan’s sports club token craze has spilled over from the world of football and has made its debut on the basketball court – with a Yokohama-based team releasing Japanese professional basketball’s first-ever cryptoasset.The franchise in question is the Yokohama B-Corsairs, and the...

, by Tim Alper

Messi Pockets Crypto in PSG Deal, Fan Token Payouts May ‘Incentivize’ Players

Lionel Messi, one of the world’s most famous footballers, has just become a crypto holder (if he hasn't been already) – as part of a bumper pay package to welcome him to his new club.Cryptonews.com reported this week that the French football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) was...

, by Tim Alper

There’s a Crypto Angle to the Messi-PSG-Barca Saga as Fan Token Booms

Football and crypto have become unlikely bedfellows all over the world, with club tokens now commonplace for top-level, second-tier and even grassroots teams everywhere. But a true litmus test for these fledgling coins is about to emerge as arguably one of the greatest players ever to play the game...

, by Tim Alper

Fan Tokens Booming at Japanese Pro Football Clubs

Football preliminaries are underway at the Tokyo Olympics, but sports-minded crypto enthusiasts are looking past the on-field action and toward the way clubs are financed – and what kind of role club tokens could play.Japanese clubs at all levels – from pro clubs in the Japanese J1...

, by Tim Alper

A Warning From SEC Chair, Bitcoin Miners Go Public, Euro Tether + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. ____Regulation news"Make no mistake: It doesn’t matter whether it’s a stock token, a stable value token backed by...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

China Hits out at Senators Who Asked for an Olympic Block on Digital Yuan

Beijing has lashed out at three Republican senators who have asked the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee to block American athletes from using the digital yuan, the central bank digital currency (CBDC) that China is hoping to dazzle the world with at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics,...

, by Tim Alper

FC Barcelona Is Said to Be Talking to Crypto Firms about Shirt Sponsorship

Footballing giants FC Barcelona could be set to sight up with a crypto-related shirt sponsor, per reports from Spain.The club – one of the biggest and most successful in the world – currently has a deal in place with the Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten. The firm operates the Rakuten...

, by Tim Alper

NBA, MLB, E-sports, And Now Bündchen & Brady Join FTX’s Marketing Team

US-based model, activist, and businesswoman Gisele Bündchen and American football star Tom Brady have taken an equity stake in crypto derivatives exchange FTX and will become its ambassadors, working on the charitable side of the business as well. The company said that the couple entered a...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto.com Becomes Formula 1 Inaugural, Global, and NFT Partner

10m-users-strong crypto platform Crypto.com has become both the inaugural partner and one of the global partners of the Formula 1 'Sprint' series, as well as their non-fungible token (NFT) partner. Global partners are the overall brand sponsors of F1 in general and are the highest level sponsors....

, by Sead Fadilpašić

FTX Scores USD 210M Deal In E-Sports, Olympic NFTs + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. _____Exchanges newsTSM, one the most valuable e-sports company in the United States, is changing its name to TSM FTX — and...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Mexican Football Federation Shows League Club’s NFT Equity Sale Red Card

The Mexican Football Federation appears to have thrown up an insurmountable roadblock for a pro club that was hoping to sell a percentage of its equity as a non-fungible token (NFT) – in a move that would be unprecedented in world sport.The football team in question is Club Nexaca of the Liga...

, by Tim Alper

New Funding Paradigm: Japanese Grassroots Football Clubs Launch Fan Tokens

An increasing number of Japanese amateur and semi-professional football teams are seeking to launch so-called “fan tokens” – prompting some to ask if a new model is developing for fundraising in grassroots sport in the country.Per Keizai, Coedo Kawagoe FC, a Kawagoe, Saitama...

, by Tim Alper

Top Chess Players To Compete For USD 100K Worth Of Bitcoin

Forthcoming online chess tournament FTX Crypto Cup is slated to pit the world’s top ten players against each other, allowing the global chess elite to compete for USD 100,000 worth of bitcoin (BTC), provided by the event’s sponsor and crypto derivatives exchange FTX, and USD 220,000 in...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

NFTs Are Much Bigger Than An Art Fad

James Bowden, Lecturer in Financial Technology, University of Strathclyde, and Edward Thomas Jones, Lecturer in Economics, Bangor University. _____Sotheby’s has become the latest establishment name in art to dive into NFTs (non-fungible tokens) through its collaboration with anonymous digital...

, by Edward Thomas Jones

UFC Takes the Fight to NFTs, Reportedly Plans Its Own Cryptoasset

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) could soon become another league to start selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and launch a new cryptocurrency. The mixed martial arts (MMA) organization’s parent company Zuffa has reportedly filed several new trademark applications signalling its intent...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

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