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NASCAR Driver to Be Paid Entirely in Crypto in Voyager Sponsorship Deal

Voyager Digital is sponsoring Landon Cassill in a 19-race deal. He’ll be paid in a portfolio led by litecoin.

Business  ·  17 June 2021
Chainlink

If LaMelo Ball Wins NBA Rookie of the Year, This NFT Gets Rarer

Ball’s collaboration with Ether Cards and Chainlink brings “dynamic” NFTs to the forefront of the growing sports collectibles market.

Business  ·  16 June 2021
Sponsorship

Crypto.com Becomes Official Sponsor of Italy’s Soccer Cup Final

The crypto exchange is sponsoring the Coppa Italia final between Atalanta and Juventus on May 19.

Business  ·  6 May 2021
Grayscale

New York Giants Ink Sponsorship Deal With Grayscale in NFL First

The tie-up also involves “educational seminars on cryptocurrencies for Giants personnel.”

Business  ·  5 May 2021
Dogecoin

Oakland A’s Make MLB’s First Dogecoin Ticket Sale

The pro baseball team had announced it was selling two-seat pods for 100 DOGE for its series with the Toronto Blue Jays.

News  ·  4 May 2021
Bitcoin

Soccer Player Ifunanyachi Achara the Latest Sports Pro to Take Salary in Bitcoin

The Nigeria-born Toronto FC forward sends some of his bitcoin home to help his family avoid surging inflation rates in Africa’s largest economy.

Business  ·  3 May 2021
NBA

Golden State Warriors Become First NBA Team to Issue NFT Set

NBA Top Shot sells digital basketball highlights but no franchise has offered its own team-licensed fare. Until now.

Business  ·  27 April 2021
NFTs

5 More Italian Teams Launch NFTs on Digital Soccer Collectibles Platform Sorare

The platform now features more than half the Italian top teams as well as world-famous clubs including Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

Business  ·  27 April 2021
Bitcoin

Chiefs Tight End Sean Culkin to Convert Entire NFL Salary Into Bitcoin

The fifth-year player will use Zap’s Strike to take his entire base salary of $920,000 in what Culkin said was “the hardest form of currency.”

Business  ·  26 April 2021
NFTs

Soccer Icon Pelé Becomes Latest Sports Star to Enter NFT Craze

The Pelé NFTs are launching on Ethernity Chain, which also has deals with baseball star Fernando Tatis Jr. and others.

Business  ·  16 April 2021
NFTs

Topps to Launch Official MLB NFTs in Bid to Best NBA Top Shot

The baseball card company, fresh on the heels of announcing plans to go public, is launching official MLB collectibles on the Wax blockchain later this month.

Business  ·  12 April 2021
Wyoming

Wyoming’s New Online Sports Betting Law OKs Crypto Wagers

Pro-blockchain lawmakers in the state have made cryptocurrency inclusion a natural feature of their legislative agenda.

Policy & regulation  ·  7 April 2021
NFTs

Topps, Going Public at $1.3B Valuation, Charts NFT Future

The legacy trading card company's new investor, Jason Mudrick, said he’s betting on the buzzy market for NFTs.

Business  ·  6 April 2021
Bitcoin Payments

In MLB First, Oakland A’s Sell a Private Suite for 1 Bitcoin

A’s President Dave Kaval previously said the baseball team would “hodl” the bitcoin received from sales and not convert it into fiat.

Business  ·  1 April 2021
NFTs

NFL Player Taylor Rapp Is Launching an NFT to Fight Anti-Asian Hate

“I really hope the NFL sees this and the important message that is behind it in why I'm actually doing it,” Rapp said.

Business  ·  30 March 2021