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Metaverse brings new problems and opportunities to music licensing
22.3.2023
With the rising popularity of Web3 and the metaverse, songwriters and musicians are wondering what music licensing will look like in this new space
What are fan tokens, and how do they work?
16.3.2023
Fan tokens represent a new revenue stream for clubs and a reward system for fans. Find out here what fan tokens are and how they work
Fan Tokens: A Bet on Your Favorite Soccer Team?
13.3.2023
Does the performance of soccer team tokens align with on-the-pitch performance? Max Good, from CoinDesk Indices’ team, breaks down the match stats
Fan Token Project Chiliz Sets Up $50M Incubator Backed by Jump Crypto
1.3.2023
Chiliz Labs will invest in early stage Web3 projects in sports and other entertainment sectors that will build on the layer 1 blockchain
Binance to bring fans closer to sports teams with fan token platform
20.2.2023
Participants can collect points to redeem various rewards like a dinner with their favorite player or a stadium tour
Ferrari cuts ties with crypto sponsor ahead of 2023 Formula One season
8.1.2023
The Ferrari-Velas partnership from 2021 — set at $30 million a year — was aimed at increasing fan engagement through nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and other shared initiatives
Fan tokens struggle to hold on as World Cup quarter-finals draw nearer
7.12.2022
Soccer fan tokens have seen their prices and trading volumes plummet since the start of the World Cup on Nov. 20
Spain for the win? Top 3 fan tokens to watch during the FIFA World Cup
19.11.2022
Spain, Portugal and Brazil national teams' fan tokens are experiencing a price price boom as the World Cup gets underway
Boo! Halloween-themed shitcoins materialize to haunt crypto Twitter
31.10.2022
Halloween-themed cryptocurrencies are taking over the crypto ecosystem on Twitter, typically purchased as an off-the-shelf product providing no real use case or future for investors
Bitcoin, space travel and TikTok debut in Guinness World Records
18.10.2022
The latest edition has included a host of achievements from “Cryptomania” including the record CryptoPunk NFT sale and El Salvador becoming the first country to adopt BTC as legal Tender
Fan token firm Chiliz grows staff by 70% despite crypto winter
17.10.2022
Scalability is one of the possible reasons for the fun token industry to grow despite the ongoing bear market, according to Chiliz and Socios CEO
NFTs transform how fans bet on upcoming sports stars
11.10.2022
A fan-centric Web3 sports platform uses NFTs to bring a new level of connectivity and ownership to betting on the success of upcoming athletes
Fake Manchester United token soars 3,000% after Elon Musk jokes about buying team
17.8.2022
Other Manchester United-related assets also rallied after Musk's tweet, as well as Manchester City's fan token
Blockchain VC Shima Capital debuts with $200M Web3 fund
17.8.2022
The venture firm, which was founded in 2021, is prioritizing decentralized social media, DAOs, DeFi, metaverse, zero-knowledge proofs and layer-1 solutions
Professional soccer club Crawley Town FC signs midfielder after NFT hodlers vote
29.7.2022
The June 15 vote took place for verified NFTs hodlers via a temporary Discord channel
Fans seek trust and better understanding of sports NFT market: Research
23.7.2022
The prolonged crypto winter razed off the inflated floor prices across the NFT ecosystem, inadvertently changing investor sentiment and forcing users to rethink their long-term investment strategies
LÜM to launch ‘Access Pass’ NFTs for 25 globally known musicians
13.1.2022
“We really wanted to model ourselves off NBA Top Shot. A community that was building collective value by bringing players underneath an individual umbrella,” said LÜM CEO and Founder Max Fergus
Nigerian Artist Davido Launches Fan Token That Gives ‘Power Back to the Fans’
27.11.2021
Nigerian artist Davido has launched a fan token, the Echoke Social Token, that he says gives “power” to his millions of fans. Eliminating the Middlemen A Nigerian pop artist and celebrity, Davido, recently announced the launch of his fan token, the Echoke Social Token, via...
Soccer Superstar Lionel Messi Gets Part of His Contract Paid in Cryptocurrency
14.8.2021
Lionel Messi, the Argentinian soccer superstar, has opted to receive cryptocurrency as part of his new contract signed with the French club Paris Saint-Germain. The club revealed that the player will receive crypto as part of his $30 million payment, as a “welcome package” given to...
Argentinian league rebrands to Torneo socios.com with new partnership
16.7.2021
The partnership will see the country's top soccer league, previously named “Primera Division,” dubbed the “Torneo Socios.com” for the 2021/2022 season