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Former SEC Official Lambasts Voyager and Dallas Mavericks Partnership, Suggests NBA Ban on Crypto Sponsorships
9.2.2024
Yesterday, a former SEC official targeted the NBA’s decision to greenlight a partnership between the cryptocurrency exchange Voyager Digital and the Dallas Mavericks. The former internet enforcement chief for the Securities and Exchange Commission John Reed Stark said that the NBA should...
NBA Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Voyager Digital Promotion
9.2.2024
A class action lawsuit has been filed against the National Basketball Association (NBA), accusing the league of gross negligence through its marketing agreements with the now-bankrupt crypto exchange Voyager Digital Holdings, leading to investor losses of over $4.2 billion. NBA Hit With Class...
NBA, Mark Cuban Sued for Marketing Deals With Defunct Crypto Exchange Voyager
8.2.2024
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is facing a lawsuit over its association with failed crypto exchange Voyager Digital Holdings, with investors alleging losses totaling $4.2 billion. The lawsuit claims the NBA’s involvement in a marketing deal between Voyager and Mark Cuban, former...
Billionaire Mark Cuban: SEC Doesn’t Protect Anyone, Current Crypto Regulation Inadequate
31.12.2023
Mark Cuban, a Shark Tank star and the billionaire owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) doesn’t protect anyone, calling the regulator “the Quickbooks of financial regulation.” He stressed that the Howey Test isn’t...
National Hockey League Comes Around to Digital Collectibles, Using Sweet Platform
15.11.2023
NHL Breakaway launches with Sweet, a platform for brands to create NFT collectibles under the Ethereum ERC-721 standard on Polygon and the Ethereum mainnet, as well as the Tezos NFT standard
Dapper Labs Partners With Disney to Launch NFT Pin-Collecting Platform
14.11.2023
Dapper Labs, known for its non-fungible token (NFT) collection NBA Top Shot, has unveiled Disney Pinnacle, its latest endeavor. This new platform is set to transform the traditional pin-collecting hobby into a digital experience, featuring characters from Disney’s long-standing history...
Disney and Dapper Labs Join Forces to Unveil NFT Platform
14.11.2023
Source: Pixabay Disney has announced a partnership with NBA Top Shot Creator Dapper Labs to launch a “digital pin” NFT platform. Disney Pinnacle will allow collectors to purchase and trade branded Disney NFTs featuring beloved characters from Pixar and Star Wars on the Flow blockchain....
Disney Does NFTs Again in Partnership With NBA Top Shot Makers Dapper Labs
14.11.2023
NBA Top Shot Welcomes San Antonio Spurs Phenom Victor Wembanyama
8.11.2023
San Antonio Spurs. Source: Adobe / HTGanzo San Antonio Spurs’ sensation, Victor Wembanyama, has taken the NBA Top Shot stage. Following a remarkable six-figure non-fungible token (NFT) sale on Sorare NBA, Wembanyama made his debut on NBA Top Shot on Tuesday. The young basketball star will...
NBA Star Seeks to Void Property Sale After Learning of Canadian Crypto King’s Past Occupancy
4.11.2023
National Basketball Association player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is suing owners of the lakefront mansion previously occupied by Canada’s “crypto king.” The basketball player also claimed to have learned of Pleterski’s occupancy of the property after his girlfriend reported...
NBA Star Victor Wembanyama NFT Sells for $110,000+ in Record-Breaking Auction
3.11.2023
An NFT trading card based on NBA rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama sold for over $110,000 on Thursday, far surpassing the $67,333 that an individual paid for his physical trading card back in August. The card, released by the officially licensed fantasy basketball game Sorare, went for 61.182 ETH,...
Mark Cuban Explains What Crypto’s Really About — Says It’s Missing Application ‘Grandma Really Wants to Use’
29.10.2023
Mark Cuban, a Shark Tank investor and the owner of the NBA team Dallas Mavericks, has shared what he thinks crypto is really about. “Crypto is still waiting for its Instagram moment,” the billionaire said, noting that “What crypto is missing is that one application that grandma...
Today in Crypto: Swarm Launches EU-compliant KYC Solution for Tokenized Securities, CoinList Reveals Fund for US Investors to Stake Crypto
13.10.2023
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God Help Us, Call Of Duty Is Getting Diablo IV Operators
21.9.2023
The next batch of cross-over operators was just announced for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Warzone, and it includes none other than Diablo IV’s Succubi queen Lilith and fallen archangel Inarius. Plus a bunch of other horror stars like Spawn and Evil Dead’s Ash Williams. No doubt it will...
Mark Cuban’s Crypto Wallet Hacked, $870,000 Lost
16.9.2023
Hackers have apparently compromised a wallet belonging to billionaire investor Mark Cuban, stealing a number of cryptocurrencies. The owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, who confirmed the breach, has been able to transfer the remaining digital funds to U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase. Mark...
NBA 2K24 Just Launched And It’s Already The Second-Worst Rated Game On Steam
12.9.2023
Steam has proclaimed Blizzard’s Overwatch 2 and 2K Sports’ NBA 2K24 the first and second worst games of the year, respectively. As of September 12, 165,573 of Overwatch’s 183,780 total Steam reviews are negative, and 3,135 of 3,523 reviews for NBA 2K24 are also negative. Since 2K24 only released...
FTX Looking to Recover Millions Paid to Athletes and Sports Clubs
10.9.2023
Advisers working for FTX have analyzed if some payments made by the failed crypto exchange to sports stars and organizations can be returned. The money went to celebrity athletes, including basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal, and sports teams like the NBA’s Miami Heat and Formula 1’s Mercedes under...
US Open Star Coco Gauff Celebrated Reaching Finals By Watching My Hero Academia
8.9.2023
Coco Gauff, a young tennis star competing in the US Open, joins a long list of prominent athletes who use inspirational anime as a part of their pre and post-game ritual.Read more
Friend.tech Attracted NBA Influencers. So Why Does Everyone Think Crypto’s Latest Trend Will Die?
21.8.2023
Despite its initial success in attracting celebs, the portents aren’t good for the latest “Twitter-killer.”
Friend.tech Becomes Massive Ether Money Machine as NBA Players, FaZe Clan Join In
21.8.2023
The application has zoomed to becoming the second-largest revenue maker among crypto protocols in just over two weeks