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NBA Star Spencer Dinwiddie’s Crypto-Fueled Social Media App Raises $7.5 Million
2.7.2021
According to an announcement revealed on Thursday, Spencer Dinwiddie’s token application called Calaxy has raised $7.5 million in funding. The American professional basketball player for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets has been a fan of blockchain technology for quite some time, as the point...
Enjin's EFI token sale nets $20 million as NFT aspirations grow
1.7.2021
EFI is the native cryptocurrency of Efinity, a Polkadot-based parachain developed by Enjin. The token sale, which was open to retail investors, sold out in just two-and-a-half hours
MicroStrategy nets $1.6 billion in junk bond offering to buy Bitcoin
9.6.2021
The firm initially sought a $400-million bond offering
A South African NFT Marketplace Officially Launches After Trial Phase Nets Over $10,000 for Rugby Star Bryan Habana
2.5.2021
A South African non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, Momint has officially launched following the end of the two-week trial phase which saw the artwork of former rugby player Bryan Habana fetch over $10,000. More than 800 people from 25 countries took part in the auction. The Momint marketplace...
A Crypto-Infused Professional Sports League: Billionaires Form a Blockchain Advisory Committee for the NBA
6.3.2021
A number of National Basketball Association (NBA) team owners have formed an NBA blockchain advisory committee for the American professional basketball league. The advisory committee is composed of well known billionaires and blockchain advocates who own the teams the Nets, Mavs, Wizards, Celtics...
PAID Network exploiter nets $3 million in infinite mint attack
5.3.2021
After an attack at one point worth nearly $180 million, community members are left wondering if the exploit is a "rugpull" or a security lapse
NFT market top signal? Fake Banksy nets over $1 million in ETH sales
20.2.2021
With a charity and some slapdash art theory as a cover, a copycat makes off with 512 ETH in NFT sales
Lithuanian tax service’s first confiscated crypto sale nets $7.6M
24.11.2020
The Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate exchanged Bitcoin, Ether and Monero for 6.4 million euro
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital Nets $44.3M in Q3
13.11.2020
Galaxy Digital was trading slightly higher on the news
Ethereum Classic Attacker Nets USD 1.7m, Bitfinex Loses USD 1m + More News
7.8.2020
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The Ethereum Classic (ETC) attacker made at least USD 1.7m during the second attack on the network yesterday, according to Bitquery...
Dapper Labs Raises $12M From VC Firms and NBA Players, Nets $1.2M in NFT Sales
6.8.2020
CryptoKittes’ creator Dapper Labs has secured $12 million in investment from blockchain venture capital notables and pro-NBA players
NBA Point Guard Spencer Dinwiddie’s Tokenized Contract Raises $1.3 Million
24.7.2020
NBA player Spencer Dinwiddie has finished the token sale of his contract that is hosted on the Ethereum blockchain. The sale of Dinwiddie’s tokenized contract raised $1.3 million which was only a tenth of what the project hoped to sell ($13.5 million). Even though the Brooklyn Nets guard...
The Brooklyn Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie Makes the Bull Case for Tokenizing Entertainers
12.5.2020
"I envision a world where a Kevin Hart token can trade for a Lebron James token can trade for a Serena Williams token," Spencer Dinwiddie said
Bitcoin Price Drop Nets Bitfinex 'Whale' $10 Million in 5 Minutes
16.2.2020
Bitfinex whale makes a splash netting $10m in 5 minutes as Bitcoin price dived $500 in minutes
NBA Star Spencer Dinwiddie Just Tokenized His Own Contract
14.1.2020
The news that Brooklyn Nets star Spencer Dinwiddie was to roll out an Ethereum-based investment vehicle for his own contract took the NBA and crypto communities by surprise. Disregarding an NBA threat to ban him from the professional basketball league, the 26-year-old point guard –...
Nets Player On Pace for Jan. 13 Tokenized Bond Launch
11.1.2020
Brooklyn Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie carries out launch plans for tokenized security, expected by Jan. 13, in collaboration with Securitize
Bitcoin Miner Canaan’s IPO Nets Just $90M After Losing Banking Partner
21.11.2019
Canaan completes $90M IPO without major backer Credit Suisse
NBA: Brooklyn Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie Cannot Tokenize His $34M Contract
28.9.2019
The NBA notified Brooklyn Nets’ player Spencer Dinwiddie that he cannot tokenize his $34 million contract
Alibaba Co-Founder Joe Tsai All Set to Splash $3.3 Billion to Buy the Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center
17.8.2019
Over the course of the past two decades, ownership of sports teams has become one of the most important trends among the billionaires of the world, and it is all set to continue. Billionaires and the ultra-rich have bought sports team in the United States and soccer clubs in Europe quite frequently...
Reddit Roasts the IRS: Have America’s Tax Collectors ‘Gone Crypto Fishing’?
30.7.2019
In a juicy little chunk of news from the Redditsphere, a user claiming to be a former IRS employee has called the agency’s new crypto compliance letters “broad and very error-prone fishing expeditions.” The throwaway account details the “really bad data” used by...