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Chess Pro Accused Of Cheating Defiant After Competing In Tourney With Extra Security
6.10.2022
Two days after Chess.com released a 72-page report detailing Grandmaster Hans Niemann’s repeated history of online cheating on its website, the beleaguered pro is now, much to everyone’s surprise, competing in 2022's U.S. Chess Championship. And while the internet has cracked plenty of jokes...
Um, Lil Nas X Is Now President Of League Of Legends
15.9.2022
Forgetting it’s not April Fool’s Day, Riot Games just announced that two-time Grammy award-winning artist Lil Nas X is the president of League of Legends.Read more
Binance to Sell NFT Tickets for Major Italian Soccer Club Lazio
30.7.2022
Crypto exchange Binance will be offering NFT tickets for the games of one of Italy’s leading soccer teams, Lazio, during the upcoming season in the Italian Serie A championship. Supporters of Lazio will be able to use the tokens to also take advantage of various discounts. Lazio Fans to...
Strawweight Luana Pinheiro Becomes First Female UFC Fighter to Be Paid in Bitcoin
27.7.2022
On Wednesday, the cryptocurrency payments service company Bitwage announced that the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) strawweight Luana Pinheiro will be the first female UFC fighter to be paid in bitcoin. Pinheiro’s boyfriend, a UFC flyweight fighter, started getting paid in bitcoin last...
5-Time World Chess Champion Won't Defend Title, Doesn't Care Anymore
20.7.2022
31-year-old Norwegian chess champion Magnus Carlsen announced he will not be participating in the World Chess Championship 2023, which he has won five times. Now Carlsen is emphasizing passion over victory, and said in the first episode of his new The Magnus Effect podcast that, when it comes...
Pokémon Card Game Player Uses Comically Large Cards At Championship
27.6.2022
Pokémon fan and card game player Matthew Verive used 60 giant novelty cards to play at the Pokémon North America International Championship on June 24. Those cards are huge, and would not fit in my womanly pockets. The three-day championship had events for a few competitive Pokémon games, including...
NFT ticketing may catch on faster in France after UEFA championship debacle
14.6.2022
French authorities take note after fake tickets and gatecrashers spoiled the UEFA Champions League final experience for many soccer fans in Paris last month
Supply chain thwacking: VeChain's $100M sponsorship deal with UFC
10.6.2022
The multi-year deal will see VeChain’s brand incorporated across multiple UFC marketing assets and reach an estimated 900 million households who watch the events worldwide
MetaOasis AVAX Hackathon News Report
20.5.2022
PRESS RELEASE. MetaOasis Wins the Double in Hackathon Competitions Three months ago, MetaOasis won the championship in Metaverse Alliance 2021 Global Metathon. Three months later, MetaOasis got the most votes and beat 112 competitors in the recent Avalanche Asia Hackathon. Therefore, MetaOasis will...
Golden State Warriors Commemorate 2022 NBA Playoff Run With a Responsive NFT Collection
12.4.2022
On Tuesday, the NBA team the Golden State Warriors announced the organization’s second non-fungible token (NFT) collection to commemorate the team’s 2022 NBA Playoff run. The Warriors NFT compilation is being called “a responsive NFT collection” as the NFTs will change...
MMA Entertainment Giant UFC to Pay Fighters Bitcoin Bonuses
7.4.2022
On April 7, the digital currency exchange Crypto.com announced that fighters from the mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), will be able to win Fight Night bonuses that will be paid in bitcoin. Fight Night bonus payouts will vary depending on placement...
Russian Chess Champion Suspended After Publicly Supporting Invasion Of Ukraine
22.3.2022
Russian chess grandmaster Sergey Karjakin, one of the world’s top players, has been suspended for six months by the International Chess Federation after publicly voicing support for his country’s invasion of Ukraine.Read more
Draftkings Reveals 2022 College Hoops NFT Collection for March Madness
15.3.2022
On March 15, the American fantasy sports contest and betting company Draftkings announced the company’s first in-house digital collectibles campaign called the “Primetime NFT Series.” The first Draftkings’ NFT series drop will be the “2022 College Hoops...
Nintendo Won't Allow Super Smash Bros. At Evo 2022
26.2.2022
Super Smash Bros. won’t be featured at Evo 2022, the biggest fighting game event of the year. The Sony-owned esports organization announced the loss of the platform fighter in a statement on Twitter today, and appeared to blame the decision on Nintendo, which has historically tried to tightly...
The Chess World Is Losing Its Mind Over One Grandmaster Potentially Trolling Another
31.1.2022
A championship on the line. A move so cold and calculated it has to be a troll (probably). A vitriolic fanbase armed with keyboards and anonymous screen names. And you thought these sorts of things only happened in video games. But even chess, a turn-based strategy game first released for wooden...
The John Madden Video Game Concussion Drama, Explained
30.12.2021
Legendary NFL coach John Madden died on the morning of Tuesday, December 28. While many took the occasion of his passing to celebrate the man’s coaching, broadcasting, and video game legacy, others used it as an opportunity to call Madden out for his part in turning “brain injuries into a video...
Chess Collection for FIDE World Championship Event Announced
23.11.2021
Just ahead of FIDE World Chess Championship 2021, FIDE has decided to develop its ecosystem related to non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The Championship event is scheduled from November 24 to December 16, and just before the event, this announcement of creating the NFT ecosystem has inspiring things. ...
CRO price hits new high after Crypto.com wins Los Angeles' Staples Center naming rights
18.11.2021
Crypto.com secures naming rights to the famous Staples Center in Los Angeles for $700 million
WWE Has Lost More Than 70 Wrestlers This Year, Which Is Wild
9.11.2021
To say WWE’s overall management and booking of its wrestlers has been lacking as of late is an understatement. But the company’s recent management of its talent has degraded as both main event wrestlers and new arrivals feel its effects.Read more
MMA Entertainment Firm UFC to Launch Exclusive NFT Series With Crypto.com
3.11.2021
On Tuesday, the digital asset exchange Crypto.com announced the launch of the first official Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles. The new NFT series will feature UFC digital collectibles that showcase fight night artwork, event posters, championship belts,...