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NBA Legend Paul Pierce and Poker Hall of Famer Phil Ivey to Join Joe Lubin of Consensys for a Virtue Poker Charity Tournament
28.5.2021
Virtue Poker revealed plans to organize a high-stakes 12-player celebrity poker tournament on its platform, live-streamed on Twitch, with the winner donating the event’s proceeds to their preferred charitable organization. Celebrity Charity Tournament Features NFTs & Giveaways Virtue...
Target Stores Will Stop Selling Pokémon Cards After Shortages, Fighting
13.5.2021
Thanks to a combination of the pandemic, late-stage capitalism and people being assholes, Target stores across the US are about to halt all physical sales of certain trading cards, with Pokémon on the list.Read more
Nike Has Some New PlayStation 5 Sneakers Coming
5.5.2021
Following on from their 2018 collaboration, Sony and Nike have announced a new pair of NBA star Paul George’s signature shoes are on the way, once again with PlayStation stuff all over them.Read more
Dapper Labs-backed NFT avatar platform raises $65M in funding
4.5.2021
Avatar developers Genies are set to launch an NFT marketplace on Flow later this year after closing a Series B funding round with $65 million
Slam dunk? LeBron James NFT drop could break Top Shot records
3.5.2021
An upcoming auction will sell three Legendary NBA Top Shot NFTs, including a token that holds the record for most-expensive Top Shot moment sold
NFL Player for Kansas City Chiefs Sean Culkin to Convert 100% of Salary to Bitcoin
26.4.2021
An NFL player for the Kansas City Chiefs, Sean Culkin, will convert all of his salary to bitcoin. A proponent of the cryptocurrency, Culkin said, “I believe we are in the beginning stage of bitcoin’s shift away from being extremely speculative, to a legitimate asset class viewed as...
NBA Team Sacramento Kings to Offer Players the Option of Getting Salary Paid in Bitcoin
7.4.2021
The Sacramento Kings, an American professional basketball team, will offer everyone in its organization the option of getting their salary paid in bitcoin. This includes all players, according to the NBA team’s chairman, Vivek Ranadivé. The Sacramento Kings to Offer Salaries in Bitcoin...
Non-Fungible Token Sales Begin to Dive, NFT Interest Declines, Finance Author Highlights NFT Oversupply
4.4.2021
Non-fungible token (NFT) assets and collectibles are starting to see sales decline and interest in NFTs is dropping as well. Additionally, it’s being said that an “oversupply of NFTs” may hurt the market, according to James Surowiecki the author of “The Wisdom...
MLB The Show Coming To Game Pass, LEGO Star Wars Delayed Again, Sony Closing PS3 Store In July, And More
3.4.2021
This week on Morning Checkpoint we watch a very rich person forget to pay their bills, learn how valuable your old Pokemon cards might be, find out which games will be free on PS Plus and Xbox Live Gold next month, and learn about more delays.Read more
Space Jam 2's First Trailer Looks Like Ready Player One, But With Sports
3.4.2021
People have basically been talking about a Space Jam sequel with Lebron James for as long as Lebron James has been in the NBA. Slowly but surely that finally came together and now, 25 years after the first film was released, there’s a trailer for Space Jam: A New Legacy.Read more
NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition Is NBA 2K21 Without Obnoxious Microtransactions
2.4.2021
One of the most annoying aspects of modern sports games, including the console and PC versions of NBA 2K21, are the obtrusive microtransactions. NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition, released today for the Apple Arcade service, has no microtransactions whatsoever. What a breath of fresh air. Read more
Apple Arcade's Biggest Expansion Yet Adds 30 New Games Including Fantasian, NBA 2K21, And Oregon Trail
2.4.2021
Apple Arcade exploded this morning, adding 30 new titles across three categories: “Arcade Originals” like Mistwalker’s RPG Fantasian and a game from the makers of Hot Shots Golf, “App Store Greats” like Monument Valley and Threes!, and “Timeless Classics” like Zach Gage’s Really Bad Chess and good...
Michael Jordan, Will Smith join $305M funding round for NBA Top Shot maker Dapper Labs
31.3.2021
Basketball legend Michael Jordan and Hollywood icon Will Smith are among a group of investors in Dapper Lab’s latest funding round
Consensys announces layer-two NFT platform, Palm, to compete with Flow
30.3.2021
The Ethereum ecosystem and some outside power players are banding together to give Flow a run for their money
Pro Baseball Team the Oakland A’s Plans to Hold Bitcoin Obtained from Ticket Sales
29.3.2021
The president of the American pro baseball team the Oakland Athletics (A’s) recently discussed the ballclub accepting bitcoin for full season suites on Bloomberg TV. A’s president Dave Kaval explained that the team will be holding the crypto asset it obtains from sales, rather than...
FTX set to secure naming rights to Miami NBA stadium until 2040
24.3.2021
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX is on the brink of securing naming rights to Miami Heat’s stadium until 2040
MoonCats users are voting to destroy the keys to its final 160 'Genesis' tokens
22.3.2021
The MoonCats community are worried its final 160 "Genesis" collectibles will all be accumulated by bots, with more than 70% voting to destroy the tokens' private keys
Video Game Companies Keep Coming Up With New Ways To Take Our Money
19.3.2021
Video games are expensive. They have been expensive for a very long time, and they keep getting more expensive. To an extent, it makes sense: Game developers need to eat! But after a certain point, it gets excessive. Loot boxes, gacha, and now NFTs are signs of that excess. On this week’s...
NFT-Related Token Prices Soar Amid Digital Art Mania
19.3.2021
Crypto assets that are linked with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) marketplaces have risen sharply since the mania took off a few months ago. NFTs are selling at prices that many consider ridiculous for intangible artwork. Third-Largest Art Sale by a Living Artist Was Tokenized One piece of art created...
The four-largest NFT DApps are driving $10m in daily volume
16.3.2021
According to DappRadar, the top four decentralized NFT apps now drive $10 million in volume each day