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0 CommentsThe 2022 Winter Olympics were supposed to be a sort of coming-out party for the digital yuan, China’s CBDC. The People’s Bank of China, China’s central bank, has been trialing the digital yuan in several areas for years now and has started allowing foreigners to use the digital currency for the first time during the…
398 ViewsBezoge, the community-run, decentralized coin boasting its own play-to-earn GameFi metaverse, sponsored the 12th edition of the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards, the premier football event celebrating the world-leading soccer stars, on December 27. Held annually in Dubai with a TV audience estimated at over 500 million, the Globe Soccer Awards bestow champion footballing heroes heralded…
492 ViewsDubai-based technology company ColossalBit, focusing on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has purchased the NFT of the ST DuPont pen used by football legend Diego Maradona to sign a contract with Napoli in 1984. ColossalBit, a Dubai-based consulting, design, and development company specializing in blockchain, cryptocurrencies, DeFi, and NFTs, made the winning bid for the S.T. DuPont…
51 ViewsThe World Blockchain Summit in Dubai hosted an exhibition boxing match between prominent crypto traders and top crypto Twitter entrepreneurs for the WBC Crypto Champion belt. The fights were supported by Amir Khan’s charity event, featuring an auction of memorabilia including crypto-assets and nonfungible tokens (NFTs). What starting as a talk for a small friendly…
369 ViewsSorare, a sports NFT platform, raised a Series B round of $680 million at a $4.3 billion valuation. The financing by SoftBank has become the biggest Series B round in Europe. Launched in late 2019 as an alternative to traditional fantasy sports games, Sorare minted football player cards as NFTs. Users can build a weekly…
40 ViewsFrench professional soccer club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has announced a new three-year deal that will see digital asset trading platform Crypto.com become the club’s first official crypto platform partner. French outlet L’Equipe via Get French Football News report that PSG will receive €25 million – €30 million over a three-year contract. Negotiations had begun with…
