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DraftKings to Expand NFT Marketplace With NFLPA Partnership

The sports betting site is adding to its NFT offering in a deal with the NFL players union starting next season.

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 05: Benson Mayowa #10, Quandre Diggs #6 and Jordyn Brooks #56 of the Seattle Seahawks line up for play against the San Francisco 49ers during the third quarter at Lumen Field on December 05, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)

Finance

Premier League Considering Partnership With NFT Crypto Platform: Report

The U.K.’s top soccer league is also set to investigate the growing links between Premier League clubs and crypto companies.

Premier League soccer ball (Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto.com to Sponsor Latin America’s Leading Soccer Competition

The company will serve as an official partner of the CONMEMBOL Copa Libertadores Cup starting in 2023. It plans to develop competition-related NFTs.

(Matthew Ashton/AMA/Getty Images)

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NFL Dabbles With NFT Ticket Collectibles on Polygon

The league is exploring NFT ticketing through the launch of its “Virtual Commemorative Ticket” collection on the Polygon blockchain.

NFL logo (Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

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Markets

Crypto.com’s CRO Token Soars on Naming Deal for LA’s Staples Center

Amid this year’s broad gains in cryptocurrencies, CRO coin’s price hadn’t really stood out – until now.

CRO was flying in digital-asset markets Wednesday. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX, Crypto.com and the ‘Stadium Curse’

Remember CMGI Field? More like NGMI field.

The Staples Center in Downtown Los Angeles, California (prayitnophotography/Flickr)

Finance

LA’s Iconic Staples Center to Be Renamed Crypto.com Arena

The naming deal is one of the biggest in sports history, according to the L.A. Times.

The Staples Center in Los Angeles. (David Vives/Unsplash)

Finance

Staples Center Name Change Tops List of Crypto Sports Sponsorship Deals

Crypto exchanges FTX and Crypto.com have invested over $1 billion in sports sponsorships in the past year. Here are the 10 largest deals to date.

Staples Center no more. The iconic Los Angeles venue will be known as Crypto.com Arena starting in December. (FG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

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Finance

MLB Sensation Shohei Ohtani Becomes FTX’s Newest Brand Ambassador

The exchange’s deal with the Japanese-born pitcher and slugger is the latest in its run of high-profile athlete partnerships.

Shohei Ohtani (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Finance

New England Patriots Partner With Fan Token Site Socios

The NFL team is dabbling with something that had been a European football phenomenon until now.

A fan holds a sign for the New England Patriots during a game in Foxboro, Mass. (Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)