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ForkLog 16 06.04.2021

Media: NBA Club to Offer Salary Payments in Bitcoin

The NBA's Sacramento Kings will offer players and staff the option to receive their salaries in Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 7 15.03.2021

US baseball club begins accepting Bitcoin for payments

The California baseball team Oakland Athletics added the option to pay for private suites with Bitcoin.

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ForkLog 8 15.03.2021

NFL star Rob Gronkowski sells NFT collection for $1.6 million

NFL star Rob Gronkowski sold his NFT collection for 830 ETH — about $1.5 million at the time of writing.

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ForkLog 34 10.03.2021

Winklevoss Brothers’ Exchange Becomes Sponsor of the Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race

Gemini, the bitcoin exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has become the principal sponsor of the Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race, the oldest regatta between the Oxford and Cambridge rowing clubs. The partnership will fund training and a £75,000 Gemini Boat Race Scholarship to help students from backgrounds with limited access to the sport. The twins said they were excited to unite their two greatest passions—rowing and cryptocurrency—for this historic event. New UK users will enjoy two weeks of commission-free trading as part of the partnership; Gemini began operating in the country in September 2020. The founders also indicated they are considering a possible public listing.

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ForkLog 8 05.03.2021

Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban’s NBA club, first to begin accepting Dogecoin

Dallas Mavericks, the NBA club owned by billionaire Mark Cuban, announced that they were the first among professional sports teams to begin accepting Dogecoin as payment for tickets, services and merchandise.

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ForkLog 16 25.02.2021

Benchmark leads €40 million funding round for Sorare

Sorare, the blockchain fantasy football platform, raised €40 million in a Series A funding round, according to ForkLog's press release.

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ForkLog 16 08.02.2021

Bybit and Borussia Dortmund launch contest with guaranteed prizes

The cryptocurrency exchange Bybit and Borussia Dortmund football club have launched the Bybit-BVB lottery. This was reported in the platform's official blog.

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ForkLog 5 18.01.2021

AC Milan to issue fan tokens

The Italian football club AC Milan has joined forces with blockchain company Chiliz to issue fan tokens.

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ForkLog 6 11.01.2021

Dynamo Kyiv to launch its own token

Dynamo Kyiv football club plans to launch its own token and intends to assemble a group of blockchain specialists, according to Sports.ua.

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ForkLog 345 23.11.2020

Vitalik Buterin Takes on a FIDE Master in Chess Duel

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin played a chess game with Canadian national team player Alexandra Botez in a live stream on Twitch.

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ForkLog 8 06.11.2020

Bybit becomes Borussia Dortmund’s partner

The Singapore-based cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Bybit has become the official partner of the German football club Borussia Dortmund, according to the exchange's blog.

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ForkLog 10 15.10.2020

Zenit tokenises Artem Dzyuba

Zenit Saint Petersburg football club joined the Sorare blockchain platform.

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