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ForkLog 16 13.01.2022

Bitso, Latin America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, becomes sponsor of Mexico’s national football team

Bitso, Latin America's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has become the official sponsor of Mexico's national football team, according to a ForkLog press release.

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ForkLog 8 22.12.2021

UK regulator bans Arsenal fan-token advertising

The United Kingdom's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned two Arsenal campaigns promoting the AFC fan token. The regulator said they exploited users' inexperience with cryptocurrencies, according to the Evening Standard.

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ForkLog 8 15.12.2021

FTX.US inks NFT partnership with NBA team Golden State Warriors

The American arm of the crypto-derivatives exchange FTX and the NBA's Golden State Warriors agreed to launch an NFT on the platform's marketplace in early 2022.

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ForkLog 36 15.12.2021

Garry Kasparov releases NFT collection on the 1Kind platform

Garry Kasparov released an NFT collection on the 1Kind platform. It includes archival photographs and the chess grandmaster's personal notebooks.

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ForkLog 16 12.12.2021

BBC: Football fans spent more than $350 million on fan tokens

Fans of football clubs bought fan tokens for a total of more than $350 million.

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ForkLog 17 08.12.2021

Floki Inu logo to appear on Spartak Moscow players’ shirts

The football club Spartak Moscow announced a partnership with the meme cryptocurrency Floki Inu.

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ForkLog 11 25.11.2021

Russian Premier League launches NFT collection

The Russian Premier League (RPL), in partnership with the fantasy football platform Sorare, released a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

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ForkLog 15 24.11.2021

FIDE releases collection of 9,000 NFTs on the Everscale blockchain

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) released a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Everscale blockchain (former Free TON).

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ForkLog 16 21.11.2021

Barcelona and Manchester City pull out of partnerships with two crypto projects

Two football clubs—Barcelona and Manchester City—have pulled out of partnerships with their crypto-sector partners. The Catalan club cancelled its deal with the NFT marketplace Ownix, while the British one with analytics firm 3Key Technologies.

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ForkLog 14 18.11.2021

Paradigm and FTX back a decentralized sports-betting protocol in a $21 million seed round

The team behind BetDEX, positioned as the first decentralized sports-betting protocol, raised $21 million in a seed round led by Paradigm and FTX.

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ForkLog 21 17.11.2021

Crypto.com paid $700 million for naming rights to Clippers and Lakers arena

The cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com reached an agreement to rename the Staples Center to Crypto.com Arena. The venue is home to NBA teams the Clippers and Lakers, as well as the NHL's Los Angeles Kings.

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ForkLog 6 15.11.2021

Socios platform to issue tokens for NFL and MLS clubs

The New England Patriots, a professional NFL club, announced a partnership with blockchain company Chiliz, operator of the Socios.com platform for issuing fan tokens for sports and entertainment clubs and organisations.

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