Tagged: nba

January 2, 2026 @ 5:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a recent victory for billionaire entrepreneur  and NBA sports team owner Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks, a federal judge has thrown out a long-running class-action lawsuit accusing them of (allegedly) misleading investors through their promotion of the failed cryptocurrency platform Voyager Digital. The… Read More

February 24, 2024 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) announced a multi-year partnership making SoFi the official banking partner of the NBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and USA Basketball. SoFi, the bank and personal finance company, will also be “the official entitlement partner… Read More

September 4, 2023 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Houston Rockets and Toyota Center announced they have entered into a long-term partnership with DailyPay, an on-demand provider. In addition, DailyPay will become “the presenting partner of an Employee of the Month recognition program which will reward Rockets and Toyota Center event employees.” DailyPay… Read More

April 16, 2023 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Phoenix Suns and PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced that they have extended their partnership through the 2026 NBA season. PayPal will “continue as the Suns’ jersey sponsor and, as part of the enhanced multi-year deal, the organizations will now increase their focus on supporting small… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 9:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The NBA’s Golden State Warriors and FTX US have announced a new and “first-of-its-kind” cryptocurrency partnership in professional sports. As the Warriors’ Official Cryptocurrency Platform and NFT Marketplace, the franchise will “drop NFTs on FTX.us, beginning in early 2022.” As mentioned in an update shared… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Philadelphia 76ers revealed on Wednesday (September 22, 2021) that they’ve formed a new partnership with Crypto.com, which is one of the fastest-growing crypto-focused platforms with over 10 million users globally, “designating the crypto company as the team’s official jersey patch partner.” The partnership is… Read More

July 29, 2021 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweet, which aims to empower brands to deploy NFTs to broader consumer bases through immersive & integrated experiences, driving new revenue & engagement, is making non-fungible tokens or NFTs accessible to everyone. On May 23, 2021, more than 15,000 “fired-up” Knicks fans had shown up… Read More

May 25, 2021 @ 7:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Augur (REP), the developers of a decentralized prediction markets platform, have announced the launch of Augur Turbo— which is the world’s only “fast-resolving, easy-to-use, decentralized betting platform” that reportedly comes with daily markets for sports, crypto, politics, and current events. The Augur… Read More

May 16, 2021 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A newly filed lawsuit alleges that the sale of NBA Top Shot “Moments” is in violation of the federal Securities Act of 1933, which is a law that aims to ensure investor protection when acquiring publicly-traded securities. Michael McCann and Jacob Feldman from Sportico note… Read More

March 15, 2021 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

American Airlines Arena, home of the Miami Heat NBA team, may be getting a name change following the expiration of the deal with American Airlines. According to a report, the Arena’s name may be picked up by FTX Trading, a cryptocurrency trading platform. First covered… Read More

March 5, 2021 @ 3:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitPay is welcoming Dogecoin (DOGE) to its list of supported digital currencies. This new addition is now being supported via the BitPay Wallet app and at all of BitPay’s enabled merchant locations. The Shiba-Inu based crypto-asset Dogecoin has become quite popular, especially with billionaire Elon… Read More

March 1, 2021 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Consumers have reportedly spent over $230 million purchasing and trading digital collectibles of NBA game highlights. The NBA’s Top Shot product is a blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-powered digital trading card system that has managed to generate more than $230m worth of gross sales,… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 11:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dapper Labs, which is the company behind highly-popular digital collectibles like NBA Top Shots and CryptoKitties, has finalized an initial tranche of bridge financing. Dapper Labs confirmed that it plans to secure as much as $50 million in capital. Last year,  Dapper Labs had acquired… Read More

March 23, 2020 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cred, a cryptocurrency-based lending and borrowing service, is teaming up with professional NBA basketball player and businessman Spencer Dinwiddie. A special web page and service was launched on March 20, 2020 for Dinwiddie’s fans who may use the Cred platform. Cred allows users to earn… Read More

February 24, 2020 @ 9:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adrienne O’Keeffe, associate VP of partnerships at the National Basketball Association (NBA), and Sophie Gage, counsel at the National Football League (NFL) Player’s Association, recently took part in a panel discussion during which they talked about the potential value of blockchain or distributed ledger tech… Read More

January 12, 2020 @ 9:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Professional NBA basketball player Spencer Dinwiddie, who plays for the Brooklyn Nets, recently noted that his DLT-enabled tokenized investment vehicle will be officially introduced on January 13, 2020. This, despite the NBA’s warning that it might ban him from the US and Canada-based professional basketball… Read More

September 29, 2019 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The professional basketball organization noted on September 27 that Dinwiddie’s plan to allocate a portion of his contract earnings for a security token offering (STO) would violate the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement. NBA’s management stated: “The described arrangement is prohibited by the C.B.A., which provides… Read More

July 29, 2019 @ 1:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tencent Holdings Limited, a leading provider of Internet value-added services based in China, announced on Monday its five-year partnership expansion with NBA in China. Tencent reported it will provide extensive NBA coverage on its platforms through the 2024-25 NBA season, including live NBA games, NBA… Read More

June 7, 2018 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

WENN Digital, Inc., the creator and operator of the blockchain-based KODAKOne and the KODAKCoin cryptocurrency, has partnered with Oak View Group (OVG). The partnership will bring the KODAKOne platform and KODAKCoin to six OVG arenas that includes two NHL team and four NBA teams. According… Read More

January 19, 2018 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, multi-billionaire, television personality, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, announced that the NBA team would be accepting Bitcoin as a method of payment during the 2018-2019 basketball season. Cuban revealed the exciting news when he was asked by Mavericks fans… Read More