Crypto Corner: The Sports Slice

Bear market, beware? Or is the market’s tenacity enough to keep sports engagement alive? Thus far into a middling 2022, it’s been more of the latter than the former. Crypto firms remain at the heart of many of the biggest sport sponsorship conversations, athlete engagement in the space continues to build, and there’s new NFT endeavors from sports properties across …

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Saylor gets sued, FBI warns about DeFi exploits, and Crypto.com drops $495M sponsorship: Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 28

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This Week DC Attorney General sues Michael Saylor and MicroStrategy for tax evasionMicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor faces charges of …

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FIFA To Launch New NFT Platform In Partnership With Algorand

FIFA, the global governing body of soccer, is launching a new NFT collectibles platform with the highly anticipated World Cup just around the corner. The new platform will be launched on Algorand, continuing an existing partnership between the two parties. Let’s take a look at what we know from initial announcements that have been released this week. FIFA+ Collect: The …

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Several Malaysian Universities Are Planning to Offer Blockchain Programmers Courses Geared Toward Women.

Several Malaysian Universities Are Planning to Offer Blockchain Programmers Courses Geared Toward Women

A consortium of seven Malaysian institutions has announced the inaugural cohort of Women In Blockchain Asia’s (WIBA) women-centric blockchain programming course. Happening now!#m1nted#wiba@poesyliang pic.twitter.com/WQmdvf3lkH — Women In Blockchain Asia (@WIBA_official) August 27, 2022 Among the participating universities are Universiti Sains Malaysia, Asia Pacific University, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Raffles College of Higher Education, and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. WIBA …

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Ethereum Just Saw Key Technical Correction, But 100 SMA Is Still Strong

Ethereum failed to stay above the $1,600 resistance against the US Dollar. ETH is correcting lower and must stay above $1,540 to continue higher. Ethereum failed to clear the $1,620 and $1,625 resistance levels. The price is now trading near $1,550 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a major rising channel forming with support near $1,540 on …

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Billions are spent marketing crypto to sports fans — Is it worth it? – Cointelegraph Magazine

Crypto advertising has been plastered across every available sporting surface since the bull run of 2021, from stadium naming deals and team’s playing kits to Formula One racing car liveries. But in the current bearish market conditions, it seems hard to calculate a return on the ubiquitous spending of 2021’s crazy big advertising. In Australia, where I’m based, there was a …

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Crypto Corner: The Sports Slice

It’s been a long stretch without a major talent signing in the crypto sponsorship space. We’ve finally seen some movement in that territory this past week, while Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles is slated for some renovations, and Australia is mulling over crypto betting regulations. We look to get your week started on a good foot – with our weekly …

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