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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo was announced the 2019-20 NBA Most Valuable Player on Friday.LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers was a distant second in the MVP voting, garnering just 16 first-place votes.James later confessed to being “pissed off” when he saw that so few voters had made him
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Gamemaker Dapper Labs is using Circle’s dollar-backed stablecoin, USDC, as a global settlement solution for its non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The firms announced Tuesday that the move allowed Dapper Labs to add fiat payment options to its website for the first time. The startup’s current flagship offering, NBA Top Shot, launched in
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If it weren’t for former President Barack Obama’s influence when LeBron James, Chris Paul, and others reached out to him for advice, the players would’ve voted to end the season. Obama praised the efforts and action taken by the NBA to boycott over Jacob Blake’s shooting and on behalf of the
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Jared Kushner shared his unsolicited opinion about the NBA strike with the world. In his comment, Kushner snidely derided the NBA players for being ‘rich.’ That prompted Professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein to give him a verbal beatdown — one he’d been begging for since 2016. Jared Kushner still hasn’t learned that it costs nothing
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Boycotting their chance to finish off the Magic in their first-round series, the Milwaukee Bucks did not take the floor for Game 5 against the Orlando Magic. Subsequently, the Lakers-Blazers and Thunder-Rockets postponed their games on Wednesday night in solidarity to send a message to the world, and the rest of
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After $50 million in fresh capital, crypto lender BlockFi has now raised nearly $100 million in the past 12 months. Announced Thursday, the latest round, a Series C, was led by Anthony Pompliano’s Morgan Creek Digital. (It’s the second-largest round to be led by the VC firm, with Figure’s $103 million
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Professional basketball player Spencer Dinwiddie has had a disappointing response to his offering of tokenized shares in his $34 million contract with the National Basketball Association (NBA).The token sale concluded almost one year after he first announced his intention to issue security tokens representing fractionalized ownership in his NBA contract
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Blockchain meets basketball in the newest game from the developers of CryptoKitties. Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot has launched into private beta following the game’s initial product announcement in July 2019. The game is looking to fill a product niche by combining manager-style sports games with digitally scarce goods called non-fungible
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The latest development in pro basketballer Spencer Dinwiddie’s efforts to tokenize his NBA contract has seen the star launch a Gofundme campaign in an attempt to raise the cash equivalent of the 2,625.8 Bitcoins (BTC) — worth roughly $24.6M at time of writing.Dinwiddie launched the campaign, oddly titled ‘Dinwiddie X
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Crypto-based lending and borrowing platform Cred is partnering with professional basketball player and entrepreneur Spencer Dinwiddie. A special page has been launched since March 20 for Dinwiddie’s fans to use Cred.The platform lets users earn interest on stablecoins and other crypto assets, with the company advertising a 10% annual
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