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The conversation around NFTs has shifted from speculation to utility. Now, major players have opted to use NFTs to power loyalty, membership and ticketing services, signaling positive signs for mass adoption. Source
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On May 2, Sports Illustrated's ticketing subsidiary SI Tickets launched the "Box Office" platform, a self-service event management and primary ticketing solution powered by the Polygon blockchain. Built in conjunction with Web3 software developer ConsenSys, Box Office enables "owners, organizers and hosts the ability to create, manage and promote a
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“Blockchain technology offers significant benefits for consumers, particularly ticketing, including enhancing payment security, and eliminating scalping and fraud,” said Brian Trunzo, Head of Business Development, North America, for Polygon Labs, in a press release, who added that this launch would help grow consumer adoption. Source
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NFT ticketing is revolutionizing event ticketing by providing a secure, transparent and efficient way of issuing and managing tickets. Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are significantly harder to forge or duplicate than conventional tickets since they are stored on a blockchain. This lowers the risk of fraud and fake tickets by allowing
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A new job posting by America’s biggest ticketing company, Ticketmaster, reveals mainstream interest in exploring new revenue streams using nonfungible tokens (NFTs). Over the past two years, artists, musicians and the sports industry helped thrust the NFT ecosystem into the limelight as the technology served its purpose as a powerful fan
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But even though NFT “ticket stubs” help put money back in the hands of sports teams and fans, since they don’t function as actual tickets and can’t be used to enter a game, they don’t fix other issues with traditional ticketing (e.g., scalpers, high resale prices, fraudulent tickets). As an
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Following the chaos caused by counterfeit tickets in the UEFA Champions League 2022, crypto exchange Binance has launched the pilot of its nonfungible token (NFT) ticketing solution with football club Società Sportiva Lazio for the 2022 to 2023 season.In the announcement sent to Cointelegraph, Binance highlighted that NFT tickets will
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The 2022 Champions League final will have a checkered position in the competition’s history book. Real Madrid emerged victorious over Liverpool inside the Stade de France, but the pandemonium outside the stadium before kick-off highlights the need for innovative solutions to events ticketing.Counterfeit tickets played a massive role in the
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The concept of nonfungible tokens (NFT) came into existence in 2015, and it first got some traction in 2017 when many prominent digital collectibles such as CryptoPunks and EtherRock were created. NFTs got early traction among premier sports clubs but burst into mainstream popularity after digital artist Beeple’s artwork was sold
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“Our product makes perfect sense for Vegas, where every door seems to require some type of access,” Josh Katz, CEO of YellowHeart, told CoinDesk in an interview. “Normally when you walk out of the MGM, it’s all over. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, as they say. But with
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