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FTX Bags Naming Rights Of Cal Memorial Stadium For $17.5M To Display Their Brand

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Time Stamp: August 28, 2021 6:19 PM - Modified On: August 28, 2021 - Published By:
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Cal Memorial Stadium has sold its naming rights to FTX during its second vital branding move. This venture was put forward after the purchase of the Miami Heat Arena’s naming rights in March. FTX is a Crypto derivative exchange that bought the Cal Memorial Stadium from California University. This move by FTX aims to introduce its brand to the stadium. This derivatives exchange owned by Sam Bankman-Fried is exploring further in sports. That is why; they have made a 10 year deal of $17M just for the university’s stadium naming

Turkey: This Dogecoin mining scam may have duped investors to the tune of $119M

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 3:30 PM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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The crypto-community has long been plagued by scams and frauds. Especially since people have often come up with ingenious ways to rip users off their crypto-holdings. A recent example from Turkey is a case in point. According to Turkish media reports, a scam involving Dogecoin has allegedly amassed fraudsters $119 million in deposits. Local channel TV100 broke the news earlier this week, revealing that the fraudster, “Turgut V,” is now on the run with all the funds. Along with his 11 associates, “Turgut” apparently tricked about 1,500 Turkish citizens into

Why this British billionaire’s family office wants more Bitcoin, crypto-investments

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 4:00 AM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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The growth of institutional investments in the mainstream cryptocurrency ecosystem, as well as in DeFi, has been phenomenal over the past year. A number of venture capitalists have made direct or indirect investments in the space through a number of channels. The latest addition to the same is British billionaire Simon Nixon. “Hard to ignore” The billionaire is planning to expand his crypto-allocations through his London-based venture capital firm Seek Capital. According to the Managing Director of the family office, crypto-assets have grown to acquire a significant share of interest

Titan launches actively managed crypto portfolio for US investors

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Time Stamp: August 11, 2021 12:30 PM - Modified On: August 11, 2021 - Published By:
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United States investment adviser Titan has officially launched its new cryptocurrency offering targeting U.S. investors, giving market participants additional avenues for accessing digital assets like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).The new product, dubbed Titan Crypto, seeks to invest in a concentrated basket of leading cryptocurrencies that can outperform over the long term, the company announced Wednesday. The portfolio will be actively managed by Titan’s dedicated crypto team and will be available to U.S. residents who reside outside of New York state.In July, Titan concluded a $58 million Series B financing

DAO-led DeFi Hub NearPad Announces $2M Seed Raise 

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Time Stamp: August 10, 2021 9:59 AM - Modified On: August 10, 2021 - Published By:
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[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] NearPad, the DeFi hub on NEAR’s layer 2 protocol – Aurora, has announced the successful close of its $2m seed round. The raise was led by NGC with participation from leading backers in the blockchain space including NEAR Foundation, OWC, Ellipti, LD Capital, Flow Ventures, Genblock Capital, Exnetwork, and SuperNova Fund. NearPad has set its sight on jumpstarting ecosystem growth on Aurora through its DAO-centric protocol. “We’re excited to partner with NearPAD to help early teams fair launch,” says NEAR Foundation. “NearPAD brings the

EOS Price Prediction 2021, 2025, 2030

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Time Stamp: July 25, 2021 3:00 AM - Modified On: July 25, 2021 - Published By:
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What is EOS? EOS is one of the best-known cryptocurrencies today that allows building decentralized apps (DApps) in a simple and scalable way. EOS cryptocurrency was developed by a company called Block.one. Founded by software programmer Daniel Larimer and entrepreneur Brendan Blumer, who still hold the roles of CTO and CEO, the company began to work on the project in 2017. In June of 2018, the EOS officially went live after a year-long Initial Coin Offering (ICO). The ICO raised more than $4 billion, despite the prohibition to participate from

Team Great Britain to Serve Olympics With a Side of NFTs

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Time Stamp: July 24, 2021 7:45 AM - Modified On: July 24, 2021 - Published By:
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NFT News Team Great Britain has become the first Olympic team to launch its NFT collection. The project is a collab with designer Ben Sherman and Commerce provider Tokns. The first NFT minted will commemorate Max Whitlock’s performance in Rio in 2016. Great Britain’s Team is all set for the Olympics and comes with its own set of Non-Fungible Tokens. That’s right, the great nation’s team will become the first to launch its own NFT collection. Working alongside Ben Sherman, the team is launching its own non-fungible token collection. They

What is Bancor Protocol? A DeFi Guide to BTN

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Time Stamp: August 18, 2020 3:10 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bancor Protocol takes advantage of smart contracts to build a decentralized, interoperable, and highly-liquid token exchange protocol. It became popular in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space shortly after having introduced smart tokens that facilitate instant exchange between different ERC-20 tokens in the market, regardless of their volume. Such development has opened a lot of other opportunities to users without having to involve third-party financial service providers in the scenario. Table of Contents Background The Team The team consists of five members of the Bancor Foundation, based in Zug, Switzerland. Bernard

Championing Blockchain Education in Africa: Women Leading the Bitcoin Cause

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Time Stamp: August 12, 2020 9:09 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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It’s no secret that women are underrepresented in the technology and financial industries. In the U.S, women only hold a quarter of computing-related jobs. Some sectors, like software engineering, fare even worse, with female representation as low as 15%. And now along comes blockchain, a technology that promises a global revolution through decentralization. Blockchain has already begun to transform many industries, from finance and supply chain management to healthcare and governance.  However, it has yet to significantly change the demographics of the tech industry. According to a study conducted by

With Value Approach, Off The Chain Capital Is Changing The Bitcoin Investment Narrative

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Time Stamp: August 11, 2020 12:44 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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When viewed from a traditional investing lens, bitcoin may seem like a risky bet. The technology is still relatively new, the price is notoriously volatile and it’s not uncommon to hear investors caution newcomers not to invest more than they can afford to lose in BTC.But the performance of Off The Chain Capital, a digital currency investment firm that focuses on value investing in bitcoin, tells a different story. As one of the best-performing funds in the space, it has shown that reliable performance and BTC can go hand in