NBA

NBA Creates a Blockchain Advisory Committee

The National Basketball League formed a Blockchain Advisory Committee. “The Hash” panel discusses the key billionaire NBA owners involved and why they and the league are playi...

By CoinDesk Staff

Mar 8, 2021 at 7:57 p.m. UTC

Mar 8, 2021

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Markets

Bitpay

DOGE Adoption on the Rise. Dallas Mavericks to Accept Dogecoin for Tickets, Merchandise

The team will soon be accepting the crypto as part of a deal with payment services provider BitPay.

By Kevin Reynolds

Mar 4, 2021 at 6:26 p.m. UTC

Mar 4, 2021

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NBA Top Shot's 13-Second Highlight Clip of Zion Williamson NFT Sells for $100K

Video

Nft

NBA Top Shot’s 13-Second Highlight Clip of Zion Williamson NFT Sells for $100K

A tokenized 13-second video play of Zion Williamson blocking another player in his debut for the New Orleans Pelicans has been sold as a non-fungible token (NFT) for $100,000....

By CoinDesk Staff

Feb 17, 2021 at 8:45 p.m. UTC

Feb 17, 2021

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Finance

Mark cuban

Mark Cuban on Bitcoin, NFTs and What Comes Next: 'The Upside Is Truly Unlimited'

"You can sell anything digital using NFT," says the Dallas Mavericks owner. "Virtual Mavs gear, sneakers, art, pictures, videos, experiences, anything our imagination can come...

By Jeff Wilser

Jan 28, 2021 at 3:30 a.m. UTC

Jan 28, 2021

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Finance

Sports

Miami Heat’s Tyler Herro Lends Voiceover Chops to Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot

The Miami Heat's Tyler Herro is the first NBA player to provide a voiceover for a crypto game.

By Doreen Wang

Dec 23, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Dec 23, 2020

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Finance

Venture capital

BlockFi Raises $50M From Universities, NBA Star, Others as Crypto Lending Soars

BlockFi, a major player in the crypto-lending sector, has now raised nearly $100 million in the past 12 months.

By Nate DiCamillo

Aug 20, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

Aug 20, 2020

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Tech

Gaming

NBA's Spencer Dinwiddie, Andre Iguodala and More Join Dapper Labs $12M Funding Round

Dapper Labs raised $12 million in its newest funding round led by NBA stars Spencer Dinwiddie, Andre Iguodala, JaVale McGee, Aaron Gordon and Garrett Temple.

By William Foxley

Aug 6, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Aug 6, 2020

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Brooklyn Nets player Spencer Dinwiddie (Tdorante10/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Tokenization

NBA Player Spencer Dinwiddie's Token Sale Hits 10% of $13.5M Goal

Spencer Dinwiddie has sold just nine of 90 shares of his contract, raising $1.4 million instead of the $13.5 million he'd intended.

By Danny Nelson

Jul 22, 2020 at 10:01 p.m. UTC

Jul 22, 2020

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Milwaukee Bucks player Giannis Antetokounmpo (Credit: Shutterstock/Ververidis Vasilis)

Tech

Sports

CryptoKitties Creator Debuts NBA Game on Its Own Blockchain

Blockchain meets basketball in the newest game from Dapper Labs, the developers of CryptoKitties.

By William Foxley

May 27, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

May 27, 2020

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Markets

Sacramento kings

NBA Team Auctioning Basketball Star's Jersey on Ethereum Blockchain

The Sacramento Kings plan to auction off Buddy Hield’s jersey from Wednesday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks using an ethereum-based platform built by ConsenSys.

By Nikhilesh De

Jan 15, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC

Jan 15, 2020

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