Tagged: national basketball association

April 16, 2023 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Phoenix Suns and PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced that they have extended their partnership through the 2026 NBA season. PayPal will “continue as the Suns’ jersey sponsor and, as part of the enhanced multi-year deal, the organizations will now increase their focus on supporting small… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Philadelphia 76ers revealed on Wednesday (September 22, 2021) that they’ve formed a new partnership with Crypto.com, which is one of the fastest-growing crypto-focused platforms with over 10 million users globally, “designating the crypto company as the team’s official jersey patch partner.” The partnership is… Read More

March 1, 2021 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Consumers have reportedly spent over $230 million purchasing and trading digital collectibles of NBA game highlights. The NBA’s Top Shot product is a blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-powered digital trading card system that has managed to generate more than $230m worth of gross sales,… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 11:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dapper Labs, which is the company behind highly-popular digital collectibles like NBA Top Shots and CryptoKitties, has finalized an initial tranche of bridge financing. Dapper Labs confirmed that it plans to secure as much as $50 million in capital. Last year,  Dapper Labs had acquired… Read More

January 19, 2018 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, multi-billionaire, television personality, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, announced that the NBA team would be accepting Bitcoin as a method of payment during the 2018-2019 basketball season. Cuban revealed the exciting news when he was asked by Mavericks fans… Read More