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Acorns Hires Former Amazon Executive as President, Hints at Crypto Options

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Time Stamp: September 15, 2021 6:15 PM - Modified On: September 15, 2021 - Published By:
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Acorns, a popular investing and savings app, announced a former Amazon lead as company president and head of day-to-day operations.Sponsored Sponsored Earlier today the financial services app revealed David Hijirida as the new president. Hijirida was an executive at Amazon and CEO of the digital bank Simple Finance. During his 12 years at Amazon, he managed global payments and advertising.  This new hire comes as Acorns expected a public listing later in the year. The public listing is with the intentions of accelerating its mission of wealth building and overseas

Launchpool Labs Debuts Football-Based NFT Card Game ‘NiftyFootball’

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Time Stamp: September 2, 2021 8:00 AM - Modified On: September 2, 2021 - Published By:
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Launchpool Labs announced their latest venture NiftyFootball, a non-fungible token platform for Football collectibles. Sponsored Sponsored NiftyFootball, a new football-based NFT collectible game, has been announced by Launchpool Labs. Through the game, players buy and sell random packs of digital cards for collecting and trading. Akin to the traditional paper trading card experience. Each NFT represents a fictional player with various traits which make up the “DNA” of that trading card. The platform utilizes the same ERC-721 standard used in other NFT games like CryptoKitties. Sponsored Sponsored Unlike similar platforms like Sorare,

Dallas Mavericks Announce Rewards for Using Dogecoin to Buy Merch

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Time Stamp: September 2, 2021 4:25 AM - Modified On: September 2, 2021 - Published By:
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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban continues to support Dogecoin (DOGE) by announcing rewards for those spending the meme coin on merchandise. Sponsored Sponsored The team was the first in the league to accept Dogecoin payments for both merchandise and ticket sales. Now, Cuban wants to further grow the number of sales from DOGE by adding incentives to the program.  The Mavs Cryptomania program gives fans cashback for purchases made with Dogecoin on the official Maverick’s online merchandise shop. The program will run from Aug 13 until Sept 20. Fans can earn

Pranksy Drops $336,000 on Fake Banksy NFT

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Time Stamp: September 1, 2021 3:33 AM - Modified On: September 1, 2021 - Published By:
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Well-known NFT collector Pranksy has been the victim of an elaborate hoax that cost him more than $300,000.Sponsored Sponsored Twitter was ablaze with rumors of an official Banksy NFT being posted for sale on OpenSea on Tuesday. The listing caught the eye of famous British NFT collector and Co-Founder of NFTBoxes, Pranksy. Pranksy currently owns more than 39,000 NFTs on OpenSea. The listing gained further traction when it was discovered that a subpage on Banksy’s official website appeared with NFT information on it earlier in the day. The page featured

Topps Announces 2021 MLB Inception NFT Collection

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Time Stamp: September 1, 2021 2:09 AM - Modified On: September 1, 2021 - Published By:
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Topps is celebrating baseball’s newest rising stars with an MLB non-fungible token (NFT) collection on the ToppsNFT platform.Sponsored Sponsored Legendary trading card company Topps has announced its latest NFT collection to debut on the ToppsNFT platform. The 2021 Topps MLB Inception NFT Collection is being released on its NFT marketplace that is powered by the Avalanche blockchain. The digital trading cards are based on and inspired by the physical product that bears the same name. The NFTs differ in a number of ways, however, including motion animations, facsimile signature editions,

Study Finds NFT Industry Shows Some Undesirable Signs

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 3:15 PM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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A new report finds activity in the NFT community is organic, though there are undesirable signs among investors. Sponsored Sponsored Recently, Nansen, a blockchain analytic platform released a report with new findings on the emerging non-fungible token space. According to the reports there is a large amount of healthy, “organic” growth in the NFT industry.  However, despite the good signs of progress, there were also some undesirable findings. According to the report, the NFT space “remains spotted by certain profit-seeking practices.” This determination comes from transaction patterns. Token founders might be

EA Sports Hiring New Senior Director to Explore Blockchain & NFTs

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 12:44 PM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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A new job posting on LinkedIn reveals EA Sports’ intentions of expanding their empire into blockchain and NFTs. Sponsored Sponsored The video game giant EA Sports posted an ad on LinkedIn for a new Senior Director of Competitive Gaming Brand. In the ad EA Sports specifies the applicant should be ready to lead the business into the realm of blockchain and NFTs.   According to the job post, the company plans to expand into new territories. “We set the pace for EA’s investment in gaming subscriptions, our PC storefront and platform, competitive

Crypto Hacker’s Data Vulnerable to FBI Through Palantir Glitch

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 11:40 AM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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A glitch in the Palantir system allegedly allowed the FBI  unauthorized access to data on a crypto hacker case from 2019. Sponsored Sponsored The Peter Thiel-founded AI company, Palantir faced unwelcomed news.  A new report claims the artificial intelligence giant faced a glitch in their secretive software program used by the FBI. Such a mishap allowed the FBI unauthorized access to private data for over a year.  Clients of this power intelligence software include the CIA, US immigration agency ICE, and the FBI among others. Sponsored Sponsored The accusation came from a

Chicago Blackhawks Unveil Debut NFT Collection

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 2:45 AM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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The Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) have announced the launch of the team’s first non-fungible token (NFT) collection. Sponsored Sponsored Professional hockey team, the Chicago Blackhawks, have announced the team’s first official NFT collection is now available. The team is making officially licensed ERC-721 NFTs with some being sold at a fixed price and others being auctioned off to the highest bidder. The collection is available on the Sweet platform using the Amazon Web Services Content Delivery Network (CDN) to host the digital collectibles publicly. Sweet allows brands

Former SEC Chairman Says Crypto Fits Existing Legal Framework

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Time Stamp: August 20, 2021 7:34 AM - Modified On: August 20, 2021 - Published By:
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According to a recent email exchange, ex-SEC Chairman Jay Clayton sees the existing U.S. regulations as a good model for crypto rules. Sponsored Sponsored Jay Clayton spent a few years as the chairman for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which Gary Gensler now heads. In light of the recent bipartisan bill passed by the Senate, crypto regulations are the industry’s hot topic.  If the wording in the bill is left as-is after its hearing in the House, this could mean a major disruption to the crypto space. When asked about