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The English Football Association (FA) has launched a Request for Proposal (RFP) tender process for appointing a partner which can help build a long-term NFT platform for the historical sporting institution. As expected, the non-fungible assets expected to come from the platform will be based around the country’s...
In the deal that keeps on giving, Bobby Bonilla, the former MLB All-Star who is currently receiving a bumper compensation agreement from his former team the New York Mets, has raked in even more cash by turning the physical contract into an NFT. The auction took place via...
The third season of left-field NFT collection CryptoDickbutts is hitting the headlines for its rather impressive surge in trade activity. Daily trading volume for the NFTs on OpenSea was up 690% to 290 ETH (or roughly $495,000) yesterday, putting the collection at number six in the overall chart,...
Through a financial investment, Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of heavyweight crypto exchange FTX, has issued his support for Trustless Media, a firm that is making NFTs for the programs that it develops and produces. The Web3 outfit has also seen financial backing from the likes of Ava Labs...
Friday saw the launch of Tiffany & Co.’s highly anticipated exclusive NFT collection for CryptoPunk holders, NFTiffs. As many would’ve expected, it took less than half an hour for the sought after 250 digital assets to completely sell out.  With the assets each being priced at 30 ETH apiece...
Off the back of its successful investment round which took place last month, NFT renting protocol reNFT is now expanding its non-fungible prowess by partnering with cross-chain NFT lending platform Unlockd. Through the partnership, the gap between TradFi and NFT rentals will be bridged in the most proficient...
In an effort to effectively diminish the secondary market, British academic textbook publisher Pearson is looking to leverage NFTs in order to keep track of digital textbook sales.  In attaching NFTs to its digital textbooks, the company will essentially be involved in every transaction that the book goes through,...
Barça Studios, which is the audiovisual and digital business arm of the ever-prestigious FC Barcelona, has received a €100 million investment from Socios.com, the Chiliz-owned blockchain-based sports fan engagement platform. In return, Socios.com have acquired 24.5% of Barça Studios, As per the words of Socios.com’s official press release which followed...
Premier League football club Everton is partnering with fashion-focused NFT platform Fancurve to create digital shirts which fans can buy for their metaverse avatars. The partnership between Fancurve and the Merseyside giants follows on from the platform’s similar partnership with La Liga side Real Betis. The NFT shirts are...
In a first-of-its kind effort, Crawley Town, which is the professional English football team that was recently acquired by Web3 outfit WAGMI United, has signed a new player based on the results of a vote that was put forward to NFT holders.  The vote, which asked fans what type...