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Tech

National Hockey League Comes Around to Digital Collectibles, Using Sweet Platform

NHL Breakaway launches with Sweet, a platform for brands to create NFT collectibles under the Ethereum ERC-721 standard on Polygon and the Ethereum mainnet.

Rendering of NHL Breakaway promotion on Sweet's website. (Sweet, modified by CoinDesk)

Web3

LinksDAO, the Online Community That Bought a Golf Course, Is Accepting New Members

The new tiers of membership offer various levels of access to the group's private Discord, network of peer-to-peer private courses and eventual entry to its Spey Bay Golf Club in Scotland.

A Long Island golf course bathed in sunlight. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Web3

Fantasy-Sports Firm Sorare Looks to Increase Appeal by Diluting Crypto Association

While Sorare has over 5 million registered users, it is looking to fuel further growth by adding support for the U.S. dollar, euro and British pound.

Soccer stadium (jarmoluk/Pixabay)

Web3

F1 Ticket Provider Platinum Group Introduces NFT Tickets for Global Racing Event

The NFTs, debuting this weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix, offer collectors access to the race as well as future loyalty benefits.

The first mover advantage matters for platforms like Lido, but crypto's longterm viability will require to shake up the staking market. (Papafox/Pixabay)

Web3

Sports Illustrated Launches NFT Ticketing Platform on Polygon

Sports Illustrated's ticketing marketplace SI Tickets has developed "Box Office" in partnership with Ethereum software company ConsenSys.

(Igor Ovsyannykoy/Pixabay)

Consensus Magazine

Baron Davis: Bringing Athletes to Web3

The ex-NBA point guard is teaching sports clients to engage with communities using crypto tech.

Former NBA player Baron Davis is trying his hand in blockchain technology with an NFT-based project. (Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)

Opinion

How Sports DAOs Can Offer Fans a Piece of the Action

Just as the Ethereum network continues to show us the way toward a fairer internet, Sports DAOs will show us the way toward the future of fandom, says Adam Miller of MIDAO in this op-ed for CoinDesk's Culture Week.

(Dmytro Aksonov/Getty Images)

Opinion

The Australian Open Goes Full Web3

January’s tennis grand slam shows how brands can embrace the metaverse for increased fan engagement.

(Josephine Gasser/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Fan Token Project Chiliz Sets Up $50M Incubator Backed by Jump Crypto

Chiliz Labs will invest in early-stage Web3 projects in the sports and other entertainment sectors that will build on the layer 1 blockchain.

(Damon Nofar/Pixabay)

Opinion

I’m Glad There Are No Crypto Super Bowl Ads: Here’s Why

Sportswashing and crypto company hubris are no longer in play this year. And that's a good thing.

Super Bowl LVII: Kansas City Chiefs, the Philadelphia Eagles and no crypto ads (Peter Casey/Getty Images)