Sports


Finance

Crypto.com Pulls Plug on $495M Champions League Sponsorship Deal: Report

Regulatory concerns in Europe prompted the firm to scrap the deal.

Crypto.com pulls out of Champions League sponsorship deal (Janosch Diggelm/Unsplash)

Layer 2

Betting Platform BetDEX Labs Likes the Odds for Its Decentralized Sports Exchange

Chairman Nigel Eccles wants to cut out the middleman, and thinks a Solana protocol is the way to go, he told CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover.”

Nigel Eccles, in a photo from 2015 (Clodagh Kilcoyne/Getty Images)

Markets

Sports Tokens Surge After Socios.com Gets Regulatory Approval in Italy

The fan token market cap is up almost 100% from last month, according to FanMarketCap data. 

A fan of Liverpool FC during the final match of the UEFA Champions League between Liverpool and Real Madrid (Oleg Dubyna/Flickr)

Finance

Table Tennis Goes Crypto With Plans for NFT, Web3 Crossovers

The event arm of the sport’s governing body is partnering with a non-fungible token startup to build the game.

(Ben Sauer/Unsplash)

Finance

Socios Owner Invests $100M in FC Barcelona's Web3 Efforts

Chiliz has acquired a 24.5% stake in Barca Studios, the Spanish soccer giant's digital-content creation arm.

Camp Nou, Estadio del FC Barcelona. (Tim Roosjen/Unsplash)

Finance

Two Soccer Teams Transfer a South American Player Using USDC, But There’s Collateral Damage

The news was hailed as a historic event for South American football, but it could bring unexpected consequences for Argentinian club Banfield, amid local FX restrictions. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Sports Week.

Giuliano Galoppo, middle, playing for Banfield. (Rodrigo Valle/Getty Images)