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ArticleWhat about AI, CBDCs and NATO? More on Trump’s early days
The new administration of President Donald Trump is not letting up yet.
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ArticleAdidas releases its first physical shoe out the metaverse
A version of the Ultraboost 5 has roots in an app that gamifies exercise.
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News briefsAfter bitcoin, SEC gives the nod to ether
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has amended its rules and cleared the way for exchange-traded products (ETPs) – notably, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) – that deal in spot ether. The change results from petitions from NYSE Arca, Nasdaq and Cboe BZX. Ether is the crypto currency associated with the ...
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ArticleHave NFT-issuing sports brands entered a new business?
BlockFi, OpenSea, Coinbase, Binance, FTX, Ripple, Impact Theory, Grayscale – all of them companies that have undergone investigation and government-initiated lawsuits over the past couple of years. The land of crypto, where sports brands have begun to tread over the past few years, is a land of confusion, and not ...
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News briefsAdidas strikes deal for “gated” blockchain products
Through its /// Studio (read: three stripe studio), Adidas has struck a three-year deal with Tokenproof, which will authenticate blockchain tokens for the Adidas Confirmed app. The arrangement will provide an in-app checkpoint through which only holders of the NFT collection ALTS by Adidas can purchase certain ...
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News briefsDawn of the blockchain sports prize
The winners of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia tennis tournament, scheduled for May 8-21, will be taking home “phygital” (physical + digital) trophies. Each trophy will, in other words, have an embedded NFC chip linked to an NFT, which will serve to inscribe the victory on the blockchain. This will, in ...
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ArticleTokens here and everywhere
In a study it has recently released titled “Digital Assets Trends,” a company by the name of Reply has concluded that tokenization can be universal. In other words, just about anything can be turned into or paired with a digital asset on a blockchain. Over the past couple of years, ...
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ArticleFor indie sneakers, all players in one arena
A first decentralized brand for sneakers has seen the light of digital day on a platform created by a company called Madeium and run in part with tech from a company called Intertrust. Under the name Yxung, the brand runs on a peer-to-peer (P2P) model. You might remember P2P as ...
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Inaska offers full transparency of supply chain to customers with blockchain technology
In collaboration with the German blockchain startup Retraced (also working for the sustainable label Armed Angels), the Hamburg-based swim and activewear label Inaska is disclosing its entire supply chain for each product to its customers on its website. The IT solution holds evidence for all CSR aspects, such as the ...
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News briefsAS Roma signs €36 million product partnership to support DigitalBits blockchain
AS Roma and U.S. fintech Zytara Labs have signed a three-year exclusive product partnership worth €36 million with the support of the DigitalBits Foundation (formerly XDB Foundation). The partners plan to use the DigitalBits blockchain to create official ASR blockchain-based digital assets, establish the digital assets as new purchasing methods, ...
