Sports collectible NFTs will have 'tremendous value created,' says Fanatics c...
The NFT market, which includes artwork, sports memorabilia, and trading cards, grew to more than $250 million last year. Basketball legend Magic Johnson has a future with the bulls. No, he's not returning to play for the NBA, but joining a major sports licensing company that looks favorably at the rise of the non-fungible token market.In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box today, Michael Rubin, executive chairman of sports merchandise company Fanatics, said the digital and physical collectible market was "exploding" due in part to many spending more time at home last year. Johnson just....
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The media and entertainment company World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., otherwise known as WWE, has inked a long-term partnership with the global digital sports platform Fanatics. According to the deal, Fanatics will work with WWE across various ventures such as officially licensed merchandise, trading cards, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
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WWE has its eyes on non-fungible token (NFT) sales and on March 28, the company signed a long-term deal with the digital sports platform Fanatics. The....
It was a busy, but mild week in sports and crypto engagement – with Socios and it’s subsidiary Chiliz dominating the headlines with major news. Meanwhile, NFTs continued to carry the dialogue as a new marketplace, RareMint, swiftly sold out of Lou Gehrig and Michael Jordan collections, and Fanatics signing a new deal with NFTs […]
The report asserts that digital assets can fundamentally alter how fans consume sports and interact with their favorite teams. Nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, and digital assets are one of the ten major trends within the sports industry, according to the consultancy Price Waterhouse Coopers', or PwC, Sports Outlook 2022 report for North America. From altering sports technology infrastructure to driving fan engagement, the report lists three main use cases for NFTs and their likelihood to shape the future of sports.The first use case is collectible NFTs — assets used to sell collectible,....
We have seen non-fungible tokens (NFTs) make big moves in the sports industry this year. And multinational professional services network Deloitte has said that sports NFTs are not going anywhere. According to predictions that the consulting giant released on Wednesday, sports-related NFTs will account for more than $2 billion in transactions next year. This amount […]
Do you have a talent for picking winners? Do you follow athletes’ careers and know who is gonna be successful? So why not benefit from that?! Upcoming NFT Platform OWNIC empowers sports fans to earn from the real world performance of the stars they pick using dynamic NFTs. It introduces a number of revolutionary concepts to the space of collectible sports cards that will create new ways for fans to earn from fantasy sports leagues and metaverse gaming. OWNIC has also already proven its credibility with exclusive partnerships with top global athletes in the fields of soccer and MMA.....