The combination of the sports industry and Crypto has been upgraded. How did it perform in the past week?
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eBay and Oneof Partner to Release Wayne Gretzky NFT
For the past year or two, eBay has been very aggressively dabbling in the Crypto space, and now the e-commerce company has finally stepped into the NFT market for real.
eBay and NFT marketplace Oneof have partnered to launch a new collection of NFTs called "Genesis" related to Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky.
Follow-up NFTs featuring other iconic athletes who have appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated will follow.
The NFT marketplaces Oneof and Sports Illustrated are based on Polygon, while their music NFT marketplace is based on Tezos.
Oneof has more and more partners. In February, Oneof reached an agreement with Warner Music.
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Magic Johnson and the NBA Top Shot
NBA legend Magic Johnson announced a partnership with NBA Top Shot to cast 5 NFTs about the highlights of Magic Johnson's career.
The platform will also publish the highlight moments of other cooperating NBA stars.Magic Johnson’s NFT will be released on June 7 as part of NBA Top Shot’s “Anthology” series。
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NFL NFT-Based Video Games
This week, the National Football League announced a partnership with Mythical Games for a new NFT video game called "NFL Rivals."
The fantasy-style game is expected to be released on mobile and online next year.
Although the NBA is the first of the four major American sports leagues to participate in the NFT field,Other major leagues are seeking development in related fields。
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From F1 to Indy 500, racing NFT continues to increase
There is an increasing adoption of NFT in the racing field, and F1 NFT has been very rich after more and more major events such as the recent Miami Grand Prix.
This week Indy 500 NFT became the focus of community attention.
Ed Carpenter Racing Team Gives Racers More Crypto Incentives, and at this time last year, EdCarpenter Racing and Strike jointly launched a BTC-branded vehicle.
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Sorare COO speaks on licensing issues
A central question in major league sports franchise agreements is the long-term viability of transferring franchise agreements to new providers.
Physical exchange cards in sports do not have too many problems in this field, but for NFT it is a problem that needs to be solved urgently.
Sorare COO Ryan Spoon spoke to SportsProMedia and mentioned this.
"The card you buy on Sorare is no different than a physical card, and although some companies have lost the relevant licenses, users still have the card," said Ryan Spoon.
"We will agree with our partners to build a fan base. It is in all of our interests to do so."
Spoon said,Sorare wants to build deal "long enough to grow and hopefully have some success"。
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