DraftKings, BarStool Sports, Others Prepare for Kansas Soft Launch Thursday

DraftKings, BarStool Sports, Others Prepare for Kansas Soft Launch Thursday

DraftKings will also be introducing its first-ever blockchain-based gaming franchise, Reignmakers Football, to those in the Sunflower State.

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Satoshi Defamation Trial in Norway to Begin Sept 12

According to Jordan Atkins of CoinGeek, Wright claims that Granath used a pseudonymous Twitter handle @Hodlonaut without identifying his true identity in order to wage a campaign of harassment against him.  The alleged defamation includes referring to Wright as "a scammer" and "a fraud".

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Growing Combat Sports With Data Analytics for Sports Betting

Growing Combat Sports With Data Analytics

Satoshi Block Dojo Cohort Two startup CombatIQ is a data analytics company for combat sports, and on this episode of Hashing I tOut, CombatIQ CEO and Co-Founder Tim Malik tells CoinGeek’s Becky Liggero how they are targeting everything from combat sports brands, sports betting operators, publishers and broadcasters, fight promotions, esports, to athletes and gyms.

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Zetly Enters Into Metaverse Partnership With Haste Arcade

Zetly Emters Into Metaverse Partnership With Haste Arcade

Blockchain-based sports platform Zetly has announced a new partnership with Haste Arcade.  The two will work in conjunction bringing the sports metaverse to life courtesy of the Bitcoin SV blockchain.

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Is the US Congress Pro Proof-of-Work When it Comes to Crytpo Mining?

Is the US Congress Pro Proof-of-Work When it Comes to Crytpo Mining?

Canadian accounting firm MNP published a report in November 2021 titled “The Search for a More Efficient Blockchain,” found that BSV was the most efficient network of those it investigated. This was due to BSV’s unbounded transaction processing capacity and the network’s use of more up-to-date hardware.

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Most Important Steps in the Merging of Crypto Gaming and Gambling

Most Important Steps in the Merging of Crypto Gaming and Gambling

There was a time when gaming companies and developers were at the cutting edge of technology, exploring innovative methods and future revenue streams. Yet that has become less apparent in the past few years, as the larger providers aim to stick with tried and tested properties to bring in revenue. As a direct result, crypto gaming, gambling and even the metaverse to a lesser extent, have been left to experiment.

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Blockchain and Metaverse Expert Agency CoinPoint Sign a Strategic Partnership

Blockchain and Metaverse Expert Agency CoinPoint Sign a Strategic Partnership

Plus EU’s new AML watchdog spells trouble for ‘crypto’ crooks

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BitMart Loses Bid to Limit FTC Probe, Gambling Kingpin Arrested

BitMart Loses Bid to Limit FTC Probe, Gambling Kingpin Arrested

On August 9, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an order denying the petition sought by the New Jersey-based Bachi.Tech Corporation to quash or limit portions of a Civil Investigative Demand (CID).

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Micro-Betting Explained: What Are the Sports Best Suited for This Wagering Model?

Micro-Betting Explained: What Are the Sports Best Suited for This Wagering Model?

Speaking to iGaming NEXT, venture capitalist and managing partner of Sharp Alpha Advisors Lloyd Danzig said: “Soccer is a low-scoring game with a continuous clock, minimal stoppages, and far fewer discrete events as compared to the most popular US sports. Basketball, baseball, and American football appear to be especially well-suited for micro-betting.”

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Hashing it Out: Tyler Farnsworth - Chief Marketing Officer - Built By Gamers

Hashing it Out: Tyler Farnsworth - Chief Marketing Officer - Built By Gamers

Micropayments are set to disrupt the current revenue models in the gaming space, especially following recent news that YouTube influencer and boxer Jake Paul has launched his own microbetting-focused sports betting website.

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Why Do Crypto Bettors Prefer Provably Fair Casino Game

Why Do Crypto Bettors Prefer Provably Fair Casino Game

When we place wagers on casino games, we’re betting on the outcome of randomly generated numbers. In traditional online gaming, operators control the RGNs, but in provably fair casino games, those randomly generated numbers are out of the casino operator’s control.

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SEC Launches Probe Into Coinbase’s Staking Programs, Plus PositivelyDisruptive Companies Under Ayre Ventures

One of the CoinBase's long term goals is to become the #1 staking provider. Staking platforms deploy the staked crypto to help verify transactions and boost blockchain security.

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What is Microbetting When it Applies to Sports Betting? Jake Paul's New Sportsbook Betr

What is Microbetting When it Applies to Sports Betting?  Jake Paul's New Sportsbook Betr

Micro-betting is described as the "TikTok-ification of sports betting" whereby individuals can place the tiniest of wagers on such things in real time as pitches & at-bats of baseball games and plays & drives of football games.

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Twitch Streamers Making a Killing Driving Folks to Crypto Casinos: Service May Stop Gambling Promos

Plus WazBettorIQ on Twitter had an excellent observation over the weekend regarding the changing landscape in the sports handicapping sector.

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Learn How to Optimise the Payment Journey and Navigate Compliance Standards in Online Gambling

The "Payments and Compliance Zone"  is the perfect space to engage with operator Heads of Payments, Responsible Gambling Managers and Compliance Directors, connect with financial institutions and meet safer-gambling specialists.

The "Payments and Compliance Zone"  is the perfect space to engage with operator Heads of Payments, Responsible Gambling Managers and Compliance Directors, connect with financial institutions and meet safer-gambling specialists.

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How Crypto and Esports Are Fueling Each Other’s Growth

Plus drawing parallels between Bitcoin and the New Internet.

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£9.9 Billion Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Binance, Kraken, Others

£9.9 Billion Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Binance, Kraken, Others

A £9.9 billion class action lawsuit has been filed against Binance, Bittylicious, Kraken and Shapeshift.  The plaintiffs are mostly BSV Blockchain investors.

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VERDICT: Peter McCormack Liable for Defamation on All Counts

VERDICT: Peter McCormack Liable for Defamation on All Counts

The judge also found that McCormack’s defamatory tweets had caused serious harm to Wright's reputation in the United Kingdom.

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Anonymous Betting vs. KYC Betting Pros & Cons

Anonymous Betting vs. KYC Betting Pros & Cons

If you’re not familiar with Know Your Client, or KYC betting don’t worry. Although it sounds complicated, it’s simple. KYC betting means that as a player you must provide identification proving who you are.

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Mark Cuban Anticipates SEC to Impose 'Nightmare' Crypto Registration Rules

Mark Cuban Anticipates SEC to Impose 'Nightmare' Crypto Registration Rules

And another serial entrepreneur, Calvin Ayre, asks: "How is anyone surprised that the SEC thinks most token platforms are securities when we have published this", directing folks to an article appearing on CoinGeek entitled: 'Ethereum 2.0 – Ether’s journey from a security to a security'

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Ayre Goes Off on "Crypto Wankers"

Ayre Goes Off on "Crypto Wankers"

"(He or she) thinks they should be able to buy zero utility tokens pre-mine, illegally manipulate up the markets and then dump to general public and get rich only stealing from the world,"

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5 Things to Know Before You Play at a Bitcoin Sportsbook & Casino

5 Things to Know Before You Play at a Bitcoin Sportsbook & Casino

Although earlier this year the price of Bitcoin fell the way everything else did, BTC remains the most popular cryptocurrency in the world. Not only that, but Bitcoin adoption, even at a depressed price, is on the rise. 

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The Anti-Crypto Letter to US Congress and What it Means

The Anti-Crypto Letter to US Congress and What it Means

Patrick Thompson of CoinGeek reported Monday that 26 computer scientists, software engineers, and technologists wrote a letter to the U.S. Congress and congressional committees urging them to “take a critical, skeptical approach toward industry claims that crypto-assets are an innovative technology that is unreservedly good.”

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Discover How LTC Sports Betting Sites Work In 2022

Discover How LTC Sports Betting Sites Work In 2022

The world of sports betting has experienced some profound changes in recent years. With the world advancing towards a more technology-based direction, many sports betting sites seek a better transaction system.

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5 Reasons Why Bitcoin is the Future of Online Betting

5 Reasons Why Bitcoin is the Future of Online Betting

Bitcoin remains the world’s most popular and adopted cryptocurrency. BTC uses will continue to rise, which is why we feel it’s safe to say that Bitcoin is the future of online betting.

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Peter Wuille Resigns as BTC Core Code Maintainer as Investors Predict Bitcoin Dropping Below $10K

Retail investors are likely more apprehensive about cryptocurrencies whereas professional investors tended to be more open-minded.

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Many Coins Will Not Recover This Crypto Winter

Many Coins Will Not Recover This Crypto Winter

Whether it's the Doug Polk-promoted CoinFlex or the nearly worthless MiamiCoin, the Crypto Winter will have its casualties.  But there is room for optimism as well, especially as it pertains to blockchain technology. 

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Why The Crypto Casino Industry Is Blooming

Why The Crypto Casino Industry Is Blooming

The online casino industry is always open to modern technological innovations, and thus, new technologies have hit the industry at a rapid rate. Today, blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies have positively impacted the industry to the extent that they are already making waves. 

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Doug Polk Steps Down as CoinFlex Ambassador: Company Halts Withdrawals

Poker pro and self-tanner pitchman's promotion caused many to get burned though...at a time when Polk's been calling out various fellow players as "scammers" and "cheaters"...gulp.

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Bitcoin Set for Worst Quarter in Over a Decade

Bitcoin Set for Worst Quarter in Over a Decade

We also look at ensuring transparency and authenticity on chain, even as it pertains to the world's third most faked food: Honey.  Plus gambling and the blockchain as it pertains to payment solutions.

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