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Polychain puts its money on HotStreak to streamline sports betting using blockchain

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In the world of sports betting, instant payments and reliable custody are key to the user experience. HotStreak , a web3 platform for daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests, is wagering that the decentralized nature of the blockchain makes it an ideal solution for DFS platforms. It doubled in size in 2021 with over $52.7

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Despite the Crypto Winter and other scandals, blockchains seem here to stay in the sports betting market

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According to Grand View Research, the global sports betting market is expected to grow to $182.12 Thus, HotStreak , a web3 platform for daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests, is betting that a decentralizing payments is an ideal solution for DFS platforms. billion in revenue by 2030, up from $76.75 billion last year.

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Binance-backed web3 gaming startup Unagi gets funding to expand fantasy sports platform

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Web3 gaming company Unagi today announced a €4.7 million ($5 million) seed round of funding, as the French startup prepares to expand its NFT fantasy sports platform beyond football (“soccer”) and into the basketball realm. Moreover, in the future there is scope to expand beyond sports into the broader gaming sphere.

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Sorare teams up with the Premier League for its NFT fantasy football game

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This is an important move for the company as the English football league is one of the most-watched sports league in the world. Sorare is a fantasy sports gaming experience based on NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. Each card is registered as a unique token on the Ethereum blockchain.

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Voodoo bets on play-to-earn crypto mobile games

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French startup Voodoo has announced that it plans to make a significant investment in blockchain-powered mobile games. 2021 has been an important year for crypto gaming, with Axie Infinity popularizing the play-to-earn model. Tangentially, fantasy sports NFT games could be considered as crypto games.

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How to incorporate web3 gaming into your Web 2.0 strategy

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Tom Fleetham is the head of sports and gaming at Zilliqa, where he is helping scale up partnerships in the next phase of its growth. There is, however, clearly inherent value in blockchain technology, and the gaming industry is poised to become the focal point for mainstream adoption. Tom Fleetham. Contributor.

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Eksab gets $3M to scale its fantasy football platform across MENA and Africa

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Football or soccer, the latter commonly used in the US, is the most popular and watched sport globally with over five billion football fans according to its apex governing body , FIFA. Eksab launched with a prediction game where users create fantasy lineups and participate in free or premium competitions. and Europe.

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