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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 So we are seeing a number of startups throng around this market. Thus, HotStreak , a web3 platform for daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests, is betting that a decentralizing payments is an ideal solution for DFS platforms.

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Fantasy sports app Champions Round raises $7M to build new content creator feature

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Champions Round , a fantasy league startup that caters to Gen Z sports fans, announced today that it raised $7 million in new Series A funding. Users, particularly Gen Z users, are moving away from traditional fantasy sports, where leagues are tied to entire seasons. participate in DFS, up 12% from 2019.

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Niantic tries its hand at sports with NBA All-World

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Niantic shut down Harry Potter: Wizards Unite , its first high-profile title after GO, just two years post-debut, while another tentpole project — Pikmin Bloom — has generated only a fraction of the downloads that GO attained over the same time frame. Why’d the studio choose this sport for its next AR venture?

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VUZ raises $20 million to scale its immersive social app

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VUZ , a social app that allows users to stream and experience immersive realism in extended reality (XR) and metaverse digital experiences, has raised $20 million in Series B investment. The platform offers over 20,000 hours of content covering entertainment, creators, sports, and XR, VR, and AR experiences virtually anywhere in the world.

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TikTok rival Triller to go public via merger with SeaChange International

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The Los Angeles-based company initially launched in 2015 and the app has been downloaded more than 250 million times. We believe that combining with SeaChange accelerates our advertising and marketing capabilities by extending our reach to cable, satellite, and OTT media.”

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Beyond ‘Netflix Party’: startups and their VCs bet we’ll browse more of the web together

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From watching sports to watching movies to perhaps even reviewing X-rays with one’s doctor some day, both say more web surfing together is inevitable, particularly for younger users. from NBC Sports to YouTube to Disney+), and it relies on data synchronization to ensure that every user sees the same original video quality.

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Short video app Triller confidentially files to go public

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The Los Angeles-based company initially launched in 2015 and the app has been downloaded more than 250 million times. Triller says the public listing is expected to take place after the SEC completes its review process, subject to market and other conditions. Former U.S. President Donald Trump also used the app.

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