Betting


Policy

Sorare, Under Pressure From France’s Gambling Regulator, Will Expand Free Access

Regulators and lawmakers are concerned about money laundering, child protection and gambling addicts

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Finance

Turkish Authorities Seize Crypto Worth $40M in Illegal Gambling Sting

Investigators are probing a $135 million transaction that links back to organized crime groups in the country's capital city Ankara.

Ankara, Turkey (Ekrem Osmanoglu/Unsplash)

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Betting Platform BetDEX Labs Likes the Odds for Its Decentralized Sports Exchange

Chairman Nigel Eccles wants to cut out the middleman, and thinks a Solana protocol is the way to go, he told CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover.”

Nigel Eccles, in a photo from 2015 (Clodagh Kilcoyne/Getty Images)

Opinion

AMC and Wall Street Are Learning All the Wrong Lessons From Crypto

Meme stocks are here to stay. That may not be great.

Meme stocks and day trading have turned asset markets into a form of entertainment - and made them much more risky. (Ian Showell/Keystone/Getty Images)

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Is Crypto Sports Betting Ready for the Big Leagues?

Sports bettors eagerly await a blockchain-powered sports betting service with audited smart contracts, user-friendly policies, low commissions and fees – and meaningful volume.

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Finance

Azuro Raises $4M for ‘Decentralized Sportsbook Protocol’

The funding marks the latest injection of capital into the nascent blockchain betting industry.

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Finance

Sports NFT Platform Stakes Raises $5.3M for ‘Digital Bragging Rights’

The platform lets users bet against each other’s sports picks, with winners minting their takes as NFTs.

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Finance

Solana-Based Sports Betting Protocol BetDEX Closes $21M Seed Funding Round

Crypto exchange FTX and crypto investment firm Paradigm led the raise, which included a number of prominent venture capital firms.

Sports betting is growing rapidly in the U.S.

Markets

The 2020 Elections Are Boosting Crypto Prediction Markets

Decentralized betting platforms like Polymarket and YieldWars are seeing accelerated trading volume growth leading up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

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Markets

Joe Lubin, Jimmy Song Strike $500K Crypto Bet on Ethereum's Future

The terms of a much-hyped bet between Joe Lubin and Jimmy Song have finally been settled – and a lot of money is on the line.

From the left, Joe Lubin, Jimmy Song, and Brady Dale. (CoinDesk)

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