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Dapper Labs Signs Multiyear Partnership With NBA Star Kevin Durant’s Boardroom

The deal includes a role for Durant to help create original NBA Top Shot Moments.

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Dapper Labs Signs Multi-Year Partnership With NBA Star Kevin Durant’s Boardroom

Boardroom, a sports media company created by NBA star Kevin Durant and his investment firm Thirty Five Ventures, has agreed to a two-year partnership with Dapper Labs to help create original NBA Top Shot Moments and video content. This comes as JAMBB raised $3.5 million to build a comedian-focused NFT marketplace on the Flow blockchain. "The Hash" group discusses NFT video moments as the latest emerging trend to watch.

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Philadelphia 76ers President on Crypto Ad Patch Deal With Crypto.com

The Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced Wednesday that Crypto.com's logo would be emblazoned on all team uniforms starting this season. The Sixers join the Portland Trail Blazers, which inked a deal with crypto e-commerce site StormX earlier this year. 76ers President Chris Heck shares insights into the partnership, including its connection to NBA Top Shot's NFT deal, its players' involvement in the process, and the potential impact of crypto on sports.

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Dapper Labs Said to Reach $7.6B Valuation in $250M Funding Round

The firm behind NBA Top Shot and the Flow blockchain also announced a deal with Spain’s top soccer league, LaLiga.

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Dapper Labs Said to Reach $7.6B Valuation in $250M Funding Round

The company behind NBA Top Shot and the Flow blockchain, Dapper Labs, has closed a $250 million funding round to an estimated $7.6 billion valuation. Coatue led the raise, including Andreessen Horowitz, Google’s GV (formerly Google Ventures), and Version One Ventures.

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WNBA 'Moments' Are Coming to Dapper Labs' NBA Top Shot

The league is making its first foray into NFTs as it looks to capitalize on a surge of new fans.

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Dapper Labs Hires Former NFL VP as Marketing Chief; NBA Top Shot Gets New GM

The firm is adding key staff on the heels of a $305 million funding round.

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Dapper Labs Unveils Flow-Native Stablecoin, FUSD, With Other ERC-20-Like Tokens to Follow

The maker of NBA Top Shot is deploying new tools for developers to launch tokens on the Flow blockchain.

Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou

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Dapper Labs' CEO Reveals Eye-Popping Numbers Behind NBA Top Shot NFTs

Dapper Labs’ non-fungible token (NFT) platform NBA Top Shot crossed 1 million registered users, according to CEO Roham Gharegozlou during a keynote conversation at Consensus 2021.

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Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot Now Boasts 1 Million Users

Scoring over $700 million in total sales so far, Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot NFT project has struck a cultural nerve and produced something people actually want. “The Hash” panel discusses the reasons behind its success and what other NFT projects can learn from it.

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