1 BTC = $8.2k, it’s up 735% this yr UPDATE 5/19: BTC @ $42k :damn:

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Sacramento Kings and Blockchain Company Ankr Launch Multi-Year Partnership
Ankr Branding to Appear on On-Court Signage to Raise Awareness on Web3 Innovations
Today, the Sacramento Kings and Ankr, a leader in the digital-asset space as a software platform and decentralized infrastructure provider, announced an official multi-year partnership established from their mutual vision of the future of sports and blockchain as a technology.

“Sports can be a powerful platform to educate and embrace innovation,” said Sacramento Kings Owner and Chairman Vivek Ranadivé. “We are proud to partner with Ankr to further align our synergies around forward-thinking initiatives and provide fans educational opportunities about the crypto economy.”

“We have visited the Kings data center for crypto mining inside their facilities many times and I admire the openness of the owner, Vivek, to embrace new technologies,” said Ankr Founder Chandler Song. “We are aligned in this mission to promote applications of Web 3 technologies. Ankr’s partnership with the Sacramento Kings, one of the most innovative companies in sports and in the NBA, will open a lot of new doors for both sports fans and the crypto community.”

Through this partnership, the Kings and Ankr will produce educational content, host events and create innovative projects that showcase ways to support the growth of the blockchain industry. Utilizing the Kings existing charitable cryptocurrency mining program, MiningForGood, the first of its kind in a professional sports venue, both teams will partner to allocate mining proceeds to help train and steward a new workforce for the blockchain industry. As part of the partnership, the Kings home court will now carry Ankr’s branding on each baseline, prominently visible at every game in Golden 1 Center.

Launched in 2018, Ankr provides much-needed infrastructure and tooling that can streamline the development of blockchain-based solutions. As of 2021, Ankr’s protocol supports more than 50 Proof-Of-Stake chains through their network. Ankr aims to democratize access to the new internet economies for students, developers, fans and players alike. Ankr’s team is already delivering on their mission by providing accessible liquid staking solutions which eliminate barriers to entry for participants in top blockchain communities like Ethereum 2.0, Polkadot, Polygon and Avalanche. Developers can use their infrastructure, APIs and tooling and to build and scale decentralized applications or marketplaces for Decentralized Finance (DeFi), NFTs and any other Web3 implementations.

In 2019, the Kings announced the NBA’s first blockchain-powered reward program in collaboration with Blockparty – an enhancement to the NBA’s first predictive gaming application, “Call the Shot.” Also in 2019, the Kings announced a collaboration with CryptoKaiju, creator of the world’s first vinyl toys powered by Ethereum and fully traceable on a public blockchain, to launch the first physical crypto-collectible in professional sports.

The Kings then launched the NBA’s first Live blockchain-powered auction platformfor authentic memorabilia with Consensys and Treum in 2020. The next year, the team launched a digital collection of 85 NFTs depicting the 1985 commemorative pin given out in the Kings inaugural season in Sacramento and featuring exclusive experiences including 2021-22 Opening Night tickets. In addition, the Kings piloted the first-ever Smart Ticket NFT Experience Pass for 100 lucky fans during California Classic, NBA Summer League Games.

The Kings were named the "most innovative company in sports" by Fast Company and “Most Tech Savvy Team of 2016” by Sport Techie and were a recipient of Sports Business Journal’s “Facility of the Year.”

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About Ankr

Ankr is a leader in the digital-asset space as a software platform and decentralized infrastructure provider. Built to support the growth of Web3, Ankr provides scalable plug-and-play multichain solutions, and supports more than 50 proof-of-stake chains with an all-in-one portal for public RPC, APIs, and developer tools. The protocol’s utility token, ANKR, is tradeable on Coinbase and Gemini. Learn more at www.ankr.com and follow Ankr on Twitter.


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Ok it's official, the NBA is gonna be a factor in mainstream adoption. I personally think after topshot the NBA has been going all in with it. They got a lot of in arena advertisement and got 3 on jersey sponsors with exchanges. That's why the pixel NBA nft to me could be huge. But this is really crazy. NBA players gonna end up getting the best deals out of the big 4 sports cause I predict they'll start paying in crypto first.
 
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The best thing about crypto so far (to me at least), is the advent of nft's. Artists are finally getting a chance to COMPLETELY cut out any middleman and take home all of their profits, and even get residuals too. I'm gonna try turning some of my art into NFT's pretty soon too, I'm still deciding on which network though, ETH or Tezos, regardless all of this shyt is exciting :blessed:
 

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The best thing about crypto so far (to me at least), is the advent of nft's. Artists are finally getting a chance to COMPLETELY cut out any middleman and take home all of their profits, and even get residuals too. I'm gonna try turning some of my art into NFT's pretty soon too, I'm still deciding on which network though, ETH or Tezos, regardless all of this shyt is exciting :blessed:
Music and video games are where I think the REAL gains are gonna come with crypto

Getting residuals from a project you invested in/staked:ohlawd::ohlawd::ohlawd:

Crypto in video games:ohlawd::ohlawd::ohlawd:
 

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I keep posting my crypto adventures, trying to put them on game on my FB feed but it seems like no one's interested at all... :mjcry::francis: man wtf is the point???
Gotta let the lost be lost, unless you intend to be their messiah

Meaning you can tell them about crypto all day, but they have to see you as an embodiment of success because of crypto and be intrigued enough to inquire or follow

Crypto doesn't have a cool or enthralling aesthetic at the moment
 

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Gotta let the lost be lost, unless you intend to be their messiah

Meaning you can tell them about crypto all day, but they have to see you as an embodiment of success because of crypto and be intrigued enough to inquire or follow

Crypto doesn't have a cool or enthralling aesthetic at the moment

I noticed, shyt is stupid...:francis:
 

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XYO running. :wow:

Bouncing back from that dip and hopefully going towards a new ath. I told my boy to get in last week and he asked if he should wait for a dip. I said it don't matter cuz ima be dca for as long as I can. Hopefully he took advantage. :mjpls:
 
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