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Roughly 60% of former NBA players are broke within five years of hanging up their sneakers, according to a 2009 Sports Illustrated report. These financial problems aren't exclusive to the league. A reported 78% of former NFL players also go bankrupt or are under financial pressur

Roughly 60% of former NBA players are broke within five years of hanging up their sneakers, according to a 2009 Sports Illustrated report. These financial problems aren't exclusive to the league. A reported 78% of former NFL players also go bankrupt or are under financial pressur

Editor's note: As part of CoinDesk’s “Sports Week,” we asked a number of engineers, executives and experts to weigh in on the substantial issues raised by the crypto industry. In this roundtable discussion, they answer the question of how crypto is like a sport.

Apple may be stifling development of the metaverse, according to Matthew Ball, managing partner of the venture capital firm Epyllion Co. and author of “The Metaverse and How It Will Revolutionize Everything.”While Apple appears to be in a position to “thrive in

The Solana blockchain is opening an embassy in New York City. Not like a United Nations embassy with ambassadors and diplomats and flags, but a storefront that seemingly doesn’t plan to sell much of anything.Solana Spaces, located in the high-end Hudson Yards real estate de

The French Senate should set up a new committee to probe crypto assets, lawmaker Nathalie Goulet told CoinDesk Thursday, citing the risk of opaque markets being linked to crime and financial instability.Senators don’t have the technological know-how to confront topics like

African startups attracted $5.2 billion in funding in 2021, more than triple the amount received in 2020, and of that sum, $3.3 billion—or 63 percent of total investments—went to fintech startups. 

Sure, we could give a list of the top cyber companies to invest in that are combating current problems — but which firms are also staying on top of tomorrow’s issues? Let’s take a look at some of the biggest challenges the metaverse poses, and the companies on the cutting-edge.

Learning to talk crypto to clients is one thing – figuring out how to rationally discuss an incredibly volatile asset class undergoing a major swoon is yet another.Journalists and investors focus a lot on crypto prices because, well, they’re easy numbers to understand

Learning to talk crypto to clients is one thing – figuring out how to rationally discuss an incredibly volatile asset class undergoing a major swoon is yet another.Journalists and investors focus a lot on crypto prices because, well, they’re easy numbers to understand

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) member Caroline D. Pham told CoinDesk TV Wednesday her agency should have had “a seat at the table” before the Securities and Exchange Commission brought insider trading allegations against a former manager at crypto exchang

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) member Caroline D. Pham told CoinDesk TV Wednesday her agency should have had “a seat at the table” before the Securities and Exchange Commission brought insider trading allegations against a former manager at crypto exchang

Crypto and sports depend on teams.A sports franchise and a blockchain startup are both led by a small pack of operators – whether it’s a revered National Football League coach and a seasoned quarterback, or a visionary founder alongside a savant developer – who

The crypto industry’s expansion over the last few years has been nothing short of meteoric.

Over the past few days, I’ve been revisiting the story of the massive 2016-2018 crypto scam BitConnect for an upcoming project. One of my surprising takeaways is that, though BitConnect was a shady global network organized by anonymous masterminds and without any formal leg

Upon first glance, the crypto world and organized sports have little in common. One domain consists of elite athletes who earn a living from their physical prowess, while the other consists of techies who – to put it mildly – don’t. But a closer look reveals tha

In 2013, the Doge meme went viral online. Based on the internal dialogue of a Shiba Inu named Kabosu, the name of the meme came from a slang pronunciation of the word "dog." Discover: 10 Reasons You...

Smaller companies are choosing to raise funds privately through venture capital firms (VCs) and accredited investors, making these early stage and potentially highly profitable opportunities less accessible to everyday investors. 

Companies issuing stablecoins would have to deal with the Federal Reserve as the chief oversight agency, according to the current version of a bill being developed in the U.S. House of Representatives, say people familiar with the talks.While the industry is desperate for rules a

Last week, a trio of announcements from Scroll, Matter Labs and Polygon all had something in common: Each company implied that it would be the “first” to bring a zkEVM to market.Congrats to @Scroll_ZKP, @0xPolygon, and @zksync for each announcing the first zkEVM!