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Global sports entertainment company Sorare announced a new partnership with the English Premier League. The four-year deal grows on recent partnerships by Sorare and will give the chance to consumers to purchase digital player cards and compete in fantasy football (soccer) challenges. What Happened...

A company well-known for its soccer non-fungible tokens and gamification is headed to Major League Baseball. What Happened: Major League Baseball and MLB Players Inc announced a partnership with Sorare Thursday to launch the first NFT-based free-to-play game. The game will be released this...

The U.S. Major Soccer League (MLS) has announced a partnership with a leading sports non-fungible token company to expand the brand into this emerging sector. What Happened: MLS announced a partnership with Sorare that will see the launch of new NFTs and a “next generation fantasy game....

Cloud communications platform Twilio Inc. (NYSE: TWLO) is set to buy data startup Segment for a price tag between $3 billion and $4 billion. Why It Matters: The deal would bring together two API companies. Per MuleSoft, API is an acronym for "Application Programming Interface"...

Benzinga recently published an interview with Alexis Caporale, selected as one of the 50 most innovative young leaders in the world for his work as co-founder and CEO of Trimaker, the Latin American leader in 3D printing. However, this is not Caporale’s first venture. In fact, the...

Boston-based bitcoin wallet startup Circle Financial is looking to raise more cash in a rumored round of fundraising that could be formally announced in the coming days. If the rumors are true, the company is expected to disclose that it is raising around $40 million in its third round of...

This week, Pantera Bitcoin Partners announced a $150 million joint venture from Venture Capital Firms Fortress Investment Group, Benchmark Capital and Ribbit Capital. They join Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Accel Partners, General Catalyst Partners and Lightspeed Ventures in...

Some 110 million Americans are expected to tune into Super Bowl XLVIII Sunday, allowing Fox to command $4 million for each 30 seconds of ad time. Here are some of the key companies hoping to benefit from their investment in the big game. Here are companies to watch as they earn pre-game awards.

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) Board Director and initial investor Peter Thiel sold 20.1 million shares on August 16 and 17, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. CNNMoney reports that Thiel had previously sold 16.8 million shares in Facebook's Initial Public Offering (IPO) for $...

The number of outstanding shares of social media giant Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) increased 60 percent on Thursday, as the company's first major lockup period expired. Since Facebook's IPO, analysts have become increasingly concerned by the company's poor showing. Over the next nine months, around 1....

On August 16, the first wave of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) lock-ups is set to expire. Over the next nine months, around 1.91 billion shares will be freed up for trading compared to the current 500 million that are freely traded. The coming expiration of lockups is a major concern for investors who are...

Facebook may not have had its IPO yet, but that hasn't stopped investors from flocking to the company. Over the past month, the social networking site has been doing well, thanks to a sale by Accel Partners (a venture capital firm that sold less than 15% of its stake in Facebook for a reported $517...