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Manchester City's OKX Deal and the Dubai VASP Licence (and some personal news)

OKX's Man City deals were announced days apart from its Dubai VASP licence milestones, in the context of City's 115 charges verdict

Pet Berisha

Sep 21, 2026

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6 min read

Sorare Raise Five Years After SoftBank Series B

Net revenue was up 85% in the first half of 2026. More than 100,000 Managers bought cards in that time, too.

Pet Berisha

Prediction Markets

Sep 14, 2026

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6 min read

Robinhood Buy Crypto[dot]com Stake in Prediction Market push

Robinhood bought into Crypto[dot]com's prediction-market arm, then started routing college football away from Kalshi

Pet Berisha

Sep 7, 2026

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8 min read

Socios and Securitize Plan Tokenised Sports Team Equity

Chiliz plan to raise money from fans for minority stakes in clubs, with Securitize issuing the tokens under the EU's DLT Pilot Regime.

Pet Berisha

Aug 31, 2026

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8 min read

Circle’s Chelsea Deal Shows Crypto Perception Has Ways to Go

Circle and USDC appear on Chelsea's front of shirt from 2026/27. The (strange) backlash is about crypto, not the company.

Pet Berisha

Aug 24, 2026

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6 min read

Socios Sign Five US College Programmes for Fan Tokens

Penn State, LSU, Maryland, Michigan State and Texas A&M plan token sales before the end of 2026, with a cut going to NIL.

Pet Berisha

World Cup

State of Prediction Markets Q2 2026 (REPORT)

Aug 10, 2026

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6 min read

State of Prediction Markets Q2 2026 (REPORT)

Prediction markets recorded $111 billion in Q2 2026, the biggest quarter to date. Here's the best bits from our new 70-page report!

Aug 3, 2026

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6 min read

Gacha Without the Cards

A two-developer protocol became the second-highest-earning app on Ethereum in late July. It's gacha without a physical asset to redeem.

NFTs

Jul 27, 2026

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5 min read

Panini Blockchain hit $10m in monthly sales

Collectors traded $10.9m of digital cards in July, with almost no new supply from Panini.

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Archive

Manchester City's OKX Deal and the Dubai VASP Licence (and some personal news)

Sorare Raise Five Years After SoftBank Series B

Robinhood Buy Crypto[dot]com Stake in Prediction Market push

Socios and Securitize Plan Tokenised Sports Team Equity

Circle’s Chelsea Deal Shows Crypto Perception Has Ways to Go

Socios Sign Five US College Programmes for Fan Tokens

State of Prediction Markets Q2 2026 (REPORT)

Gacha Without the Cards

Panini Blockchain hit $10m in monthly sales

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