Cryptocurrency is obviously a gift that is constantly given. The detailed information accumulated by Tampa Bay fan Byron Kennedy to return Tom Brady's 600th career touchdown game keeps appearing, most of which are focused on Bitcoin.

First, Brady presented Kennedy cryptocurrency worth approximately $63,000. Then, Brady's long-time teammate, tight end Rob Gronkowski, added an undisclosed amount of Bitcoin. But now these details have surfaced through TMZ: Gronkowski and former NFL player converted to professional wrestler Dean (Mojo) Muhtadi gifted 690 coins to Kennedy, each worth about $44. The total is close to 31,000 USD-pushing the total amount of cryptocurrency for fans to nearly 100,000 USD.

According to Muhtadi, Bitcoin is provided by the start-up encryption company Beyond Protocol, which he and Gronkowski collaborated with earlier this year. Beyond Protocol focuses on technologies that ensure that networked devices will not be hacked.

The football of Kennedy's return-Brady joked on ESPN on Monday that "Peyton and Eli Manning's Manning Custer will "become an NFT soon"-has been valued by souvenir experts from $500,000 to $1 million U.S. dollars vary. So far, Kennedy’s package includes 2021 and 2022 Pirates season tickets; two jerseys and a Brady-signed helmet; and a jersey from Pirates receiver Mike Evans (Mike Evans) And game cleats (he unknowingly gave up football after scoring); and a $1,000 credit to the Pirates store. But cryptocurrency gifts are the most profitable, which shows that Bitcoin is becoming more and more popular among professional athletes. popular.

Kennedy turned out to be the nephew of former Florida governor and current U.S. Congressman Charlie Christ. He told TMZ, "I think I did the right thing. I'm glad Tom has it."

All-pro wide receiver Odell Beckham joined the two roster on Thursday, signed a free agent NFL contract with the Los Angeles Rams, and cooperated with sleep tracking company Oura Health as the new brand ambassador.

  Beckham serves as the creative director of the new promotion, following his recent release of the new Oura Ring Generation 3. The latest version of Oura provides more daytime indicators, such as exercise heart rate monitoring and its iconic sleep tracking. 

  In his daily work, Beckham will fight alongside Matthew Stafford, Darrell Henderson Jr., Robert Woods and Cooper Cooper on the offensive end. In supporting Oura, Beckham joined a team of star athletes including Chris Paul, Katie Ledkey, Lindsay Vaughan and Karissa Moore, all four of whom won the Olympics gold medal.

 Oura has previously worked with the NBA and NBPA, NASCAR and the World Surf League (NFLPA and Whoop reached an agreement).

  "The Oura ring has changed my perception of health and sleep patterns, which is why I want to participate in the brand," Beckham said in a statement. “Being asked to represent the brand is a breeze, but I’m really happy to join my creative direction with Oura in my activities. It’s always great to work with a company I truly trust.”

Alt, a marketplace for trading cards and other collectibles, has raised $75 million in Series B financing. Several athletes participated in this round-including Tom Brady, Candice Parker, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Alex Morgan and Marlon Humphrey. Alt's existing investors include Kevin Durant and Larry Fitzgerald. 

This round of financing was led by investment company Spearhead, and several other companies include Vibe Capital, 776, Breyer Capital, Shrug Capital and Apollo Group. Alt was originally a platform for buying and selling lucrative sports trading cards, but the company plans to expand to other assets such as watches and NFTs. 

“We define alternative assets as any asset that traditional banks do not consider actual collateral. Alt starts where the bank stops. We want to be the financial platform for the next generation of assets,” Alt’s president Nicole Colombo said in a statement.

The card sold on Alt is actually stored in the company's facility, and it is called the "Fort Knox of Cards". According to TechCrunch, buyers can ship their items to them after the transaction is completed, but Alt stated that 99% of the cards sold remain in their facilities because buyers view the cards as investments rather than display items. 

Microsoft has created a brand new digital experience for users to explore Ancient Olympia, Greece's original Olympic Games site. The project includes 3D models of 27 ancient buildings, such as the original Olympic Stadium, the Temple of Zeus and Hera, and the studio of the Greek sculptor Phidias.

 This experience is called "Ancient Olympia: Common Ground" and it was produced in cooperation with the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports. Iconem, a startup that specializes in digitally copying historical sites, also collaborated with Microsoft to create a 3D project, which includes a description of how ancient Olympia has changed over time.

 Iconem used ground cameras and drones to take hundreds of thousands of photos in modern Olympia. Microsoft artificial intelligence then changed the image based on the research of archaeologists to create a 3D model similar to its ancient form.

 Brad Smith, President and Vice Chairman of Microsoft, said: "The digital protection of ancient Olympia is an amazing achievement in cultural heritage. It combines humanity and cutting-edge technology for the benefit of the world, and gives future generations new ways to explore our past. .", said in a statement.

 Users can explore the digital experience through their web pages, mobile apps, or visit the Olympic Museum in Athens, Greece in person. The exhibition in the museum allows guests to wear Microsoft HoloLens headsets and take a virtual tour of ancient Olympia. 

StatusPro, an extended reality training and gaming company, announced a series of strategic investors, all of whom are the biggest names in sports and entertainment: LeBron James, Drake, Naomi Osaka, Mavericks Carter, Jimmy Iowen and Paul Vocht. They joined a $5.2 million seed round of institutional investors led by KB Partners and TitletownTech.

StatusPro was co-founded by former football players Andrew Hawkins and Troy Jones. It uses player tracking data to create a real training platform deployed by six NFL teams. The program has nothing to do with the device and can be viewed in augmented reality, virtual reality or mixed reality. 

"I am looking for investment opportunities that can have a lasting impact on culture and society-and StatusPRO is ready to do so," Osaka said in a statement. "This will not only affect games and entertainment [two things I am passionate about], but it will also affect the way athletes train and analyze their performance."

The company's chief commercial officer Hawkins is a former NFL wide receiver who has played for the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns for three seasons. Later, he served as the director of business development at SpringHill, where he worked with James and Carter. StatusPro CEO Jones has played college football in Maryland and Western Kentucky.

"We always say,'We are only as strong as our team.' Now our team is stronger, especially in sports," Hawkins said.

StatusPro is developing consumer products that can reproduce the elite sports experience and expanding its products beyond American football. "One thing we want to do is to identify partners, even if they are outside of football, this can also help us tell how they feel about becoming athletes," Jones said.

The World Triathlon announced that it is developing technology to prevent entanglement between cyclists during the race. 

Drafting refers to reducing the wind resistance and energy required for pedaling when a cyclist moves behind another cyclist to enter a low pressure area. The international sports management organization World Triathlon stated that approximately 85% of global triathlon events do not allow drafts in the cycling competition section.

Traditionally, officials have made visual judgments in games against drafts, but the new equipment made by New Zealand startup RaceRanger will reduce ambiguity. The company's sensor embedded devices are connected to the front and back ends of the bicycle to detect the real-time distance between riders. When an athlete stays in the "draft area" for too long, the lights on the device will flash.

Officials can view the distance data on the RaceRanger app before deciding whether to punish the cyclist. World Triathlon will test RaceRanger in events in New Zealand and then evaluate the system to expand its global use. 

World Triathlon Chairman Marisol Casado said in a statement: "Through this agreement with RaceRanger, we hope to make the athletes experience better and provide new technologies to improve the fairness of all athletes, especially Those athletes who participate in long distance competitions." 

Global sports streaming service DAZN has acquired social streaming provider Texel, and its employees and intellectual property will become part of the company's new innovation center DAZN X.

DAZN can be used as a direct-to-consumer paid subscription service and has become a major copyright holder, especially in countries such as Japan, Germany and Italy-in addition to some international sports events, it also broadcasts domestic football leagues. Since its launch in the United States in 2018, DAZN has mainly focused on fighting sports such as boxing and mixed martial arts, although not every deal has been successful. It is now available in more than 200 countries/regions.

Texel simultaneously broadcasts and enables interactive comments, betting, games and shopping, as well as personalization of the experience. All 50 employees in Tel Aviv will join DAZN X, which will support the company in any streaming media products available.

DAZN co-CEO Shay Segev said in a statement: "We are here to revolutionize the sports viewing experience by making it more exciting, social and engaging." Our acquisition of Texel and the launch of DAZN X have greatly accelerated our strategy and made us the world’s leading sports innovator."

University of Connecticut basketball star Paige Bueckers signed a three-year brand ambassador agreement with StockX, a sports shoe and apparel market. This transaction is Bueckers' first NIL endorsement, and Bueckers won the John Wood Award as a freshman last season.

 "My relationship with StockX is fair and real," Bueckers told ESPN. “It’s about the products I love and the light on all the creative ideas that drive cultural development. I’m here to celebrate them and invest with StockX to ensure that women and female athletes are prioritized, promoted, and promoted because of their style and leadership. Recognized."

In March of this year, StockX cooperated with NBA G League Ignite to auction the team uniforms for charity. The company was co-founded by Dan Gilbert, owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and sold items worth $1.8 billion in 2020, and was valued at $3.8 billion in April. 

Audience analytics platform StellarAlgo has raised $16.5 million in Series A financing to expand its software to sports and live events. The company's existing customers include 85 teams including the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Kings.

StellarAlgo's cloud-based customer data platform analyzes data from ticket and merchandise sales, email marketing, and other touch points. Its goal is to generate insights about consumer behavior, and teams can use these insights to further profit from their fan base. 

In 2019, StellarAlgo participated in the Horizon Summit Data Visualization Challenge held by SportTechie and the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium.

This round of financing was led by Toronto-based Carallas Holdings. NewBound VC and Bleacher Report founder Dave Finocchio also invested in this round of financing. With the new funding, StellarAlgo plans to double the number of employees and open headquarters in the United States and Europe. Although Covid-19 closed live sports events, StellarAlgo is still profitable in 2020.

Finocchio said in a statement: "Participation and connection are the core that every fan wants from their favorite team-no one makes this relationship the core of interaction between the team and the fans than Stellar Algo." "This is a company that is ready to use advanced technology to disrupt the field of sports technology. Every organization in the sports ecosystem should covet it."

Nike used Spectacles, a smart glasses product produced by Snap Inc., to demonstrate a new augmented reality running event. A video posted to Nike's Twitter account on November 5 shows a runner wearing glasses while running a mile throughout Brooklyn. 

 The video captures the first-person view from the runner's AR glasses and recorded it through its built-in camera. The animated gadgets that appeared during her run included an enhanced bird wearing Nike shoes, with the goal of sharing words of encouragement for runners and digital Nike ads.

  Nike’s Twitter post is titled: “Nike @snapchat AR = no longer boring. What do you think of @EliudKipchoge?” Kipchoge is a record-breaking marathon runner, a Nike-sponsored athlete, and Nike’s 2017 Breaking2 project Spokesperson.

Nike’s Snapchat AR integration was released last week in CNBC’s report on recent trademark applications, which foreshadows Nike’s intention to sell virtual Nike sneakers, clothing and accessories. 

Will Ventures is an investment company focused on sports, health and media. It has established a strategic partnership with OneTeam Partners, an athlete licensing company co-founded by NFLPA and MLBPA. Startups under the Will Ventures portfolio can now use OneTeam athletes for marketing.

 OneTeam owns the group license rights for more than 4,000 athletes from the NFL, MLB, WNBA, MLS, the U.S. Women's National Football Team, and the American Football Team. The transaction will also allow athletes represented by OneTeam to invest in or further cooperate with startups backed by Will Ventures. 

 "As a professional athlete, entrepreneur and investor, I see the great value that dedicated athletes can bring to startups. That's why we believe that our cooperation with OneTeam will help consumers, health and Media companies win," Isaiah Kacyvenski, former Seattle Seahawks linebacker and co-founder of Will Ventures, said in a statement. 

 Companies invested by Will Ventures include electromagnetic muscle recovery startup Impact Biosystems, youth sports management app Aktivate, sports data company Tempus Ex, crowd monitoring software Armored Things, media startup Just Women's Sports, and home boxing machine Liteboxer.