NFL wunderkind Trevor Lawrence inks crypto endorsement deal with Blockfolio

Trevor Lawrence, the presumptive number-one pick in the upcoming National Football League draft, has signed an endorsement deal with crypto portfolio-tracking platform Blockfolio. According to a report on Monday by the New York Times, the quarterback prodigy has already received a signing bonus from the Blockfolio endorsement deal in crypto. Commenting on the deal, Sam Bankman-Fried, […]

Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX to purchase Miami Heat arena naming rights

According to a report yesterday from the Miami Herald, cryptocurrency exchange FTX is preparing to finalize a deal to sponsor the home of National Basketball Association team the Miami Heat — a move that will grant the exchange exclusive naming rights for the 19,600 arena.  “Miami-Dade County is getting closer to signing a cryptocurrency company […]

FTX CEO claims competitor responsible for racist messages delivered to Blockfolio users

On February 9, Blockfolio’s Signal feed was briefly compromised, resulting in some users receiving racist messages within the company’s app. Users said that the culprits went so far as to threaten loss of funds if deposits were not removed from the crypto portfolio platform. While the derogatory messages were reportedly scrubbed by Blockfolio’s security team within about […]

Hackers post racist and offensive messages to Blockfolio users

Some Blockfolio users received shocking messages from the app on Tuesday in what has now been confirmed as a breach of the platform’s signal feed. The hackers responsible for the breach sent racist and offensive messages, threatening them to withdraw their funds or risk losing their deposits. Responding to the matter, Blockfolio released a tweet […]

Top crypto mergers and acquisitions of 2020

The blockchain industry shrugged off the craziness of the 2020 pandemic, with many companies thriving in the “remote” working environments brought about by COVID-19. Almost $700 million in mergers and acquisitions took place in 2020 across 83 transactions. That’s the largest number ever and a sizeable increase from the previous record of 69 M&A transactions […]