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Track-and-Field Rivalries to Watch at the Paris Olympics

A good track-and-field rivalry feels like a championship boxing match—without the violence—replete with jabbering between the combatants, showmanship at the start line, and head-to-head fights to the finish. (A popular new Netflix documentary, Sprint, examines this dynamic in-depth.) Many rivalries are quieter: athletes display outward respect and admiration for each other and do most of their talking on the track (or field). Others are not so subtle. As the second week of the Paris Games approaches – the first full day of the Olympic track-and-field competition takes place on August…

PSG Token Soars After Paris Saint-Germain Defeats Barcelona; CITY Dips Following Elimination of English Champions

The value of the fan token for the French football club, Paris Saint-Germain, briefly surged from just over $4.30 to $5 after they knocked the Spanish football giants, FC Barcelona, out of the UEFA Champions League. However, the token for the English champions, Manchester City, plunged by nearly 20% after the team was eliminated from […] Source CryptoX Portal

Paris Saint-Germain Becomes Trailblazing Validator On Chiliz Blockchain, Fueling 9% Rally In CHZ

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In a notable development that signifies the growing adoption of blockchain technology in the sports industry, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has announced its deepening partnership with Chiliz (CHZ), the Malta-based FinTech provider. PSG, one of the world’s most renowned football clubs, is set to become the first sports club to act as an official blockchain validator on the Chiliz Chain, a significant milestone for both organizations. Chiliz $1 Billion SportFi Ecosystem Attracts PSG According to Thursday’s announcement, the latest collaboration will see PSG play an important role in ensuring the security,…

Paris Hilton Signs Exclusive Content Deal with X Platform to Feature Live Shopping

The revenue-sharing deal will be beneficial for both Paris Hilton who has 16.6 million followers on X and the social media company whose experience of exclusive content agreement is the first of its kind. Elon Musk‘s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has signed an exclusive content deal with Paris Hilton and her 11:11 Media company. Within their unique two-year agreement, the pop music star will create four original video programs for the X platform per year. The content will include live-shopping broadcasts, Spaces audio chats, and “a host of new activations…

Paris museum to mint Van Gogh’s NFTs on Tezos

The Musée d’Orsay in Paris, which houses the world’s largest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artworks, is minting non-fungible tokens (NFTs) dedicated to Vincent Van Gogh’s final months.  From Oct. 4, these NFTs will be available for purchase in partnership with the Tezos. There will be two types of NFTs, with 2,300 minted for each class on Tezos. One NFT will provide an augmented reality experience of Van Gogh’s final palette, while the other will be an original digital artwork created by French artist KERU, inspired by Van Gogh’s style. NFT holders…

Paris Hilton, a16z back IP ownership network Story Protocol

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The new blockchain-based IP ownership network Story Protocol closed a $54 million funding round on Sept. 7, which included investments from big names like Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media, and Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z.  The platform uses blockchain technology to help content creators oversee and monetize their content in the face of fakes generated by artificial intelligence (AI). It plans to serve as a blockchain-based IP ownership repository for all types of content including text, image and audio. If artists eventually register with the protocol they can use connected…

French authorities investigate Worldcoin’s Paris HQ

France’s and Germany’s data regulators are jointly investigating Worldcoin’s data collection methods, specifically focusing on iris scans. France’s data protection regulatory authority, CNIL, has recently focused on Worldcoin. With a probe into the company’s Paris office this week, Worldcoin is the latest digital currency platform to find itself under stringent regulatory scrutiny in the European Union. First flagged by CNIL in July, Worldcoin’s data collection methods have been under the spotlight. Concerns revolve around whether the platform’s approach to gathering iris scans for digital IDs aligns with the EU’s General…

Reddit Engineer shares strategy behind NFT onboarding at EthCC Paris

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Mirela Spasova, a Reddit senior engineer on the Collectible Avatars project, took to the master stage at the Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC) event in Paris to shed light on Reddit’s strategy for onboarding millions of users to its blockchain-backed digital collectibles. In her presentation, Spasova said that the primary motivation behind running Collectible Avatars on-chain is to empower users with freedom of use. By adopting an on-chain approach, users gain the ability to make their own choices, including the option to resell the avatars on popular non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces like…

Optimism reigned at Paris Blockchain Week

Expectations for Paris Blockchain Week were relatively low considering the downbeat market conditions. However, Paris can always surprise you. Indeed, conference halls at the event were not nearly as empty or depressing as Consensus after the big crypto meltdown of 2018. People were present, and conversations were fruitful. (And yes, the croissants were, as always, delicious.) In 2022, the conference was held symbolically in Palais Brongniart, a building known for hosting the historical Paris Stock Exchange until 1987. This time, organizers managed to outsoar themselves and held the event right…