{"id":340,"date":"2021-06-14T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T13:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/draftkings-dollars-help-shalom-meckenzie-nab-cryptopunk-nft-for-11-8m\/"},"modified":"2021-06-14T16:18:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T13:18:00","slug":"draftkings-dollars-help-shalom-meckenzie-nab-cryptopunk-nft-for-11-8m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/draftkings-dollars-help-shalom-meckenzie-nab-cryptopunk-nft-for-11-8m\/","title":{"rendered":"DraftKings Dollars Help Shalom Meckenzie Nab CryptoPunk NFT for $11.8M"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_34 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">\u76ee\u6b21<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1'><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/draftkings-dollars-help-shalom-meckenzie-nab-cryptopunk-nft-for-11-8m\/#Meckenzie_Can_Afford_Such_Indulgences\" title=\"Meckenzie Can Afford Such Indulgences\">Meckenzie Can Afford Such Indulgences<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/draftkings-dollars-help-shalom-meckenzie-nab-cryptopunk-nft-for-11-8m\/#Not_First_Time_NFTs_Gaming_Meet\" title=\"Not First Time NFTs, Gaming Meet\">Not First Time NFTs, Gaming Meet<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>For obvious reasons, not the least of which is the 37.18 percent gain over the past year, it\u2019s good to own a lot of DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG). Just ask Shalom Meckenzie, who plunked down $11.8 million on a non-fungible token at a Sotheby\u2019s auction on Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176160\" data-style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-176160 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crypto-142x80.jpeg?x38396\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crypto-142x80.jpeg?x38396\" alt=\"CryptoPunk 7523\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crypto-142x80.jpeg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crypto-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crypto-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crypto-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crypto.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data- title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-176160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crypto-142x80.jpeg?x38396\" alt=\"CryptoPunk 7523\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crypto-142x80.jpeg 142w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crypto-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crypto-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crypto-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/crypto.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" title=\"\"><figcaption class=\"text-description\">A replica of the CryptoPunk 7523 NFT. The real thing was purchased for $11.8 million by a DraftKings board member. (Image: U. Today)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-stock-could-slump-following-another-lockup-expiration\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DraftKings board member<\/a> paid that tidy sum for a digital piece of art known as \u201cCryptoPunk #7523\u201d \u2014 part of a coveted series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) produced by Larva Labs in 2017. To be precise, Meckenzie paid $11.75 million for the NFT.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NFTs are units of data stored on and verified by the blockchain, meaning Meckenzie isn\u2019t receiving a physical piece of art to be hung on a wall or displayed in a museum. NFTs have applications with a variety of digitized items, such as audio and video files, as well as pictures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The DraftKings director bought CryptoPunk 7523 via a digital auction. But replicas of the series of works can be seen by the general public at Sotheby\u2019s exhibitions in Hong Kong, London, and New York, reports <i>Reuters.<\/i><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Meckenzie_Can_Afford_Such_Indulgences\"><\/span>Meckenzie Can Afford Such Indulgences<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As of May 4, Meckenzie owns 22.38 million shares of DraftKings equity, making him, by far, the largest investor in the common stock. Cofounder and CEO Jason Robins controls approximately 92.5 percent of the voting stock in the sportsbook operator.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>Meckenzie\u2019s involvement with the company comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/shalom-mckenzie-joins-draftkings-board-holds-34-6-million-shares\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">by way of him founding SBTech<\/a>, an Israeli sports betting technology platform provider that came together last year with DraftKings in a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).\u00a0 The transaction set the stage for the combined entity to go public as DraftKings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Based on his stake in the company as of May 4 and the stock currently hovering around $53, Meckenzie\u2019s investment in the gaming equity is worth $1.18 billion \u2014 enough to make him one of the richest men in Israel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Not_First_Time_NFTs_Gaming_Meet\"><\/span>Not First Time NFTs, Gaming Meet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Meckenzie\u2019s CryptoPunk buy isn\u2019t the first time a well-known figure from the business side of the sports betting world was involved with NFTs.<\/p>\n<p>In April, <i>Barstool Sports<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/portnoy-selling-nft-could-spark-interest-in-barstool-sportsbook\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">auctioned off an NFT<\/a> called \u201cOne Bite Pizza Review of Blocks Pizza Deli (Miami) \u2014 Featuring Guy With No Arms.\u201d The image contains founder David Portnoy conducting one of his famed pizzeria reviews. That digital work sold for $138,160.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NFTs burst onto the scene earlier this year, and the fans of market speculation were stoked when a digital work was auctioned by Christie\u2019s at $69.3 million. Sotheby\u2019s sold a piece of digitized art by the artist \u201cPak\u201d in April for $16.8 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the still-nascent NFT market cooled a bit, it has supporters from elsewhere in the sports industry. For example, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who\u2019s also an investor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sports-betting-data-provider-stats-perform-is-on-the-sale-block\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sports betting data provider<\/a> Sportradar, is a vocal proponent of the NFT market, saying it holds long-term potential.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-director-shalom-meckenzie-buys-cryptopunk-7523-nft\/\" target=\"_blank\">DraftKings Dollars Help Shalom Meckenzie Nab CryptoPunk NFT for $11.8M<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\" target=\"_blank\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For obvious reasons, not the least of which is the 37.18 percent gain over the past year, it\u2019s good to own a lot of DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG). Just ask Shalom Meckenzie, who plunked down $11.8 million on a non-fungible token at a Sotheby\u2019s auction on Thursday. A replica of the CryptoPunk 7523 NFT. The real thing was purchased for $11.8 million by a DraftKings board member. (Image: U. Today) The DraftKings board member paid that tidy sum for a digital piece of art known as \u201cCryptoPunk #7523\u201d \u2014 part of a coveted series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) produced by Larva Labs in 2017. To be precise, Meckenzie paid $11.75 million for <a href=\"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/draftkings-dollars-help-shalom-meckenzie-nab-cryptopunk-nft-for-11-8m\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xxbet-company.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}