Manchester United & Tezos, US Job Growth, Marathon Mined 816% More Bitcoin + More News

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Football giant Manchester United has agreed on a multi-year sponsorship of their training kit with blockchain platform Tezos(XTZ), The Athletic reported, citing no one. The deal is worth over GBP 20m (USD 27m) per year and United have already shot promotional materials at the club’s training center ahead of an announcement, it added.

Crypto platform Blockchain.com announced a multi-year partnership with esports organization Cloud9 to create a dialogue around financial literacy and cryptocurrency within the esports community. As part of the partnership, Blockchain.com receives visibility in front of Cloud9’s community, as well as logo placement on all league sanctioned team jerseys and across Cloud9’s digital channels. 

Memecoin project BabyDoge (BABYDOGE) and Bundesliga football club TSG Hoffenheim announced a promotional partnership. The partnership will focus on NFTs for TSG Hoffenheim fans, as well as key promotional materials and other advertising tools, and co-branded content.

The US economy created far more jobs than expected in January. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 467,000 jobs last month, the survey of establishments showed, Reuters reported. Data for December was revised higher to show 510,000 jobs created instead of the previously reported 199,000. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 150,000 jobs would be added in January. Estimates ranged from a decrease of 400,000 to a gain of 385,000 jobs. 

US-based Marathon Digital Holdings said it produced 462.1 self-mined bitcoin (BTC) in January, or 816% more than a year ago. Also, the company said it increased