Innovation accelerates as gaming, finance, and content continue to converge.

This week delivered fresh momentum across prediction-style products, loyalty innovation, and distribution partnerships, while traditional players signalled strategic clarity and new market entries moved closer to launch. With crypto rails expanding, stablecoin payments gaining ground, and a strong release pipeline ahead of a major industry event, the sector heads into the new year with confidence.

Let’s dive into this week’s iGaming Weekly!

Industry Overview

Crypto Casino

• Duelbits Predict is now live, with Duelbits calling it “a forward-thinking entertainment and data-driven product where anything can become a market”.
• Legendary Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas and Stake have partnered to make Casillas a Global Ambassador.
• Metawin has launched an all new automatic VIP Transfer system, with users needing to get 1,250,000 wager points within 48 hours to unlock a host of rewards.
• Whale NFT’s are now live, with $WHALE holders being able to mint NFT’s for $10 and trade them on Magic Eden.

Traditional Gaming

• Fox Corporation has no intention of re-entering the sports betting business according to  CFO Steven Tomsic. They currently own 2.5% of Flutter.
• Sports betting exchange Matchbook is set to launch a prediction market platform in the United Kingdom in January.
• Wynn Al Marjan Island will be adding a museum-caliber art collection to its $5.1 billion integrated resort ahead of the 2027 opening.

Aggregators & Providers

• Hacksaw has announced its latest launch in Denmark, extending their long-term partnership with FDJ UNITED.
• Push has partnered with  VirginBet, LiveScoreBet, and Fonbet, the last marking their entry into the Greek market. 
• Relax and 3 Oaks Gaming have partnered to make Relax a primary content distributor for 3 Oaks.

Miscellaneous

• Tether has submitted a proposal to acquire a 100% stake in Juventus, saying it is prepared to invest 1 billion euros in the football club if the deal goes through.
• The US Office of the Controller of the Currency has granted conditional approval for national banking charters for Circle, Ripple, BitGo, Paxos, and Fidelity.
• Phantom is partnering with Kalshi to integrate prediction markets into its app.
• YouTube is now offering content creators the option to be paid in Paypal’s $PYUSD stablecoin.

New Releases

• Pragmatic: Big Bass Splash 1000, Lucky Panda, Hammerstorm
• Hacksaw: Jaws of Justice
• Push: Diamond Supernova 100
• Relax: Iron Bank 2
• BGaming: Totally Hot

Upcoming Releases

• Hacksaw: Toshi Ways Club, Donny & Danny,
• Pragmatic: Anaconda Gold
• Nolimit: Das xBoot Zwei!, Duck Hunters Happy Hour
• BGaming: UFO Pyramids, Treasure Explorer

Upcoming Events

• January 19th - January 21st, ICE Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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