** Internet gaming and crypto co The9 Ltd's shares NCTY.O
up 7.8% at $13.6 premarket - tracking their highest level since
Sept. 10
** Co announces that its NFT community and trading platform,
NFTSTAR, has signed an exclusive license agreement with American
football star Christian McCaffrey urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn22j4Wxa
** A non-fungible token (NFT) is a digital crypto asset,
representing an intangible and unique digital item like a meme
or digital
** McCaffrey is one of the top players in the National
Football League (NFL) and the highest paid running back in NFL
history
** Up to Friday's close, stock had risen 256.5% this year
(Reporting by Bansari Mayur Kamdar)
((BansariMayur.Kamdar@thomsonreuters.com;))