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Comment by AlexandrB | Hacker News Reader

This has the same feel as "CashConverters Arena". Something about cryptocurrency brand names screams "scam" to me most of the time. Perhaps it's because you often see a lot of crypto related ads on the less wholesome parts of the internet.

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It’s because 99.9% of crypto companies are either scams or at least illegal in some fundamental way. I’m not even sure that’s hyperbole. People I know who work at legit, follow-the-letter-of-the-law crypto companies will freely admit the industry is a cesspool. Even when the company is honest, a significant portion of their customers will be scammers of one sort or another.

The safest bet for consumers is to assume anything crypto is a scam until proven otherwise.

It doesn't help that ".com" is in their brand name, especially now that there's going to be a physical place named after it. "Let's meet at Crypto.com Arena" is hard to understand and sounds lame at the same time.

It’ll quickly be nicknamed the Crypt by fans. The Lakers _are_ getting older.

Just omit the “dot” and it’s not so bad. Let’s meet at crypto com arena.

It can join the auspicious ranks that include “Guaranteed Rate Field” - if I had any positive thoughts about crypto.com, they vanished when they got a field named after them. I find that to the sleaziest marketing of all.

If you like arenas with names that make you roll your eyes, you’ll love the Climate Pledge Arena in downtown Seattle.

Home of the Seattle Krakens (lovingly, the fans of which are Krakheads)

My favorite is (or, was) "Sleep Train Arena" in Sacramento. Sounds so exciting!

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