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Feb 26, 2021
2 min

Sorare Raises $50 Million From High-Profile Investors In Series A Round

Sorare, a major blockchain-based soccer gaming platform, has raised $50 million from high-profile investors in a Series A round, backing major companies like Twitter, Instagram, and Discord. It has been reported that the fresh Series A round brings Sorare’s total funding to $60 million. However, the funding round was led by Benchmark, an investment giant famous for funding companies like Twitter, Uber, and Snap. Accel Partners was another lead investor, known for backing comp

AC Milan Launches Its Own Fan Token To Vote On Club Motto For The Season

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Feb 16, 2021
2 min

AC Milan Launches Its Own Fan Token To Vote On Club Motto For The Season

AC Milan, the Italian football giant, has launched its own fan token to vote on a club motto for the season. It has been reported in an announcement that the club’s ACM fan token is LIVE on fan engagement Socios.com, which allows fans to purchase the token that gives access to club polls, VIP rewards, super-fan recognition, games, and chat forums. The token debuted trading at $6.68. However, in partnership with blockchain firm Chiliz, AC Milan is debuting the ACM token with a

Southampton FC Enters Into A Partnership With Cryptocurrency Betting Website Sportsbet.io

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Feb 13, 2021
2 min

Southampton FC Enters Into A Partnership With Cryptocurrency Betting Website Sportsbet.io

Southampton FC, the Premier League football club, has entered into a partnership with cryptocurrency betting website Sportsbet.io. It has been reported that the new venture will give Southampton fans the chance to take in the matchday experience during the COVID-19 lockdown through virtual reality (VR) headsets, while influencers will reportedly be granted sums of Bitcoin (BTC) to create unique VR experiences. However, Sportsbet.io became the main club partner of Southampton

AC Milan Is The Latest Sporting Organization To Jump On The Blockchain Bandwagon

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Jan 19, 2021
2 min

AC Milan Is The Latest Sporting Organization To Jump On The Blockchain Bandwagon

AC Milan, the European football giant, is the latest sporting organization to jump on the blockchain bandwagon after it announced the impending launch of the $ACM fan token on the Chiliz (CHZ) blockchain. It has been reported that with the launch expected to commence in the coming weeks, ACM token holders will be able to use their tokens to redeem various exclusive rewards and take part in interactive activities with the club and players. However, the addition of AC Milan tak

İstanbul Başakşehir Joins Socios To Launch Its Own Fan Token By The End Of 2020

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Nov 12, 2020
1 min

İstanbul Başakşehir Joins Socios To Launch Its Own Fan Token By The End Of 2020

İstanbul Başakşehir, the Turkish professional football club, has joined the Socios platform and will launch its own fan token ($IBFK) by the end of 2020. It has been reported that like other fan tokens in the Socios ecosystem, $IBFK confers voting rights and rewards upon holders, and is designed to boost fan engagement and monetize various fan experiences, both online and offline. However, token holders can vote in polls on club decisions and earn points that, once accumulate

FC Bayern Munich Enters The World Of Blockchain-Based Fantasy Soccer

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Nov 11, 2020
2 min

FC Bayern Munich Enters The World Of Blockchain-Based Fantasy Soccer

FC Bayern Munich, the German soccer club, is entering the world of blockchain-based fantasy soccer. It has been reported that the Ethereum blockchain-based fantasy soccer game Sorare, which Bayern joined this week, already counts over 100 participant clubs, including high-profile names such as Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, and Atlético Madrid. However, FC Bayern Munich is itself no stranger to collaborations with blockchain projects, having partnered last fall with Stryking

Russian Premier League Soccer Champion Zenit St. Petersburg To Enter The Blockchain Gaming World

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Oct 16, 2020
1 min

Russian Premier League Soccer Champion Zenit St. Petersburg To Enter The Blockchain Gaming World

Zenit St. Petersburg, the Russian Premier League soccer champion, has signed on to the Ethereum blockchain-based fantasy soccer Sorare platform. It has been reported that as of October 15, Zenit players will be released as collectible and tradeable digital cards within the blockchain-based game by joining 100 other international soccer clubs. Among them are Juventus, Atlético Madrid, and Paris Saint-Germain. However, blockchain player cards can be exchanged with other manager

Paris Saint-Germain Set To Issue Player Collectibles As Rare Tokens With Blockchain Platform Sorare

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Sep 30, 2020
2 min

Paris Saint-Germain Set To Issue Player Collectibles As Rare Tokens With Blockchain Platform Sorare

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), the French soccer club, now set to issue player collectibles as rare tokens with blockchain platform Sorare. It has been reported that PSG, which plays in the highest tier of French soccer, had already partnered with blockchain platform Socios.com to launch its own “Fan Token Offering” in 2018. However, this week, the club has become the 100th soccer club to join Sorare. Guess the 100th club joining Sorare? 💯💯💯 A legend from that club will be in

BTCTurk Becomes Major Sponsor Of Both The Women’s And Men’s Turkish National Soccer Team

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Aug 21, 2020
2 min

BTCTurk Becomes Major Sponsor Of Both The Women’s And Men’s Turkish National Soccer Team

BTCTurk, the major Turkish crypto exchange, has become the major sponsor of both the women’s and men’s Turkish national soccer teams through an agreement with the Turkish Football Federation. On August 20, it has been reported in an announcement that the 28-month long agreement apparently makes BTCTurk the first cryptocurrency platform to sign a sponsorship with a national soccer team. However, Turkey’s national soccer teams don’t use sponsor logos on their uniforms, but a BT

UK National Cyber Security Centre Releases A Report That Reveals Ransomware Attacks Against The Spor

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Jul 24, 2020
2 min

UK National Cyber Security Centre Releases A Report That Reveals Ransomware Attacks Against The Spor

The UK National Cyber Security Centre has released a report that reveals a growing trend in ransomware attacks against the sports sector. On July 23, it has been reported that the centre noted a recent example in which attackers demanded that an English Football League club (EFL) pay a multi-million dollar ransom in Bitcoin (BTC). However, according to the Cyber Threat to Sports Organizations paper, the unnamed club was targeted by ransomware that crippled their corporate sec

FC Barcelona Sold Out Its First Fan Tokens In Less Than Two Hours

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Jun 23, 2020
2 min

FC Barcelona Sold Out Its First Fan Tokens In Less Than Two Hours

FC Barcelona, the Spanish football club, has sold out its first FC Barcelona Fan Tokens (BAR) in less than two hours, which were sold through sports-focused token platforms Chiliz.net and Socios.com. It has been reported that the $1.3 million sales ran its course in less than two hours, which were expected to last 48 hours. At its peak, it sold $777,000 of tokens in less than 2 minutes. However, Alexandre Dreyfus, the CEO of Chiliz and Socios, has announced the news in a twee

Sorare Signs A Licensing Agreement With Real Betis

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Apr 24, 2020
1 min

Sorare Signs A Licensing Agreement With Real Betis

Sorare, the blockchain-enabled soccer platform, has signed a licensing agreement with Real Betis, the soccer team of Andalusia, which drew Nabil Fekir, the French star player to La Liga last summer. #Rakamoto #NYSC #Blockchain #Bitcoin #Ethereum #BTC #ETH #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #DApp #Stablecoin #Coin #Coins #Token #SmartContracts #ERC20 #Altcoin #ICO #STO #Bitcointalk #DAO #Halving #Ripple #Fiat https://t.co/gAL7PasaYM — Blockchain News (@Rakamoto) April 23, 2020 It has be

How Blockchain Improves the Sports Industry?

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Feb 26, 2020
16 min

How Blockchain Improves the Sports Industry?

Blockchain is an open and distributed ledger of digital transactions, which gets efficiently recorded in a permanent and verifiable way. It stores the information blocks that are identical throughout its network. So, it cannot be controlled by a single entity and has no single point of failure. Blockchain in sports can help resolve a lot of problems that the industry is facing currently. In this 10 min read, we discussed the various area on how Blockchain improves the sports

Paris Saint-Germain Launches Fan Token

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Jan 30, 2020
2 min

Paris Saint-Germain Launches Fan Token

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), the French top-tier soccer team, has launched fan token, which is now available for sale on the blockchain platform Socios. French Pro Soccer Team Paris Saint-Germain Launches Fan Token Crypto Timing https://t.co/def1ZmVECT https://t.co/lvdm4VPdQX — astrologychick (@astrologychick) January 29, 2020 On January 28, it has been reported that as one of the first uses of the $PSG Fan Token, holders will vote on an inspirational message to be printed on

Dutch Football Association Trials With Blockchain Ticketing App

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Nov 21, 2019
1 min

Dutch Football Association Trials With Blockchain Ticketing App

The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) trialed a new blockchain-based ticketing app during the Netherlands-Estonia European Championship qualifying match. On Nov. 19, Ajax Life reported the news associated with the top tier Dutch football club AFC Ajax. Blockchain-Based Ticketing Through App The report states that the KNVB used the event as an opportunity to trial its new blockchain-based app, designed to combat ticket counterfeiting and black market sales. Visitors are

Atlético de Madrid will Launch Crypto Fan Tokens

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Sep 7, 2019
2 min

Atlético de Madrid will Launch Crypto Fan Tokens

Atlético de Madrid, a Spanish Football (Soccer) Team, plays in the top professional division of Spain’s soccer league, known as La Liga, is partnering with Chiliz, a sports blockchain to create Fan Tokens, a platform which will give their fans special approach to team merchandise, information and experiences. According to a press release, Atlético de Madrid finished 4th in UEFA’s Club Coefficients rankings for 2019 and will be joining other football teams like Italy’s Juventu

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