Socios signs up Major League Soccer — but it’s not a token effort yet

The partnership will see the country's top soccer league, previously named “Primera Division,” dubbed the “Torneo Socios.com” for the 2021/2022 season. Argentina’s top pro-soccer league is getting a rebrand after it secured a new sponsorship deal with Chiliz, the creators of fan tokens and the Socios.com blockchain rewards app.According to a July 15 announcement from Socios, the partnership with the Argentina Football Association (AFA) will see the Primera Division renamed as the Torneo Socios.com for the 2021/2022 season, with Torneo meaning “tournament” Spanish.A league of our own. We....

Turkey’s union of soccer clubs partners with Socios to improve fan engagement in the Turkish Süper Lig through technology and innovation. The soccer world continues to seek out new revenue models amid the coronavirus pandemic, which saw the suspension of league matches in some countries, and new partnerships form to find sustainable answers in the digital space.Representing soccer clubs playing in the Süper Lig, Turkey’s primary soccer league, the Turkish Union of Clubs has partnered with fan engagement platform Socios.com to promote innovation in the country’s soccer landscape, according....

English Premier League soccer club Manchester City is debuting a blockchain-based fan token, promising free tokens for registered Cityzen fans. Major English football club Manchester City is the latest sports club to launch its own blockchain-based token to power new tools for digital fan engagement.According to an official announcement Friday, Manchester City has partnered with fan engagement platform Socios.com to launch the CITY fan token on the Chiliz blockchain. Similar to other European clubs like FC Barcelona and Juventus, Manchester City will now have an option to provide VIP....

The appetite for blockchain-based fan tokens appears to be limitless amongst big-league soccer clubs across the globe. İstanbul Başakşehir, last season's winner of the Turkish Süper Lig, has joined the Socios platform and will launch its own fan token ($IBFK) by the end of 2020.$IBFK, like other fan tokens in the Socios ecosystem, confers voting rights and rewards upon holders and is designed to boost fan engagement, and to monetize various fan experiences, both on and offline.Token holders can vote in polls on club decisions and earn points that, once accumulated, can be cashed in in....

Blockchain-based soccer fan tokens are all the rage of late, and now Poland's most successful club is getting in on the action. The spread of blockchain-based soccer fan tokens across Europe continued on Feb. 22, as Poland’s most successful soccer club partnered with sports fintech firm, Chiliz.Legia Warsaw, which holds the record for the most number of Polish league championship wins, will launch a token on the fan engagement and rewards platform, Socios.The $LEG fan token is expected to launch in the coming months and will grant supporters voting rights on various club decisions. Token....