Manchester City soccer club launches fan token with Socios

English Premier League club Manchester City has penned a deal with OKX that would make the crypto exchange the soccer team’s official cryptocurrency partner. English Soccer Club Manchester City Announces OKX As Crypto Partner As per an announcement on the EPL team’s website, cryptocurrency exchange OKX is now the club’s official crypto partner. Manchester City […]

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....

The Juventus star was awarded 770 JUV fan tokens — one for each senior career goal scored. Cristiano Ronaldo became the first soccer player to be rewarded for his career achievements in cryptocurrency, after the Juventus F.C. star received 770 JUV tokens — one for each senior career goal scored, as reported by Spanish outlet Marca.JUV is the official Juventus fan token, launched in 2019 by the Italian football club on the Chiliz (CHZ) blockchain, in conjunction with the Socios.com platform. Fan tokens give club supporters the chance to vote on club decisions, while giving them access to....

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....

Following Manchester United's partnership with blockchain firm Tezos almost one month ago, Manchester City's foray in the space having partnered with crypto exchange OKX provides new competition in vie for technological prominence. Leading English football club Manchester City have announced an inaugural cryptocurrency exchange partnership with OKX across both its men’s and women’s teams, as well as the clubs emerging e-sports ventures.According to the club’s press release, the collaboration will focus on “exclusive experiences for OKX’s global customer base, in addition to an in-stadium....