Beer, gambling and crypto: Budweiser races into Zed Run's NFT games

Beer, gambling and crypto: Budweiser races into Zed Run's NFT games

The duo will launch a Budweiser-themed race track, Budweiser NFT passes, racing prize pools starting at $45,000 and three tiers of airdropped Clydesdale NFT skins that are usable in Zed Run. Popular beer manufacturer Budweiser has teamed up with Zed Run to deploy tokenized Clydesdale draught horses in its virtual NFT-based horse racing and wagering game. The latest move from Budweiser adds to the $120,000 it spent on NFT fan art and the purchase of the Beer.eth domain name it purchased via the Ethereum Name Service in August 2021. Zed Run was founded by Sydney-based Virtually Human Studio....


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