On Tuesday, the footballer signed a two-year contract with a one-year extension option. Against the background of this event, the club’s fan token has risen in price by 160% in a few days.
Lionel Messi contract with the French club PSG includes a clause on the payment of part of a football player’s salary in football club tokens. Reuters citing sources.
On Tuesday, the Argentine signed a two-year contract with a one-year extension option. It is not reported what percentage of the transaction will be payments in cryptocurrency.
Fan Tokens can be traded on the exchange or exchanged for exclusive rewards.
Basically, they work on the Chiliz blockchain platform, which already cooperates with 26 major sports organizations such as Barcelona, PSG, Milan and others.
On August 5, ex-Barcelona striker Lionel Messi announced his retirement from the club where he had played since 2004. Later, rumors began to spread about the player’s transfer to PSG, which was confirmed by the president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta.
Against the background of information about Messi transfer to PSG, the football club’s (PSG) token has risen in price by 160%. On August 10, its price reached a local maximum at around $ 58. On August 12, the token is trading at $ 41.
The day before the announcement of his departure from the Catalan club, Messi announced the release of his own collection of non-fungible tokens (NFT) “The Messiverse“, painted by the artist Bosslogic.
Tokens will be presented on August 20 on the Ethernity Chain platform. Since August 4, the platform’s token has grown by almost 40%.
In March of this year, Juventus football player Cristiano Ronaldo became the first football player in the world to receive cryptocurrency for his career achievements.
🏅 A special Juventus Fan Token Award powered by @socios for @Cristiano’s special goal milestone! ⚽️🔥#CR770 #CR7JUVE pic.twitter.com/sRQmBm6xNV
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) March 21, 2021
The club awarded him 770 of their own JUV tokens, one for each goal scored in the Portuguese’s career. As of August 12, the cost of these tokens is $ 11.1 thousand.
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