Inventory of 12 noteworthy World Cup concept plate projects

The World Cup is less than a month away, and the crypto space related to it is also starting to come alive. Since the birth of sports tokens, the World Cup has not only been a festival for football fans, but also a carnival for crypto investors. At present, major exchanges are scrambling to deploy sports tokens and football-themed NFTs. Judging from past experience, during the period before the competition, various project officials will also actively operate, and sports tokens usually usher in a huge increase. For example, last year's European Cup, this year's La Liga, Premier League and other events, related concept coins all rose before the start of the game.

In addition, from the perspective of market hotspots, with the APT airdrop landing, the narrative about the new L1 is gradually cooling down. The current market attention is relatively scattered. Except for various airdrop interactions that can attract everyone, there are no new hot spots that can arouse the interest of investors. As a global event, the World Cup has not only become the focus of entertainment, but also some crypto companies that sponsor the World Cup have also gained huge attention. By promoting NFT star cards, fan tokens and other games, they will attract more funds from outside the circle and increase sports and sports. The joint effect of cryptocurrencies has driven the rise of the sports concept sector.

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Fan Tokens allow their holders to access various fan-related membership benefits such as redemption for sports club merchandise, VIP experiences, rewards, and more. The value of these tokens comes from how much fans love the club and value access to unique benefits. Therefore, such fan tokens are basically named after the club. The more fans hold fan tokens, the greater the influence on the club, the higher their loyalty, and the more valuable the fan tokens will be.

Currently, more than 60 fan tokens are listed on CoinGecko. The fan tokens endorsed by exchanges such as Binance and OKX have always been at the forefront of the price increase list, and most of the remaining fan tokens are issued based on the sports cryptocurrency exchange Chiliz.

These three can be said to occupy half of the fan tokens.

1. Chiliz 

Chiliz, a comprehensive platform for sports fan economic services, has received $65 million in investment from institutions such as Binance. The purpose of Chiliz is to form a new economic relationship between fans and entertainment through blockchain technology. Socios is Chiliz's first consumer-facing product. Through Socios, fans can directly participate in the decision-making process of their favorite teams and earn rewards. Product features also include the experience of exciting moments of the game, predicting game results and game day challenges, etc.

As of press time, the top 8 fan tokens in the 24-hour trading list on Chiliz are:

Paris Saint-Germain Football Club Fan Token: Paris Saint-Germain Fan Token (PSG)

AC Milan Football Club Fan Token: AC Milan Fan Token (ACM)

Juventus Football Club Fan Token: Juventus Fan Token (JUV)

FC Barcelona Fan Token: FC Barcelona Fan Token (BAR)

Portugal National Team Fan Token: Portugal National Team Fan Token (POR)

Atletico de Madrid Fan Token (ATM)

Inter Milan Fan Token: Inter Milan Fan Token (INTER)

Mexican Football Club Fan Token: Mexican Football club (SAN)

In addition, the Chiliz platform token CHZ has also leapt to the leading position of fan tokens, and its token price changes have always been regarded as a signal of the ups and downs of the sector.

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2. Binance Fan Token Platform

In addition to Chiliz, which specializes in providing services for fan tokens, Binance also has close cooperation with the world's top football teams. As early as 2021, Binance launched the fan token platform and launched many fan tokens. Those who hold fan tokens can participate in a series of team activities, such as games, exclusive rewards, peripheral products signed by stars, and exclusive brand experiences.

Currently, Binance mainly promotes four types of fan tokens, three of which are football fan tokens.

Santos FC Fan Token (SANTOS)

Serie A football club Lazio: SS Lazio (LAZIO)

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Unlike the former two, OKX does not have a platform for issuing fan tokens. However, as one of the influential exchanges, OKX will also launch popular fan tokens on the eve of hot events to warm up for the World Cup. Currently, the fan tokens listed on OKX are:

Argentine Football Association Fan Token: Argentine Football Association Fan Token (ARG)

Portugal National Team Fan Token: Portugal National Team Fan Token (POR)

Rio de Janeiro Flamengo Sports Club fan token: Flamengo Fan Token (MENGO)

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Star card NFT and sports chain games are also more popular categories during this period.

Sorare It is a mainstream football NFT competitive game. Players create a game lineup by purchasing star card NFT. Sorare has licensed players from more than 100 international teams in different leagues. Sorare currently licensed teams include: Juventus, AC Milan, Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and all Japanese J-League teams and Spanish La Liga, as well as all players in Major League Soccer.

In September 2021, Sorare announced the completion of a Series B financing of up to US$680 million, with a valuation of US$4.3 billion, led by Japanese technology and investment giant SoftBank Group.

NFTSTAR It is a digital collection trading and community platform under the Singapore Internet company Ninth City. The platform will initially focus on global sports stars as the main partners. Users can purchase blind boxes of different levels on the platform to obtain limited NFT collections of stars. Recently, star Neymar will launch his first NFT series on NFTSTAR during the World Cup. Currently, his whitelist JungleVIBES has been opened for casting on NFTSTAR. Users who hold this NFT will be able to participate in Neymar's exclusive meeting, interact directly with Neymar, and have the opportunity to obtain limited edition signed collections. In addition, the platform also has NFT collections of Portuguese star Luis Figo and Korean star Sun Xingmin.

Chiliz It also provides the distribution and sales of football star NFT. In March of this year, Chiliz officially announced the launch of the Chiliz Chain 2.0 (CC2 for short) test network, creating a blockchain network specifically for the sports and entertainment industries. The CC2 network will support sports and entertainment brands to create NFTs, build DeFi products and P2E games, and build Web3 products and services. It is issued after CHZ cooperates with the corresponding team, and the team controls its operation sovereignty.

TradeStars It is a Fantasy Sports (Fantasy Sports) platform that supports the DeFi gamification system through the Fractional NFT (Fragmented NFT) market. The Fractional NFT marketplace consists of actual performances of athletes, which are then tokenized through Fractional NFTs, where users can purchase these tokens.

TradeStars received $1.67 million in investment led by AU21 Capital, OKEx Blockdream Ventures, and LD Capital Partners.

TopGoal It is a sports metaverse platform where you can trade genuine digital star cards and participate in football games. The public beta version of its first 3D Web3 football game was launched on the evening of October 25th. It supports cloud gaming technology, has more than 3,000 officially authorized players, and a total value of tens of millions of dollars in game rewards. So far, the stars that have cooperated include Irving, Rivaldo, Guti, Del Piero, Vieri, Park Ji-sung, Sneijder and so on.

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Sports Prediction Platform

Aver It is a sports prediction platform on the Solana chain. Not long ago, it completed a $7.5 million seed round of financing led by Jump Crypto. Aver only charges a commission based on a percentage of profit for a given market. And only charge when the user makes a profit.

Stakes It is a social sports prediction platform that has received $5.3 million in investment from Digital Currency Group (DCG), FBG Capital, CMS Holdings, LD Capital and other institutions.

Currently in the open beta version of the Apple App Store, Stakes’ platform is free to users, and any player can bet for free on its social platform, and the winner will receive NFT rewards. Stakes has minted over 8,000 NFTs for over 2,500 users.

Ubat is a Polygon-based sports prediction market that creates a "permission-free market" that allows sports fans to predict any number of market outcomes without broker approval. Participants will be able to continuously trade contracts at fair market prices, pay low fixed transaction fees, and be unlimited. In addition, UBet's autonomous protocol takes into account internal and external market data and market uncertainty, and provides probabilities in favor of sports fans and liquidity providers. Sports fans and liquidity providers will be able to buy contracts and deposit liquidity in USDC respectively. UBet received $2.7 million in seed round financing with participation from Shima Capital and LD Capital.

Frontrunner is a decentralized sports prediction market built on Injective where users can buy and sell sports-themed stocks and trade them like stocks. Unlike traditional sportsbooks where users place their bets and wait, Frontrunner gives users complete control over their portfolio, allowing them to dynamically buy and sell positions as the odds change. It is characterized by fast transactions and no Gas fees.

At present, the test network of Frontrunner has been launched, and users can enter the official website to connect to the wallet to interact. Note that the location service needs to be turned on and the proxy software should be turned off.