Cryptocurrency has purportedly helped to increase illegal gambling activity on soccer across the Asian continent. Cryptocurrencies are making gambling on the world’s most popular sport easier, sports authorities suggest. Asian soccer has seen a sharp decline in match-fixing over the last six years, according to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in a Reuters article dated…
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Soccer giant FC Barcelona partners with Chiliz blockchain outfit, creating Ethereum-based BAR fan tokens. Spanish soccer powerhouse FC Barcelona, or Barca, has teamed up with fintech platform Chiliz to create a blockchain-based token for the sports franchise. As part of the partnership with FC Barcelona, Chiliz created Barca Fan Tokens (BAR) for use on its…
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French professional soccer team Paris Saint-Germain is launching its fan token, which fans will first use to vote on an inspirational message for the captain’s armband. The fan token of top-tier soccer team Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) is now available for sale on the blockchain platform Socios, the team announced in a tweet on Jan. 28. …
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