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Czech-based Esports organization will launch its first collection of NFTs and exclusive Fan Tokens to continue digitalization and tokenization to engage its fans. Last year the club launched its official fan app with Blocksport and now they continue their partnership.

NFTs are unique digital assets like photos, videos, cards, designs, collectibles that have their unique code written in blockchain, they are exclusive and can’t be forged. Fan Tokens are other types of tokens, they can be exchanged and give fans a unique opportunity to take part in clubs’ life by voting for important decisions and even buying some special merchandise or fan experience. 

Sinners Esports was founded in 2019 by Petr Syrovatko to engage esports talents from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Now, this club has rosters in CSGO and LoL and also players in FIFA, LoR, and RL. Sinners participate in both domestic and international tournaments and already have some achievements. 

Comment for Sinners

We are excited to extend our partnership with Blocksport and add new ways for our fans to engage with us. Taking things to a new level of digital engagement with Fan Tokens and NFTs next year will mark a new era for us and we are thrilled to take this step.

• Max Euler, GM 

Comment from Blocksport

I am happy to see how our partnership with the Sinners team is growing up over the years. These guys are awesome and their fans are incredible! Blocksport is delighted to become a tokenization partner for the Sinners

• Vladimir Liulka, CEO 

Digitalization is an option only for big clubs with huge fan bases – that’s a false statement. Many managers think that having an official club app is a luxury feature, very expensive in development, and with a very long payback. This is not an option for a small club that needs revenue right now and a fast payback to cover expenses and grow in revenue. 

But it is not true and we will show how any club with just 10000 fans can earn from 21’000€ per year only with the help of a fan app. 

So let’s start with expenses. Application with integrated ticketing, merchandise store, fan rating, voting, streaming, gamification, and chats will cost from 100000€, is that true? Yes, but we have a different option. Ready-to-use fan app customized and branded for your club. You can actually even try your design right now. The app will be ready in just 30 days and you will pay only for using it. Like you pay for a Netflix subscription. It will cost you from 399 to 1499€ depending on a feature package. We understand that 1499 is a big expense for a little club so let’s take the Basic package for 399€. The second thing is that we have a revenue share model so you will get 90% of revenue from the app and Blocksport will earn 10%.

It will cost you 4788€ for a year. Now let’s talk about revenue and the money you can get. 

We have a special model which is currently working for our clients. Here we have a number of fans, conversion rate, and revenue per fan. So let’s say you have 10000 fans and the conversion rate will be 10% which is quite realistic, so at the beginning, you will have 1000 active users that will spend their money on your fan app. Each user will spend 29€ per year which is quite realistic too. 

So what do we have right now?

1000 fans will spend 29€ each in 1 year and you will get 29’000€ of revenue. Let’s remember about app subscription and revenue share so you will have 21’212€ from the first year and you can easily grow in numbers attracting new sponsors to your fan app. If your fanbase will increase – your revenue will increase too, if your app will have chats with players, interesting content, and other features – your fans will spend more money. That’s why 21’212€ per year is just a starting point for a little club. 

The Kharkiv club will be the first Ukrainian football club to launch its NFT together with Blocksport. NFTs are unique digital items such as rare photos, players cards, top shots, and other collectibles. NFTs cannot be replicated because each item has its hash code entry in the blockchain network. The “yellow blues” will present their first NFTs as the unique digital panini pictures of the players.

FC Metalist 1925 is the only representative of Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club was founded in 2016 and since that time club has passed all leagues – from amateur to professional and currently plays in the top division. Furthermore, anyone can become a member of the unique club project “Fan Club”. 

The release of NFT is an extension of the collaboration between FC Metalist 1925 and Blocksport, which began with the launch of an official application for fans of the Kharkiv club.

Fans will be able to buy clubs’ NFT on the Blocksport NFT platform and over the fan app at a later stage.

“Blocksport is proud of its partnership with FC Metalist 1925, which started earlier in 2021 with a launch of bespoke fan app for the club’s community. Nowadays, we are expanding our collaboration by launching unique NFT collections for club fans. I personally see great potential in our partnership with FC Metalist 1925, and I am sure that such football clubs will become a great example for others in Ukrainian football. Keep it up!” Vladimir Liulka, CEO and Co-Founder of Blocksport, says.

“We are very happy to be the first Ukrainian football club that is launching a special collection of NFTs for our fans. Having behind positive experience with Blocksport, we decided to scale our existing partnership. It should speed up the digitalization processes within FC Metalist 1925, and in the meantime, our fans will get access to absolutely new digital products by the club.” Andriy Nedelin, Executive Director of FC Metalist 1925, comments.

Zug, November 5th

The 5-time Serbian Rugby League champion will give a unique opportunity for its fans to take part in club life with the help of Blocksport. Tokens will be released for sale in Q1 2022 in the official fan app, which is also provided by Blocksport. 

Fan token is a unique opportunity to have an influence on clubs’ life by voting for important decisions to feel connected with the favorite team. Fans can also exchange tokens like fiat or cash for rewards from the club, like meeting with players, having a special matchday experience,s or merchandise.

Red Star Belgrade Rugby League Club is a member of the famous Serbian Red Star Sports Society and 5-time domestic league champion, 4-time cup winners, and 2-time Balkan Super League champion. Blocksport is a Swiss-based SportTech company specialized in digitalization and tokenization of sports through developing fan applications for clubs, NFTs, and fan tokens. 

“Red Star Belgrade Rugby League Club is delighted to expand our partnership with Blocksport and look forward to offering fans of rugby league and sport our Fan Tokens and NFTs, that the fans can trade and even potentially profit from in the future! The way we manage our first tranches of fan token and NFT releases is crucial to this, and we will be discussing this with our fans in the coming weeks after the announcement. The sphere of cryptocurrency is exciting and we want to help our fans understand some of the basics of this new sector of the economy. It’s another way we are seeking to expand the sport of rugby league in Europe while giving our fans something of value. Fans of the sport of rugby league can now invest in the progress of the Rugby League in Europe, with everything we earn from our fans going straight into the development of junior and senior rugby league in Serbia. Our fan token purchasers will join a special group of advisers and we will meet quarterly to discuss aspects of the club’s development such as junior training goals, potential future match fixtures, and colors for away kits.” Colin Kleyweg, Managing Director of Red Star Belgrade Rugby League Club, says.

“It’s an honor for Blocksport to be a tokenization partner for such a famous rugby club as Red Star is. These guys are playing great sports and they also care so much about their fan community. Upcoming fan tokens will give Red Star a unique way to engage fans in an absolutely new way. We are welcoming Red Star to become the first rugby club in the world who is launching its Fan Token.” Vladimir Liulka, CEO and Co-Founder of Blocksport, says.

Zug, October 29th.

Blocksport and Team Singularity have announced multi-year cooperation to launch $SNG tokens.

The $SNG Token will give Singularity fans access to unique opportunities to influence team-related decisions, enter the fast-track at SNG Academy, obtain unique content, train with top Esports players from Team Singularity rosters, and much more.

$SNG Fan Tokens are unique digital assets that provide the ability to take part in the life of a team by taking part in polls or accessing exclusive membership rewards. Token holders are lifted to a decision-making position where they are treated like the Board of Directors. The share this board seat with thousands of like-minded Singularity fans and make important decisions that have real influence.

The $SNG Fan Token will be launched in December 2021 with a supply of 3’000’000 $SNG priced at €1 each during the initial sale.

Atle S. Stehouwer, CEO and Founder of Team Singularity, says: “I am happy that our partnership with Blocksport is officially extended and we can finally announce the next step in our collaboration.”

Vladimir Liulka, CEO and Co-Founder of Blocksport, comments: “We are happy to extend our exclusive partnership with Team Singularity and launch $SNG Fan Token for their fans.

Singularity has a global and awesome fan community. The Token opens up a new world – an environment in which they have the chance to be very close to their favorites players and team”.

 Zug, October 25^st, 2021

The Esports organization Desert Fox Racing, founded and based in Jordan, joins the Swiss-based SportsTech Blocksport to launch its exclusive mobile app solution to build and accelerate the growth of its Middle East fan community.

Desert Fox Racing started off as a group of friends enjoying their passion for motorsport and quickly grew into a digital racing community backed by a club that was structuring, organizing, and promoting digital motorsport activities in Jordan. With over 100 races and 4 championships successfully managed, Desert Fox Racing is one of the most experienced digital motorsport solutions providers in the Middle East.

Desert Fox Racing’s objective is to provide a cost-effective solution to all motorsport enthusiasts in the region making it the new grass-root sport for motorsport as a whole.

With the support of Blocksport’s mobile app Desert Fox Racing takes its first steps to underline its commitment towards innovation and gamified fan engagement. Blocksport will be able to strengthen its fan community and build its brand awareness while offering a unique experience to its fans and sponsoring partners.

Vladimir Liulka, Blocksport’s Co-Founder and CEO says: “We are delighted to have signed with Desert Fox Racing as we see this Esports organization with big potential and as one of the innovative and forward-thinking esports organizations in the Middle East region. Welcome on board, guys!”

Mamdouh Younis, CEO of Desert Fox Racing, comments on this partnership: “We are very excited to start this next chapter with our Desert Fox Racing Community and to utilize such a professional fan engagement solutions provider as Blocksport”

We are happy to announce Aaron Borg, our new Brand Ambassador in the Oceania region and in the Motorsports vertical. This is what Aaron said at his appointment:

“Being directly involved in sports, I understand that fans and sponsors are vital. These fans and sponsors rely on things like social media and traditional marketing to keep in touch with what is going on in their chosen sport but with digital technology moving forward at a rapid pace, professional sports are missing out on a huge market.

Blocksport is revolutionizing how sports organizations utilize digital technology by creating an “all-in-one” solution that combines the social aspect with gamification, consumption and rewards, all in one ecosystem. This not only creates the perfect way for fans and sponsors to be more involved but gives sporting organisations the opportunity to be at the forefront of digital technology and allow them to monetize the entire process.

I believe this is going to be a huge market moving forward as it gives sport organisations another stream of revenue during a time where the financial side of running a sports organisation is the biggest challenge.

I look forward to helping reshape how Australian and International sporting organisations utilize digital technology through Blocksport, to not only create a better experience for fans but to also help generate higher revenues for sponsors and sporting organisations.”

Welcome on board, Aaron!

September 22, 2021. BELGRADE / ZUG

Blocksport, a leading SportsTech solutions provider, has signed a major partnership with Mozzart, the leading operator in Southeastern Europe with global operations in Africa, South America, and soon in North America.

Vladimir Liulka, Co-founder CEO at Blocksport, said: “Blocksport empowers our partners to form deeper connections with their communities and fans through innovative fan engagement solutions. We are excited about our latest partnership with Mozzart as our strategic Balkan partner in the Sports market.

This partnership would not have been possible without Samir Ceric of Active Sports Capital, our exclusive partner in the Balkans, who sits on the Blocksport Advisory Board, and who recognized the potential of this partnership from the outset.

Together and between all of us, we will bring Blocksport’s innovations directly to the clubs, fan communities and partners in the Balkans but outside of the region too. With the launch of Fan Tokens and NFTs, Blocksport today has a unique offering for football, basketball, and other sports clubs, leagues, federations, and athletes like no other. Our ecosystem is designed to create new revenue streams for clubs in the Balkans and around the world and Mozzart has recognized that from the very beginning. Additionally, we are happy to open our Esports network for Mozzart Bet to plug best in class sports betting products in the Esports industry and we are very excited about such opportunities.”

Vladimir Stanojevic, Head of Strategic Development at Mozzart, said: “Mozzart is thrilled with this new partnership and recognizes the potential Blocksport offers to sports clubs and their fans through their powerful mobile application which enables state of the art betting integration between the clubs’ fan base and our pre-match and other feeds, which is designed to create additional revenue streams for the clubs and enhance our sponsorship and betting partnership opportunities making it a win-win for all. We too would like to state that this partnership was made possible with the help and support of Samir Ceric of Active Sports Capital, our global partner, who recognized Blocksport potential whilst in the role of Chairman of FK Zeljeznicar. We recently signed a sponsorship agreement with this Bosnian club and we are working, together with Blocksport, on the launch of FKZ own app supported by Blocksport technology, which is unique in the global marketplace as the market leader, assisted by Vladimir Stevanovic who was instrumental in the facilitation of the sponsorship deal with FK Zeljeznicar in the first place.”

About Mozzart

Company Mozzart is a leader in the field of gambling and sports betting in the región of South-Eastern Europe. It was founded in 2001, and currently, with about 1,000 points of sale, the brand is present in the territory of Serbia, the Republic of Srpska, North Macedonia, Croatia, Malta, Romania, Kenya, and Colombia. More than 5,000 professionals work every day in Mozzart on continuous improvement of services, aiming to successfully envision customers’ needs and offer the best experience in this entertainment industry. As part of its core business, company Mozzart has its own production and offer of high-quality odds for betting on a variety of sporting and other events, with around 250,000 odds on more than 1,600 events per day. In addition, at any given time, there are over 400 standard games for football matches and more than 500 special games for other sports.

Contacts

Vladimir Liulka, CEO and Co-Founder, https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimirliulka/

Arsen Loncar, Global Expansion Manager, https://www.linkedin.com/in/arsen-loncar-a55b3aa7/

Zurich, August 10th

Blocksport and ProTouch are shaping the future in Africa, by providing new ways for sporting codes, teams, clubs and federations to activate, engage and monetize their fan community using Blocksport technology.

The Swiss-based BLOCKSPORT technology provides sports brands with their own branded and fully managed fan engagement mobile platform which combines information, community management, gamification, e-commerce, rewards and crowdfunding. It has also developed a blockchain-based NFT platform where fans can mint, sell and trade sports assets or rights of their favourite sports stars and teams, all within one solution – easy to implement and ready to roll out within 30 days.

PROTOUCH, a South African-based Sports Tech business focussed on enabling more African athletes onto the World Stage, is the exclusive distributor of BLOCKSPORT technology in Africa providing a range of offerings that engage and monetize the fan base and unlock value for sports teams, fans, brands and investors.

PROTOUCH recently launched its own BETA version of PROTOUCH AFRICA using this platform, which features the top-performing road cyclists from over fifteen cycling nations in Africa and aggregates African cycling news, e-commerce and rewards-earning opportunities for cycling enthusiasts. PROTOUCH plans to leverage the social media following of over 1,5 million fans of African cycling and activate this base to benefit road cycling talent, enabling more African road cyclists onto the World stage. Plans are also underway to expand the platform for other sporting codes in Africa, with the next edition focused on the triathlon industry as well as an esport entity.

“The sports industry is no longer just about events, players, broadcasting, tickets and stadiums but rather, a world full of digital information and assets with value” commented Rebecca Eliot, Chief Impact Officer at ProTouch. “With the introduction of the NFT platform, fans, clubs and athletes can now have a more engaging relationship and exchange digital assets like art, player cards, gifs, collectibles, sports highlights and special moments and in-game items”, Eliot added.

To signify the launch of the NFT proposition, PROTOUCH – in association with The Phil Liggett Foundation – has created its first NFT release focused on celebrating South African Women’s Road Cycling Talent, Ashleigh Moolman Pasio. These limited editions NFT’s will be released during August in celebration of Women’s Month in South Africa and Ashleigh’s recent participation in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, thereafter a range of these will be created to feature highlights of her career (including past notable achievements).

“Ashleigh is a multiple African Road and Time Trial Champion, Commonwealth Games Medalist, triple Olympian and ESports World Champion. She is considered the Queen of African Women’s Cycling and I am really excited to be presenting this digital art in aid of my foundation, to assist future African riders in progressing onto the World stage”, commented Phil Liggett, the global voice of cycling.

Above is a sneak peek of what you can expect, with the first edition collectibles including one animation, one digital artwork and one ready-to-print artwork (both signed by Ashleigh Moolman Pasio and Phil Liggett:

PROTOUCH is thrilled to be launching these first NFT editions, recognizing African Road Cyclists. Each one that we place into a global digital cycling ecosystem has the opportunity to transform many more opportunities for African cyclists that follow”, concluded Eliot. “We take our responsibility to enable more African athletes seriously and believe that this a way for current African Champions to help to “Pay It Forward”.

At its core, the BLOCKSPORT NFT Platform is the creation of a simple, compliant, and interoperable platform for trading virtually all Sport or Esport assets in a tokenized form. NFT stands for ’non-fungible token‘ and represents a unit of data stored on a blockchain. Unlike Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, each token here certifies that a digital asset is one of a kind and therefore cannot be replaced with anything else.

Below are just some uses for NFTs: Digital Cards – athletes or clubs can issue collectible player cards or issue cards featuring highlights of their careers. All cards have different images on them and are unique; Special Moments – When we think of an outstanding athlete, we often recall the highlights of their career, these unique moments can be converted into high-value NFTs and become part of a fan’s digital collection; Memorabilia – Famous athlete memorabilia such as sports equipment, trophies, outfits, and accessories can all become NFTs. One can collaborate with an artist to recreate tickets for major sporting events and sell unique digital copies as NFTs; Fan Meetings – Athletes can hold a Meet & Greet – a meeting with a group of fans, the NFT serves as the unique ticket for the event; Tickets – A unique NFT ticket as a pass to other events, from attending games to visiting the stadium during rehearsals and training; Packages – Leagues, teams, and athletes can sell several NFT products combined in one set, for example, an autograph + a photo with the athlete, collectible game card + in-person meeting, memorabilia + online meeting, etc.

“Africa has been cited by many, including the United Nations, as a continent that could become the next frontier for cryptocurrency, providing a fertile ground for digital technology. We are extremely excited about our partnership with PROTOUCH, trailblazing this area in Africa and using BLOCKSPORT technology to enable it”, commented Vladimir Liulka, CEO and co-founder of Blocksport. “We are also honoured to be the platform to house the first edition of such a talented road cyclist from Africa and eager to see her unbelievable story unfold in the coming months,” he added.

LONDON / ZUG – Sport Buff, the company leading next-generation fan engagement and gamification for sports broadcast and media applications, today announced a multi-season partnership with Blocksport, the builder of the world’s largest Sports NFT aggregation system. The two ventures will work together to deliver NFTs to Sport Buff’s interactive overlay, offering a unique experience for users to access the NFT world directly over the top of sports content.

Sport Buff’s unique video overlay delivers fully interactive and engaging gamification, delivering real-time engagement in the form of predictions, polls, trivia, ratings, and much more, letting fans play with and against their friends. Their next-generation technology aligns perfectly with the NFT market. NFTs are digital assets that can be traded on a marketplace. They offer sports teams, personalities and leagues to monetise their own profile and offer fans a unique way of interacting with their idols.

Benn Achilleas, Founder & CEO of Sport Buff said: “Sport Buff is always at the forefront of audience participation and innovation. Combining our gamification platform with Blocksport is a perfect way for fans to compete for NFTs and build their collection game after game, race after race, throughout the season”

Vladimir Liulka, Co-founder CEO at Blocksport, said: “Blocksport empowers sports partners to form deeper connections with their communities and fans through digital collectibles. We’re excited about our partnership with Sport Buff as an entirely new way to bring NFT collectibles to leading sports brands and their fans”.

Sport Buff is expanding rapidly as broadcasters, federations, sponsors, and esports platforms look to utilize the innovative platform to engage with and monetize the exponential growth in digital viewing with younger audiences.

About Sport Buff

Sport Buff are world leaders in next-generation sports fan engagement and gamification. Used by top-tier partners, including FIFA, Dreamhack / ESL, Formula E, and Major League Soccer, Sport Buff delivers real-time fan engagement (from AI sports data analysis and procurators) over the top of sports and esports video and action – live, archive, highlights, social – on every partner platform, broadcast or tournament. With Sport Buff’s interactive overlay, every single genre of broadcast becomes an interactive experience, revenue generator and data capture engine.

Get more info and a demo at http://sportbuff.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION pr@sportbuff.com

Jonty Whitehead, President and Founder. linkedin.com/in/jonty-whitehead-9aa70621

Benn Achilleas, CEO and Founder, https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennachilleas/