What Are Fan Tokens?
Cryptocurrency has taken the world by storm, and it’s easy to see why! The technology behind it allows for fast and secure transactions that are much cheaper than traditional methods of payment without the need for any intermediary. But there’s another way that cryptocurrencies can bring about a revolution: through the introduction of fan tokens. They are the future of Sports currency!
What Are Fan Tokens?
Fan tokens are virtual currencies created specifically for use by fans in an online community or game. They can be used to buy exclusive merchandise and other perks from within the walls of this community or game-like tickets to concerts, or access to special events like meet-and-greets with players, actors, and musicians worth thousands of dollars each!
Crypto Fan Tokens in the Sports industry are digital assets similar to Crypto coins or Tokens, with unique features and benefits from their favorite club, team, athlete, and federation issuing them.
The most important feature of a fan token is that it gives the holder voting rights in polls that decide major decisions regarding their favorite club/team/athlete/federation. For example:
- Vote on which players should be signed by the club
- Vote on which players should be sold by the club
- Vote on which players should be loaned out by the club
- Vote on which players should receive new contracts from the club
Crypto Fan Tokens were conceived by sports investment firm Chiliz ($CHZ), which has created the Socios.com platform for fans to take part in decision-making, earn rewards, and vote in polls. The company's vision is nothing short of revolutionizing how we support our favorite teams by giving us all a voice at last!
If you're a fan of a particular sport, it can be hard to feel like your opinion doesn't matter. You might feel like you have no choice but to sit back and watch as the club does things its own way, whether or not those decisions are in line with what you think is best for the team.
However, crypto fan tokens allow fans to take ownership over their favorite clubs—and even make decisions on how they operate. This can lead to more exciting matches and higher profits for teams too!
Fan Token Offering
New Fan Tokens are available through a limited-time purchase window called a “fan token offering” or FTO. An FTO is a fixed number of tokens sold at a fixed price. Each token will be sold on the open market and can be traded freely, but only during the FTO.
In addition to selling FAN Tokens, clubs also sell merchandise and offer other benefits with their fans' tokens.
Clubs can exchange their fans' FAN Tokens for rewards such as:
- VIP tickets or experiences at the club's stadium
- A chance to meet players
- Discounts on merchandise
- Tickets to actual matches
Fan Tokens can be bought using a credit card or $CHZ from within the Socios.com App. This app is available on both iOS and Android devices, with features like live scores, fantasy leagues, and news updates to keep you engaged while you watch games or bet on them.
Once an FTO is closed, the total supply of Fan Tokens will remain fixed forever and the price will continually vary depending on demand for that token.
How To Price A Fan Token?
The price of a Fan Token is determined by the market. In this case, "market" refers to how many people want to buy and sell Fan Tokens at any given time. The more people who wish to buy or sell a particular FTO, the higher its value will be in comparison with other tokens within that same system.
As an FAN Token owner, you can hold onto your tokens indefinitely, speculating on future potential price increases, use them for voting in club-related polls or exchange them for rewards exclusive to that club’s fan token such as signed shirts and meet-and-greets with players.
You might be wondering about the benefits of buying a Fan Token from a football club? Well, here are some real-life examples of the rewards you can get by owning them:
- Holders of Arsenal Fan Tokens ($AFC) will receive access to exclusive digital content from the football club such as wallpapers and videos of player interviews
- Atletico Madrid ($ATM) fans who hold Fan Tokens will receive one (1) ticket for every ten (10) tokens purchased during the sale period
- Bayern Munich offers early access and discounts on digital collectibles exclusively for their token holders
Conclusion
While Fan Tokens are still in their early days, they represent a big step forward for sports fans around the world who want to get more involved with their favorite teams. A brand new way for fans to be part of the action and make their voices heard via blockchain technology. What do you guys think? Would you buy Fan Tokens in the sports and entertainment industry? Comment below!
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Fan tokens are interesting but they seem like gimmicks to me. Perhaps it's just my third world country poverty speaking but I don't see why I should pay money to vote for player of the season or stuff like that that don't put food on my table 😆
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LMAO. They are for now. Just another way to mint money from fans. They need to come up with DeFi use cases so that their fans also get a share of the profits these clubs/players are making. 🤘
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It could be interesting if in the future a club would be totally tokenized and decentralized and run by DAO. If true fans would have enough tokens, I would imagine coaches getting sacked every other day. :D
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LMAO! That would be crazy. Maybe not in the near future but hopefully one day. xD
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Cool project, thanks for sharing about it.
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You are most welcome. Cheers!
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This makes the future look brighter and it is true that we can actually makes every digital
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Everything can be tokenized and everything doesn't need to be tokenized. 🦁
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While football and crypto seems like a match made in heaven on the surface, the way that fan tokens have become a thing is super dodgy.
With the global attention that these huge clubs receive, they're actually detrimental to the entire crypto space.
All of the perks bullshit can be just done more efficiently in membership database.
The only difference being that the clubs haven't gouged their foreign fans who pay for the useless shit they receive.
I mean come on...
Anyway, I long for the day when football actually uses crypto in a meaningful way.
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LMAO. Wallpaper. xD I get your point, Dane. They need to come up with better perks. Perks that actually matter and make up for the fans' investments.
Like use crypto to support or sponsor economically weaker players? I'd like to have that.
Right now it's mostly merchandise and betting which is also okay to me but yeah. Need to do more!
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Nice writeup! You think people will use these? I got in very early but I honestly see no reason why you would own a fan token, even as a hardcore fan.
The best you get is discounts and maybe some stadium tours but it's hardly worth it due to the volatility.
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Did you buy some Fan Tokens? I haven't so no idea. I liked the concept so wrote about it. Since you and everyone else are giving similar feedback, it looks like there's a lot of scope for improvement.
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Yeah, participated in a lot of presales and made some money along the way. For trading they are great but their current utility is kinda questionable.
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Got it Jerry. 😵 That's why fan tokens have very less fans.
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I don't think I will buy any fan tokens. It just doesn't make sense to me and I only watch things for fun. I am not really that invested in any single team.
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Same here J. I am a fan of myself xD I don't even like sports or any celebrity that much.
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They are an affinty scam using leveraging or paying for the rights to use a sports brand to sell people a useless token and kick some profits back to the club, such a gross grift if ever I saw one, so fiat, god this culture is so debaed its pathetic
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It's a money grab right now! For the club and for the players. Could have been done better.
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