LaLiga — Spain’s main soccer league — chosen BitGet as its official cryptocurrency companion in some areas.
In line with a Sept. 19 BitGet announcement, the collaboration was first unveiled on the Token2049 summit in Singapore. The worth of the partnership was not revealed however merely described as being a “multi-million deal.” Gracy Chen, CEO at Bitget stated:
“Partnering with LALIGA permits us to speed up the expansion of crypto in sports activities.”
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Throughout an interview with trade information outlet The Block Bitget Chief Working Officer Vugar Usi Zade stated that the deal will final two to a few years and is price eight figures. In different phrases, he confirmed a price over $10 million.
LaLiga is the soccer league that presently hosts star gamers like Mbappé, Vinícius Jr, and Lewandowski. Each events are anticipated to realize from the partnership, with LaLiga getting access to web3 options whereas the crypto trade positive factors publicity. Javier Tebas, president of LALIGA stated:
“Over the past decade, digitalization and innovation have been amongst LALIGA’s priorities. Final season, we made this a precedence below the umbrella of our New Period, which put the emphasis on know-how: we wish to be pioneers and we’re dedicated to it.”
As BitGet’s announcement factors out, LaLiga has additionally experimented with synthetic intelligence (AI), digital actuality (VR), and massive information to reinforce efficiency evaluation recreation technique. The sports activities league additionally organized a convention on sport-applied AI again in 2023.
Octavi Anoro — director of Worldwide at LALIGA — defined that he views the partnership with BitGet as an vital step within the league’s worldwide enlargement. He highlighted that “it reveals the strategic significance of Asia and territories reminiscent of Turkey and LATAM.”
The announcement follows a BitGet report in June that cryptocurrency losses as a consequence of deepfake-related scams are anticipated to surpass $25 billion in 2024, greater than doubling the earlier yr’s figures. The trade’s analysis additional highlighted a 245% enhance in world deepfake incidents in 2024.
