Mastercard has launched a brand new NFT-powered soccer trivia sport for the 2023/2024 UEFA Champions League event, providing followers the prospect to win match tickets by testing their league data, in accordance with a press launch.
The competitors will kick off half-hour earlier than Tuesday evening UEFA Champions League matches, beginning February 13. Mastercard clients can take part by gathering branded NFT passes via the agency’s new “Go to Priceless” platform. Mastercard’s NFT passes are minted on Polygon, an Ethereum scaling community.
Gamers can reply questions on Champions League historical past and statistics, with every spherical’s winners incomes match tickets as they climb up a season-long leaderboard. The highest participant after the April 30 semi-finals will win tickets to the Champions League Last at Wembley Stadium in London.
Crypto funds agency MoonPay developed the know-how behind Mastercard’s NFT-driven expertise, with MoonPay’s Otherlife inventive company supporting as nicely. MoonPay and Mastercard introduced plans final October to collaborate on Web3 initiatives.
“As a UEFA Champions League companion of 30 years, we all know first-hand the unwavering ardour that soccer followers have for the sport, so we’re excited to leverage our Web3 platform, Go to Priceless, to place their ardour and data to the final word check,” mentioned Beatrice Cornacchia, Mastercard’s govt vp of selling and communications in Europe, in a launch.
The Champions League trivia contest shall be open to Mastercard cardholders in a number of nations together with america, United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Brazil. It runs till the June 1 remaining.
Editor’s word: This text was written with the help of AI. Edited and fact-checked by Andrew Hayward.
