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Chess is one of the four major chess sports, and it has been loved by more and more people after the American drama "The Queen's Chess Game" was broadcast. The Meltwater Chess Champions Championship announced the latest event yesterday (17th), including current world champion Magnus Carlsen and chess grandmaster Fabiano Caruana. The most noteworthy thing for the community is that within the total bonus of 320,000 US dollars, there is 100,000 US dollars worth of bitcoins. What's going on?
Chess Tournament and Bitcoin (BTC), the reason for this particular combination is that FTX Exchange and Play Magnus Group, a listed chess company, have entered into a partnership agreement and have partnered to launch an add-on to the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour: FTX Crypto Cup (FTX Crypto Cup).
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according toevent siteThe content, the FTX Encryption Cup will be held from May 23 to May 31. In addition to the $220,000 prize money of the tour itself, FTX also added an additional "$100,000 in Bitcoin." And this game will be the last professional game on the tour, including the current world champion Magnus Carlsen and chess grandmaster Fabiano Caruana will participate.
It is worth noting that Carlson is also the founder of Play Magnus Group. For the current world champion, he is quite excited to cooperate with FTX exchange.
He said: I am a sports fan and NBA fan, and I am very happy that FTX and Champions Chess Tour have cooperated to continue to deepen their cultivation in sports events.
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FTX continues to expand sports territory
The FTX exchange, which has just entered its second anniversary, has been continuously expanding its influence in the sports circle this year. At the beginning of last month, FTX and the NBA Miami Heat reached a cooperation and became an official partner. The Heat's main stadium will be officially renamed as FTX Arena next season.
On the other hand, Blockfolio, a subsidiary of FTX, has signed Trevor Lawrence, a rookie of the American Football League (NFL), as the brand ambassador of Blockfolio.
In this regard, the FTX spokesperson told DongZone that the cooperation with the best players in different events is to attract more traditional investors to trade on the FTX platform.
FTX founder and CEO SBF said in an interview with foreign media "The Block": We are very happy to cooperate with more outstanding players in the field to expand our user base.
