While at this time there is strong talk of an attempt by Inter Miami to count on him, Lionel Messi turns a deaf ear to the rumors and dedicates himself to playing and business. Through his own company, the best soccer player in the world invested $21 million in a startup linked to the video game.
the signature play timea fund owned by the captain of the Argentine National Team champion of the World Cup Qatar 2022was one of the benefactors of the company Matchday, oriented to the games in the Web 3.0.
The startup specializes in soccer video games both on said platform and in mobile applications, and the intention is to attract more players. For that, according to specialized media, he will try to get the license of the already mythical FIFA.
Alexia Putellasrecent winner of FIFA’s The Best award, is the global ambassador of Matchday, which, according to reports, will launch its first Web 3.0 video game in the second quarter of the year: it would be called “Matchday Squad” and would be aimed at occasional gamers, with free digital cards and NFTs to trade.
It is not the first time that Messi has invested in Web 3.0. At the end of 2022 he released his own NFT collection in which he illustrates his story at the World Cups. At the same time, he and Bitget announced an alliance in relation to said platform and cryptocurrencies in the world of soccer.
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