Fanzone.io launches new digital trading cards in cooperation with the German Basketball Association

• The Multisport NFT platform FANZONE cooperates with the German Basketball Association (DBB).
• Next to digital trading and autograph cards of NBA stars Daniel Theis, Dennis Schröder and the brothers Franz and Moritz Wagner, fans can look forward to great prices, like signed basketballs or even a Meet&Greet.
• The launch of the Euro Collection is scheduled for August 31 2022.
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Berlin, August 22 2022 — For the start of the Basketball European Championship EuroBasket 2022 on September 1 2022, FANZONE and the German Basketball Association have started their cooperation. Together, they will launch new, digital trading cards, so-called “Non-fungible-Tokens” (NFTs) on the multisport NFT platform. In comparison to images from the internet that are copiable, fans each get their unique asset. The unique trading cards each have a serial number will be minted on the Polygon blockchain and will be available on Fanzone.io and their mobile apps on August 31.

With the exclusive “EURO Pack”, fans can collect digital trading and autograph cards from the likes of Daniel Theis, Dennis Schröder, the brothers Franz and Moritz Wagner and all other players from the German National Team. The verified single copies also contain thrilling perks that will get the fans excited: For everyone that completed the whole “RARE” Collection will have the chance to win one of five used and signed basketballs from the team, via the Collect-2-Earn-method. For a complete “EPIC” Collection, fans can look forward to a special card and one of five signed home jerseys.

Additionally, FANZONE offers DBB challenges, where users can use their cards: Everybody selects their Starting 5 NFTs for every game and can be rewarded with additional NFT packs, signed basketballs, jerseys and even a special fan experience: the invitation to a training session from the DBB with a Meet&Greet.

“Big tournaments always arouse a passion for collecting with sports fans. That is why we are very happy to present our NFTs from the National Basketball Team, in time for the European Championship in our home country”, says DBB President Ingo Weiss. “This is just the beginning. Together with FANZONE, we will be launching digital trading cards of the Womens Team and the 3x3 team as well.”

“We are delighted, to, next to the DFB, have signed yet another big national sport association with the German Basketball Association at FANZONE. Basketball is a focus topic, next to football and with the European Championship in our home country, we have found the perfect timing, to give the basketball fans an exclusive Special Collection with limited, digital trading cards, combined with awesome fan experiences”, adds Dirk Weyel, Co-Founder & CEO of FANZONE.

The NFTs from FANZONE are minted on the Polygon Blockchain, an Etherum Sidechain, which is considered to be a “Green Blockchain”. The Polygon Blockchain uses 99.9% less energy, compared to ETH 2.0 thanks to “Proof-of-Stake”. Compared to “Proof of Work”, Polygon uses the Proof of Stake validation, which has a much lower energy consumption.

The exclusive DBB “EURO Pack” will be available on FANZONE for 9,99€. All the information about the cooperation and recent news are available on the website https://www.fanzone.io/dbb/.

What are NFTs?

With blockchain technology, limited digital objects can be created that can not be copied or shared. These „Non-fungible-Token“ (NFTs) guarantee authenticity, scarcity and rarity of these objects — a digital unique copy. Another advantage is that all goods are available on the blockchain forever and exist independently from apps or stores. Fans are the true owners of their collections of rare digital trading cards and can benefit from their potential increase in value.

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ABOUT FANZONE

FANZONE Media is a startup from Berlin, Germany, which develops and operates a next-level fan experience platform, on which limited digital trading cards are secured as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the blockchain. On the FANZONE platform and the FANZONE iOS and Android apps, users can buy, collect, and trade these digital trading cards, they also will be able to use digital trading cards of their favorite sports stars in different fantasy game challenges in the future.

The founders Dirk Weyel, Claudio Weck and Björn Hesse bring decades of experience in the fields of games, sports marketing and blockchain technology.

You can follow FANZONE on Social Media via Telegram and Discord, as well as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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About DBB

The German Basketball Association (DBB) covers the 16 regional associations with around 2.200 organized clubs/departments and more than 217.000 active players. It is responsible for all matters of professional and amateur sport. It also coordinates the national teams, their support and planning. Another part of their responsibilty are the rules, games of the national team and other, big international events, technilcal surveillance, development, etc.

The German Basketball Federation (DBB) consists of an honorary presidium with a president and four vice-presidents. About 35 people are employed full-time by the DBB. The General Secretary and the Managing Director are at the head of the office in Hagen. There are three divisions (competitive sport, youth, administration) with the respective division heads and other staff. In addition, the DBB has three limited liability companies as wholly-owned subsidiaries, the BWA (marketing agency), the Event-GmbH and the BAK (Basketball Academy). The DBB participates in international play with its nine national teams in 5-on-5 and with numerous other national teams in the new Olympic discipline 3×3 and has been a reliable partner of the basketball world association FIBA for decades. There, it occupies important positions in various committees.

More than 50 percent of the members are younger than 19, the highest rise can be found in the “Mini” department (<13 years). The DBB, together with the regional associations and the Bundesligen, spends a lot of resources in schools and kindergartens to ignite the kids’ passion for Basketball. They have registered a very high interest and have made big progress in practice contents, which is fitted for the specific age group. The DBB is one of the few associations, representing a team sport that has seen an increase in membership numbers in difficult demographic and societal times.

Together with partners of the DBB like title sponsor ING, supplier PEAK, premium partner tipwin, health partner, vividia BKK, media partner Magenta Sport and mobility partner Mitsubishi, they are tirelessly working on a golden future of german Basketball.