FANZONE AND DFB ANNOUNCE LICENSING PARTNERSHIP FOR DIGITAL TRADING CARDS

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- German Football Association DFB partners with the new startup FANZONE Media to find new ways in digital fan engagement. FANZONE is going to produce and distribute Blockchain-based digital trading cards of Germany’s national team players.

- At fanzone.io, fans can collect, trade and play with those digital trading cards. Blockchain technology allows fans to truly own the digital cards in their accounts.

- The FANZONE platform will go live prior to this years’ European Championship

Berlin, Germany (March 2nd, 2021) — FANZONE Media enters into a licensing partnership with German Football Association (DFB) to bring blockchain-based digital trading cards with Germany’s best football players to a global fan base. The new FANZONE platform will launch in the second quarter, ahead of this year’s European Championship on the web as well as a mobile version in the Apple and Google app stores. The DFB-package includes the Men’s National Team “DIE Mannschaft”, the Women’s National Team and the Under-21 National Team as well as Germany’s 3. Liga and PAULE, the official mascot of the association.

“We are delighted to have the DFB with Germany’s National Teams and the 3. Liga as our launch partner to kick-off our new fan engagement platform. We have founded FANZONE Media in the middle of the Corona pandemic because we are convinced that new ways of digital interaction between fans and their favourite teams and athletes is more relevant than ever and has high growth potential”, said Dirk Weyel, Co-Founder and CEO of FANZONE Media.

Dr. Holger Blask, Managing Director Marketing & Sales of DFB GmbH, says: „Football trading cards have been inspiring sports fans worldwide for decades. By partnering with FANZONE Media we will bring this passion to a new digital level. We are offering fans limited digital assets secured on the blockchain, that lead to innovative collectible and gaming experiences with Germany’s National Teams and their tournaments.”

Users will be able to collect and trade the digital cards of the DFB national players and use them in fantasy sports challenges. Blockchain technology enables the creation of limited digital objects, so-called non-fungible tokens (NFTs). These NFTs guarantee authenticity, rarity, ownership of the digital objects and their security. The advantage of these new digital assets is that digital goods are available on the blockchain for life and exist independently of apps and app stores. Fans therefore actually own their collections of rare trading cards and can benefit from possible increases in value.

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About FANZONE >>

FANZONE Media GmbH develops and operates a novel fan experience platform that combines digital trading cards and fantasy sports gameplay on the blockchain. On fanzone.io, users can buy, collect, trade and use the digital trading cards of their favourite sports stars in different game variants.

The founders Dirk Weyel, Claudio Weck and Björn Hesse have many years of experience in the fields of Games, Sports Marketing and Blockchain technology. www.fanzone.media

For FANZONE media enquiries, please contact Björn Hesse bjoern@fanzone.media / +49–162–4046257

Fans can follow FANZONE on social media on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter @fanzone_io as well as LinkedIn and Discord.

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