THELOGICALINDIAN - A CounterStrike Global Offensive CSGO clash organized by Play2Live is set to booty abode after this ages and will accolade the acceptable aggregation with cryptocurrency as against to banknote prizes
The clash will be captivated in Minsk, Belarus, on February 25th, area eight teams will action it out to see who has the sharpest reflexes and tightest aggregation strategy. Winners are set to accept a $100,000 accolade for aboriginal abode in the anatomy of cryptocurrency.
The award-winning money, however, will not appear in the anatomy of Bitcoin or Ethereum. Rather, winners will accept Play2Live’s own cryptocurrency, Level Up Coin (LUC).
At the time of this writing, Level Up Coin is not listed on CoinMarketCap.com as the accessible pre-sale for the LUC badge ends on February 5th. The badge auction accident will run from February 12th until March 5th.
Play2Live itself aims to become a “full-blown ecosystem for eSports” by absorption on agreeable bearing and the “practical needs of streamers.” It additionally aims to accommodate a way for anybody complex in the eSports association to get paid, from clash organizers to the admirers themselves, via blockchain technology.
Alexey Burdyko, CEO and architect at Play2Live, believes the tournament, which will be advertisement by Play2Live in seven languages, is a milestone appear the acknowledged alliance of aggressive gaming and blockchain technology, stating:
Viewers will be able to tune in to the accessible clash advertisement and abode bets with LUC tokens on their aggregation of choice, including wagers on which aggregation achieves the aboriginal annihilate or pulls off the aboriginal headshot.
If successful, we may see added and added eSports tournaments accolade cryptocurrency instead of cash—as able-bodied as added affiliation amid aggressive gaming, alive streaming, and blockchain technology.
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