Today, thanks to a sensational second-half comeback, the national soccer team of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia unexpectedly won its inaugural game with Argentina. Here's how some crypto users could benefit from it.
Argentina's fan cryptocurrency drops by 36% in no time
Today, Nov. 22, 2022, the first big shock took place at the much-criticized Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup as Argentina lost 2:1 to Saudi Arabia.
FULL-TIME IN LUSAIL
— Saudi National Team (@SaudiNT_EN) November 22, 2022
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 2-1 Argentina 🇦🇷#KSAARG pic.twitter.com/q5n3nI9eBu
This mundial is the first one met by leading teams with their "brand" cryptocurrencies launched. For instance, Argentina has had its ARG token active on Socios app since May 2021.
A disappointing defeat at the hands - or rather, feet - of Saudi Arabia decimated fan token ARG: its price dropped from $7.56 to $4.80 in less than two hours on major spot trading platforms.
Someone immediately launched Saudi Arabia-themed assets on BNB Chain; however, that has nothing to do with the local soccer association and should not be considered an official fan token.
New option for betting enthusiasts?
ARG token is offered by Socios app on Chiliz (CHZ) blockchain. Besides Chiliz itself, it is available on nine centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, including heavyweights OKX and Gate.io.
As such, the users of these exchanges can benefit from trading fan tokens during the FIFA World Cup 2022. It looks like crypto users have already started experimenting with this instrument.
The trading volume on ARG token spiked to an all-time high today: in 24 hours, it added over 100%.
Alex Dovbnya
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