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Football is about to have a crypto problem

By Jon Russell in BFO #350, 17 Aug, 21

Paris Saint Germain (PSG), Manchester City, and Arsenal are among the football clubs to dabble in the heady world of cryptocurrency. 

Forget crypto tokens like Bitcoin, Ethereum or even Doge, the trio are among the clubs to get into fan tokens. And they’re in vogue for this new playing season. PSG paid an undisclosed amount of its fan token to Lionel Messi as part of the superstar’s recent move to the club, while Arsenal’s fan token sold out in hours last week.