By George Ward
The world’s top football player — Lionel Messi, teamed up with Bitget to enter the crypto-verse. Bitget is the first to announce as it entered a partnership with the iconic footballer and record-breaking seven times winner of the Ballon d’Or award.
The leading global crypto exchange — Bitget, announced to start engagement with Messi in public view. Additionally, the collaboration integrates the world of sports and crypto into one and promises a win-win partnership.
Through the partnership, it will be the first time Leo Messi has explored the crypto space publicly.
Messi, whose birth name is Lionel Andrés Messi, is one of the most recognized and celebrated football stars of all time and is an awardee of six European Golden Shoes. By November this year, Messi will join the Argentinian national team as the captain for Messi’s 5th World cup, which Qatar will be hosting.
The top exchange company — Bitget, was founded in 2018 and provided several innovative products and social trading services as its critical solutions.
Bitget’s leading social trading product, One—Click Copy Trade, has gained more than 55,000 professional traders globally and has 1.1 million followers.
This shows that Bitget is aiming for long-term achievements in social crypto trading.
Messi And Bitget’s Partnership
Messi fans are bound to gain a ton from this partnership. First, Bitget will give Messi’s fans a unique opportunity to dive into Web3.
There is also an opportunity to trade crypto on the exchange. The partnership might extend out of the crypto and football space as the two parties want to commit more impactful efforts.
The managing director of Bitget — Gracy Chem says, “We always want to show the diversity and business of Bitget’s platform community in every partnership.”
She continued, “we plan to open Web3 to sports fans, and they will open up to crypto trades. We also plan to pool our resources to help beginners in the space. I don’t think I can imagine it any different.”
Bitget has a record for partnering with top teams and businesses who deliver with the highest standards in their respective industries.
They have partnered with the likes of Italy’s most established football club — Juventus, purveyors of premium international e-sports tournaments and events, PGL, and esports titan Team Spirit.
Bitget aims to keep providing the blockchain ecosystem with a network of world-class partners.
Regarding the partnership with Bitget, Lionel Messi says: “I am grateful to Bitget for their encouragement in me participating in the crypto world. I believe that Bitget and I can create meaningful initiatives.”
“At the same time, I hope we can open sports fans up to Web3,” he concluded.