{"id":47576,"date":"2021-08-12T13:42:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T10:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=47576"},"modified":"2025-09-01T22:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T19:02:50","slug":"psg-pays-messi-part-of-signing-bonus-in-fan-tokens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/psg-pays-messi-part-of-signing-bonus-in-fan-tokens\/","title":{"rendered":"PSG Pays Messi Part of Signing Bonus in Fan Tokens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi became the first footballer in history to receive Paris Saint-Germain fan tokens as part of his signing bonus.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udc01\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc0a\ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc06: Lionel Messi becomes first player in the world to receive Fan Tokens as part of signing package with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PSG_inside?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PSG_inside<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24PSG&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$PSG<\/a> \u26a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24CHZ&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$CHZ<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Fzm6HGTFG\">https:\/\/t.co\/4Fzm6HGTFG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Socios.com (@socios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/socios\/status\/1425739733469212677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On August 5, Barcelona <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcbarcelona.es\/es\/futbol\/primer-equipo\/noticias\/2207655\/leo-messi-no-seguira-ligado-al-fc-barcelona\">announced<\/a> that Messi would not sign a new contract with the club. Following this, rumours began to spread about a move to PSG. Subsequently, Barcelona president Joan Laporta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuttomercatoweb.com\/i-fatti-del-giorno\/messi-sempre-piu-verso-il-psg-laporta-conferma-mentre-leo-oggi-parlera-in-conferenza-1568433\">confirmed<\/a> this information.<\/p>\n<p>PSG officially unveiled Messi on August 10. The footballer signed a two-year contract with an option to extend for one year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">A new \ud83d\udc8e in Paris !<\/p>\n<p>PSGxMESSI \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2JpYSRtpCy\">pic.twitter.com\/2JpYSRtpCy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PSG_inside\/status\/1425189199213473798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the club&#8217;s statement, Messi&#8217;s &#8216;welcome package&#8217; includes $PSG Fan Tokens (PSG), issued on the Socios.com blockchain platform. PSG did not disclose what percentage of the bonus was paid in digital assets, but noted that the footballer received them &#8216;in large quantities&#8217;. The amount of the reward was also not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>As rumours about Messi&#8217;s contract signing circulated, the PSG token began to rise. Over the past week its price rose more than 80%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/ru\/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%82%D1%8B\/paris-saint-germain-fan-token\">CoinGecko<\/a>. On August 10, the asset&#8217;s quotes briefly rose above $60.<\/p>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?15\" data-telegram-post=\"forklog\/20789\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As of writing, the token was trading near the $41.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PSGUSDT_2021-08-12_13-09-58-1024x481.png\" alt=\"\u041f\u0421\u0416 \u0432\u044b\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0438\u043b \u041c\u0435\u0441\u0441\u0438 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0435\u0442\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0431\u043e\u043d\u0443\u0441\u0430 \u0432 \u0444\u0430\u043d\u0430\u0442\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0442\u043e\u043a\u0435\u043d\u0430\u0445\" class=\"wp-image-145614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PSGUSDT_2021-08-12_13-09-58-1024x481.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PSGUSDT_2021-08-12_13-09-58-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PSGUSDT_2021-08-12_13-09-58-768x361.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PSGUSDT_2021-08-12_13-09-58-1536x721.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PSGUSDT_2021-08-12_13-09-58.png 1834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Hourly chart of PSG\/USDT on the Binance exchange. Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/symbols\/PSGUSDT\/?exchange=BINANCE\">TradingView<\/a>.<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, Messi announced the release of his own NFT collection The Messiverse, with Bosslogic as the artist. On August 20, the tokens will appear on the Ethernity Chain platform.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Feliz de presentarles mi primera colecci\u00f3n oficial de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFTs?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFTs<\/a> disponibles en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ethernity?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ethernity<\/a>. \u26bd\ufe0f Segu\u00ed a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EthernityChain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EthernityChain<\/a> y prereg\u00edstrate en <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rWaa0Dd99N\">https:\/\/t.co\/rWaa0Dd99N<\/a> para participar en el <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Messiverse?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Messiverse<\/a>. Arte x <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bosslogic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Bosslogic<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wBGr4iYMP7\">pic.twitter.com\/wBGr4iYMP7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leo Messi (@Ieomessiok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ieomessiok\/status\/1422938489541341184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier in July, the launch of fan tokens on Socios.com was announced by <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/inter-and-arsenal-to-issue-fan-tokens\">football clubs Inter and Arsenal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi became the first footballer in history to receive Paris Saint-Germain fan tokens as part of his signing bonus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[828,596],"class_list":["post-47576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-sports","tag-tokens"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"35","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47578,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47576\/revisions\/47578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}