Fan Tokens on the Blockchain: A Research Insight

Fan tokens have established themselves as an innovative digital asset class that forms an interface between cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology and the sports sector. They enable a new form of fan participation and offer exclusive benefits such as co-determination rights in club decisions and access to special rewards and games. These blockchain-based assets, which have already been issued by 81 sports organizations – including prestigious clubs such as FC Barcelona and Manchester City – have found their way into various sports such as combat sports, motorsports, tennis and rugby and offer far more than just speculative value . This blog post describes the concept of fan tokens and how they impact fan engagement.

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Research Area Business Ecosystems: Presentation of the current research project: Conceptualizing the accumulation of value (value capture) through a framework

Within the Competence Center Ecosystems of the Business Engineering Institute St. Gallen we develop solutions for relevant problems from practice. For this purpose, we use scientific methods within the framework of a consortium research project. This paper gives an insight into the current research project in the research area Busi-ness Ecosystems. Here, a framework for conceptualizing the accumulation of value (value capture) is developed.

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