Esports Giant TSM Suspends $210M FTX Naming Rights Deal

Nrov esports club Team SoloMid (TSM) tshaj tawm hnub no tias nws tau ncua nws 10-xyoo, $ 210-million kev txhawb nqa nrog FTX tom qab kev sib pauv cryptocurrency tawg lub lim tiam dhau los nyob rau hauv lub liquidity crunch.

TSM, ranked by Forbes raws li cov lub koom haum pab neeg muaj nuj nqis tshaj plaws hauv esports, tau kos npe rau lub xyoo caum-ntev naming txoj cai pact nrog FTX thaum Lub Rau Hli 2021. Hnub Friday, pab pawg tweeted tias nws yog "kev sab laj kev sab laj kev cai lij choj" los txiav txim cov kauj ruam tom ntej tom qab FTX cov ntaub ntawv poob nyiaj.

"Tom qab saib xyuas qhov xwm txheej hloov zuj zus thiab sib tham sab hauv, peb tau ncua kev koom tes nrog FTX tam sim ntawd," pab pawg tweeted nyob rau hauv ib nqe lus hnub no.

Pab pawg tau hais tias nws yuav tshem tag nrho FTX lub logo los ntawm lub tsho, pab pawg tsim khoom, thiab kev tshaj xov xwm-txawm hais tias nws tseem yog ib feem ntawm pab pawg Twitter lub npe vim tsis ntev los no hloov pauv rau Twitter cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj. Pab Pawg SoloMid tau ploj mus los ntawm lub npe TSM FTX txij li inking qhov deal.

Qhov $ 210 lab kev txhawb nqa yog qhov muaj txiaj ntsig tshaj tawm tshaj tawm uas FTX tau kos npe rau nruab nrab ib tug flurry ntawm kev ua si sponsorships hauv 2021 thiab thaum ntxov 2022, suav nrog kev sib cog lus nrog Major League Baseball, lub NBA's Miami Kub thiab Golden State Warriors, Thiab F1 team Mercedes-AMG Petronas.

FTX kuj tau kos npe ob peb lwm esports deals, suav nrog xya qhov kev txhawb nqa ntawm Riot Games' League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), txawm hais tias cov ntsiab lus tsis tau tshaj tawm. Lwm qhov kev txhawb nqa FTX esports suav nrog kev pom zoo nrog pab pawg Brazilian Furia thiab lub koom haum Comcast-backed kev sib tw, Nerd Street Gamers.

Txawm hais tias qhov loj ntawm TSM deal, uas tseem yog qhov loj tshaj plaws paub esports kev txhawb nqa los ntawm lub koom haum crypto, pab pawg tau hais tias nws yuav zoo yam tsis muaj kev sib pauv kev txhawb nqa.

“TSM yog lub koom haum muaj zog, muaj txiaj ntsig, thiab ruaj khov. Peb kwv yees cov nyiaj tau los rau xyoo no, xyoo tom ntej, thiab dhau mus, ”team tweeted hnub no. "Qhov xwm txheej tam sim no nrog FTX tsis cuam tshuam rau ib feem ntawm TSM txoj kev npaj ua haujlwm, uas tau teeb tsa ua ntej xyoo no."

Mercedes-AMG Petronas zoo ib yam ncua nws FTX deal Hnub Friday thiab tshem tawm lub logo ntawm nws lub tsheb F1. Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, Miami Heat tau hais tias nws yuav tshem tawm qhov kev pauv lub npe los ntawm nws qhov chaw FTX Arena.

FTX yog ib qho ntawm qhov zoo tshaj plaws-paub cryptocurrency pauv nrog lub hnub qub nce siab pab los ntawm nws ntau yam kev ua kis las kev txhawb nqa thiab kev pom zoo ncaws pob. Txawm li cas los xij, lub lim tiam dhau los, kev sib pauv tau hais tias nws tau ntsib teeb meem nyiaj txiag thiab tsis tuaj yeem ua tau raws li nws cov neeg siv khoom lub luag haujlwm. Rival pauv Binance xav tias yuav FTX kom bail nws tawm, tab sis thaum kawg rub tawm vim yog FTX qhov teeb meem.

Hnub Friday, tus tsim Sam Bankman-Fried tshaj tawm tias FTX thiab nws cov tuam txhab muaj feem cuam tshuam tau foob rau Tshooj 11 kev tiv thaiv kev lag luam, thiab hais tias nws tau nqis los ua CEO. Nws twb tau hais tias nws yog tseem tab tom nrhiav nrhiav nyiaj sim thiab cawm FTX thiab xa rov qab ntau txhiab daus las 'tus nqi ntawm cov cuab tam rau cov neeg siv khoom.