{"id":6899,"date":"2022-02-04T11:42:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T11:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=6899"},"modified":"2022-02-04T11:42:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T11:42:40","slug":"cloud9-partners-with-cryptocurrency-company-blockchain-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/egrowonline.com\/?p=6899","title":{"rendered":"Cloud9 partners with cryptocurrency company Blockchain.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p>            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.8.0--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">North American esports organisation <\/span><b>Cloud9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has announced a partnership with cryptocurrency financial services company <\/span><b>Blockchain.com<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino\">As part of the multi-year deal, Blockchain.com will gain logo placement on all league-sanctioned team jerseys and across Cloud9\u2019s digital channels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_78553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78553\" style=\"width: 714px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-78553\" src=\"https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2022\/02\/cloud9-blockchain.com-crypto-2022-61fd02110fa2a-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"Cloud9 x Blockchain.com\" width=\"714\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2022\/02\/cloud9-blockchain.com-crypto-2022-61fd02110fa2a-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2022\/02\/cloud9-blockchain.com-crypto-2022-61fd02110fa2a-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2022\/02\/cloud9-blockchain.com-crypto-2022-61fd02110fa2a-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2022\/02\/cloud9-blockchain.com-crypto-2022-61fd02110fa2a-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2022\/02\/cloud9-blockchain.com-crypto-2022-61fd02110fa2a-696x392.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2022\/02\/cloud9-blockchain.com-crypto-2022-61fd02110fa2a-1068x601.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2022\/02\/cloud9-blockchain.com-crypto-2022-61fd02110fa2a-747x420.jpeg 747w, https:\/\/resources.esportsinsider.com\/esportsinsider\/2022\/02\/cloud9-blockchain.com-crypto-2022-61fd02110fa2a.jpeg 1920w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-78553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: Cloud9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino\"><b>RELATED: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esportsinsider.com\/2021\/11\/serena-williams-cloud9\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloud9 partners with Serena Williams<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino\">According to the release, the two entities aim to create a dialogue around financial literacy and cryptocurrency within the esports community. Both entities are expected to accomplish this through social media activations and content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino\"><b>Jack Etienne, Co-Founder and CEO of Cloud9,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> commented: \u201cBlockchain.com is the perfect partner for the Cloud9 team. Our team takes great pride in working closely with the most noteworthy leaders across industries and the time was ripe to broaden our network to the cryptocurrency world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino\">\u201cBlockchain.com\u2019s support will ensure consumers have greater access to, and understanding of, the future of finance through cryptocurrency.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino\">Cloud9 boasts a roster of partners that includes the likes of Microsoft, HyperX and BMW, among others. Last year, the organisation teamed up with IMPS \u2013 the license holder for the Smurfs franchise \u2013 to create <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esportsinsider.com\/2021\/11\/cloud-9-smurfs\/\" rel=\"noopener\">an apparel collection influenced by the term \u2018smurfing\u2019<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino\"><b>RELATED: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esportsinsider.com\/2022\/01\/demystifying-cryptocurrency-esports-part-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Demystifying cryptocurrency in esports: existing opportunities<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino\">Blockchain.com was an early adopter within the bitcoin community, emerging in the sector in 2011. Since then it has gained the support of investors such as Baillie Gifford, VY Capital and others.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino\"> The company has been named Cloud9\u2019s official cryptocurrency exchange and wallet partner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino\"><b>Esports Insider says: Cloud9\u2019s deal with Blockchain.com sees the organisation become the latest name to enter the cryptocurrency world. The partnership with Blockchain.com is set to provide financial support, as well as educate Cloud9\u2019s teams and fans about cryptocurrencies.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"maxbutton-18 maxbutton maxbutton-esi-dispatch-newsletter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esportsinsider.com\/email-newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"mb-text\">Sign up to our ESI Dispatch Newsletter<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)<br \/>\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?<br \/>\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};<br \/>\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=&#8217;2.0&#8242;;<br \/>\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;<br \/>\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];<br \/>\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,&#8217;script&#8217;,<br \/>\n&#8216;https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js&#8217;);<br \/>\n fbq(&#8216;init&#8217;, &#8216;376888262718538&#8217;);<br \/>\nfbq(&#8216;track&#8217;, &#8216;PageView&#8217;);<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2022\/02\/cloud9-cryptocurrency-blockchain\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North American esports organisation Cloud9 has announced a partnership with cryptocurrency financial services company Blockchain.com. 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