Welcome to Day 2 of our 7 Days of Announcements!
Quick recap – yesterday, we announced the successful bridging of our $SWAP token to the Binance chain. Once again, you can buy, sell and trade $SWAP on the Binance Smart Chain at PancakeSwap.
Today, we have even more to share.
Here at TrustSwap, we make it our business to stay informed about the changes in the Crypto markets, Smart Contracts, Blockchains, and more. We’ve definitely got our DeFi together.
But, in addition to the business and financial parts of Crypto, we also pay attention to some of the more fun and light-hearted elements in this space, in this case, eSports and eGaming.
We decided to have some fun, get involved and sponsor an eSports team at The International 10.
What is The International 10 DOTA 2 Championship Tournament?
The International is one of the most popular esports world championship tournaments.
The tournament centers on the game Dota 2, a multiplayer video game made by Valve. The game is a sequel to a community-created modified version of the game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, originally created by Blizzard Entertainment. The competition is wildly popular and draws a lot of attention from a huge global community.
To put this in context, in 2019 (the last time the tournament was held), during the International 9 in Shanghai, the event attracted approximately 1.97 million concurrent viewers during peak times. Apparently, it was the most-watched Dota 2 event ever on the live streaming platform Twitch, with a peak of over 1.1 million viewers during the grand finals.
Group Stage for The International 10 will take place October 7 – 10, followed by an October 12 Main Stage series of showdowns. The biggest event of the series will take place October 17, 2021, when the Aegis will be on the line.
The prize pool for this year’s Dota 2 Championship is over $40 Million US Dollars! A substantial incentive for ANY team to get involved.
We chose T1
Swappable, the NFT interface powered by TrustSwap will be sponsoring the T1 team for the contest this year and we’re very excited about the choice we’ve made.
Our decision to back T1 was a no-brainer. T1 is not just an esports team but a pop culture phenomenon with millions of fans around the world.
T1 packs a blend of lifestyle, creativity, and attitude, fresh from the mixture of Seoul & LA.
Kuku, 23Savage, Whitemon, Karl and Xepher make up the T1 DOTA 2 roster of veteran and top tier players, the best team in South East Asia, positioning this year to prove themselves the best team in the world.
Brace yourself for a tournament of competitive gaming at the highest level!
There’s more…
Dedicated T1 NFTs, minted exclusively for Swappable
As part of the collaboration, T1 will mint exclusive T1 NFTs on the Swappable NFT interface. If you are an esports fan you won’t want to miss a chance to own a tokenized piece from one of the most legendary esports teams on the planet.
Sign up here to get notified when these exciting NFTs are available.
Swappable is the NFT interface powered by TrustSwap. Launched over a month ago with the exclusive and successful sale of an NFT drop by Jani Leinonen, the famous visual artist from Finland.
Stay in the loop for more upcoming Swappable NFTs minted by world-class celebrities and creators by subscribing to Swappable’s Telegram and Discord channels.
Finally, TrustSwap and Swappable will be in Romania!
The International Dota 2 Championships will be held from 07-17th October 2021 and the European branch of the TrustSwap and Swappable teams will be there to root for and cheer on our team T1!
Keep an eye out for the Swappable logo on the players’ t-shirts and if you spot us there, stop by and say Buna ziua [Hello in Romanian], we’d love to hear from you.
Well, that’s it for Day 2 of our 7 Days of Announcements! Pay attention to this space, we’ll be back tomorrow with more exciting news from TrustSwap!