5 Crypto Trading Platforms and 1 DAO are Set to Air Ads During Super Bowl
The upcoming Super Bowl in the USA, the annual playoff championship game of the National Football League (NFL), will be inundated with crypto ads as at least five crypto trading platforms and one decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) have paid up to USD 7m each to reserve a 30-second ad slot.
Bahamas-based crypto spot and derivatives exchange FTX, which inked a number of sports partnerships last year, aims to air an ad during the playoff and also give away millions of dollars in bitcoin (BTC) to four lucky viewers.
“We want to make sure that we’re painting, hopefully, a healthy image of ourselves and the industry,” said Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX. “We’re optimistic that we’re going to be able to grow our U.S. business — a lot of that is working with U.S. regulators on bringing new products to market.”
CEO Bankman-Fried seems to believe that ads and partnerships can benefit the exchange both by bringing in more customers and also cultivating regulators' passion for the industry.
Over the course of 2021, FTX secured the naming rights for the Miami Heat arena in a USD 210m deal, and it named US-based model and businesswoman Gisele Bündchen, American football star Tom Brady, and future NBA hall-of-famer Steph Curry as "brand ambassadors."
Singapore-based exchange Crypto.com is another crypto trading platform slated to air an ad during the Super Bowl. Similar to its peer, Crypto.com has also spent a ton of money on sponsorships and deals. The exchange purchased the naming rights to the home arena of the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers, and inked partnerships with Formula 1 and UFC in 2021.
Canadian-operated cryptocurrency exchange Bitbuy has also created its own Super Bowl ad, which stars American professional basketball
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