Coinbase Goes Full Gamified Finance—Sponsors ’League of Legends’ and ’Valorant’ Esports Leagues
Wall Street’s favorite crypto exchange just leveled up its marketing playbook—by buying front-row seats to Gen Z’s digital coliseums. Coinbase inks deals with Riot Games’ esports giants, putting crypto ads where hedge funds fear to tread.
Why it matters: 560 million monthly esports viewers now get blockchain propaganda between headshots. TradFi brokers still think ’Twitch’ is a muscle spasm.
The cynical take: Nothing solves crypto’s adoption problem like slapping logos on arenas where teenagers yell ’GG’ after losing their lunch money to microtransactions.