By Julian Kiewietz 
1h in the past
There’s a brand new child on the cryptocurrency block and South Africans from all walks of life are being inspired to take part.
The launch of the Hollywood-born, Struggle to Fame idea has been tipped to revolutionise the monetary, sports activities and leisure arenas in addition to open huge doorways for jane/joe public, fight athletes and aspiring film stars.
Struggle to Fame – at present being rolled out throughout the globe – goals to create Hollywood film stars out of real-life fight sports activities ladies and men by way of a actuality present that can quickly kick into gear.
The enterprise mannequin relies on #BMS (Blockchain, Film and Sports activities).
Blockchain (the FF token) will likely be used to manage and buy throughout the mannequin.
For the avid crypto patrons and newcomers, the FF token is the game-changer that could possibly be as influential and greater than the most recent craze on the South Africa crypto market – Bitcoin.
Bitcoin is at present the main cryptocurrency by way of market capitalization and worth and South Africa is on the verge of changing into one of many notable adopters of crypto forex based mostly on it’s progress and rise – buying and selling, mining in addition to making cost utilizing Bitcoin – during the last 5 years within the nation.
“The FF token is revolutionary. I consider sooner or later all conventional enterprise will likely be performed like this. Our combining of the blockchain with motion pictures and sport is a world first. Within the not too distant future all sports activities will likely be based mostly on the blockchain, so too all motion pictures, and extra crypto currencies will underline themselves with conventional and tangible belongings like we do now,” says Struggle to Fame South Africa, Blockchain Government, Gershon Davidse.
The Struggle to Fame actuality present will permit followers and followers to make use of the FF token to vote for his or her favorite contestants.
The present will see chosen fight sport entrants partake in a number of assessments and coaching (nearly like a Large Brother, The Voice, or Idols present) to turn out to be belt-holding Struggle to Fame Champions. These winners will then be given roles in main motion movies creating a brand new technology of Bruce Lees and Jean Claude van Dammes.
These tokens may even empower followers to buy tickets to occasions across the continent, place bets, in addition to give entry to different particular VIP gives.
“Apart from the truth present, which will likely be screened in over 200 international locations, we additionally just lately inked a cope with famous person actor Jamie Foxx to supply certainly one of our motion pictures ‘When We Pray’.
“This can all contribute to the worth of the crypto forex,” elaborates Davidse who confirms that the forex can be utilized to buy these film tickets.
“By no means earlier than has a crypto forex come onto the market with a lot providing linked to conventional companies” says Davidse.
Davidse said that patrons of the FF Token are coming onboard with a digital cushioning.
“What makes our forex completely different to every other cryptocurrency, is that the remainder of the crypto forex world depends on ‘consensus’ for valuation. The truth that our forex is linked to tangibles – conventional companies – means that there’s a steady circulate of capitalisation.
“We intend to enter the market as one of many high 10 crypto currencies by way of market capitalisation, which suggests you’re looking at upwards of US$1 Billion in market capitalisation,” he says.
60 million Struggle to Fame tokens have been reserved for the African leg of the enterprise – of which famend South African skilled boxing star and former IBO welterweight champion, Chris van Heerden is the BMS South Africa occasion committee chairman.
The affect of Covid-19 has been devastating on economies all over the world.
In line with some analysts, it might take as much as 5 years for the South African economic system to recuperate to pre-Covid-19 ranges and the economic system is projected to contract between 7 and 10 % because of the affect of the lockdown.
After talking to a few of Africa’s most influential blended martial artists and fight sport athletes – most of whom have misplaced out financially on this time, a lot of them have have warmed as much as the thought of what Struggle to Fame gives seeing it as a ‘profitable’ and ‘different income stream’, not just for fighters, but additionally for the general public.
“An thrilling alternative now exists for the bizarre man on the road to additionally buy their very own tokens in a Pre-ICO (preliminary coin providing) particular provide from the Struggle to Fame Africa workplace for as little as 1 US greenback (roughly R17.40).
“Conservative estimates point out that we’re a five-fold improve in worth for the token shortly after the ICO,” provides Davidse.
In December final yr, Struggle to Fame BMS efficiently signed a contract with BKEX, one of many high crypto exchanges on the earth. BKEX is designated because the world ‘s first change to launch FF Tokens, and it’s a spotlight within the world crypto forex trade. This has brought on many funding establishments within the world cryptocurrency trade to pay shut consideration to the cooperation between Struggle to Fame BMS and BKEX.
For extra info on learn how to register for the present (fight athletes) and to buy the token go to www.fight2fame.com.
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