Chiliz (CHZ) Scores 25% Weekly Gains as FIFA World Cup Nears Kick-Off

The Eve of FIFA World Cup ‘22 enkindled enormous gains for the popular football token.

Chiliz (CHZ) Scores 25% Weekly Gains As FIFA World Cup Nears Kick-Off

Football fans all over the world are crossing out days in their calendars for the biggest sporting event of the year – the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Chiliz (CHZ), the soccer-focused cryptocurrency, had demonstrated a strong bullish performance this week, climbing back above the crucial resistance line with significantly increased trading activity.

Hattrick of Prosperous Football Fan Tokens

What’s more, several national football teams participating in the highly-anticipated event have their own football fan tokens, for instance:

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  • Spain National Football Team Fan Token (SNFT)  – 12.3% weekly gains
  • Portugal National Team Fan Token (POR) – 29.4% weekly gains
  • Argentine Football Association Fan Token (ARG) – 34.1% weekly gains

All of the above are supported by Socios, the football fan token platform that’s powered by Chiliz (CHZ). However, there are 32 nations going all out for the title in Doha this year, so the potential of the national teams’ football tokens highly depends on performance on the field as well as loyal fan support.

Chiliz (CHZ) Recovers from Terra (LUNA) Provoked Injury

At press time, the #44 crypto by total market capitalization, the sports altcoin Chiliz (CHZ), trades at $0.255582, according to CoinGecko, which indicates a 6.6% daily uptrend and a juicy 25% in the green since last week.

Besides, the total market capitalization now stands at $1.33bn, a monthly high for the football fan crypto. In comparison, Chiliz (CHZ) market cap was still below $1bn on October 24, 2022, before bouncing back to the levels the altcoin had already maintained in April, prior to the infamous Terra (LUNA) fiasco.

On the Flipside

  • Rival football-focused cryptocurrency Algorand (ALGO), the official blockchain of FIFA World Cup 2022, is also enjoying similar growth.
  • Algorand (ALGO) gained 25.4% in the last 7 days with, an 8.8% daily increase, and is now priced at $0.411934.

Why You Should Care

The FIFA World Cup ’22 is set to begin in two weeks, hence football-related tokens are getting more attention as football fans from around the globe flock to Doha, Qatar to support their national squads.

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