Esports.com, ICO targeting the billion dollar esports industry, has successfully completed one of the most anticipated ICOs in the gaming industry. The platform sold 24 million ERT tokens and ended its sales on the 28th of December. The unprecedented demand for tokens resulted in the company reaching its target cap ahead of schedule, accumulating sufficient funds for the financing of its decentralized esports platform. Esports.com has now turned its attention towards the development, launching, and the unveiling of its esports university – the first of its kind.
Esports is a billion dollar industry projected to be worth $1.5 billion come 2020. This revenue is being generated by just 5% of the 2.2 billion global gaming population. Esports.com plans to be the premier destination for these population, creating a platform where they can seamlessly satisfy their gaming needs and requirements. The platform’s disruptive plans for gaming education, entertainment, and service delivery is certain to cause a paradigm shift in the gaming industry through the creation of real world values for gamers.
“This allows us to realize our dream and motivates us to work hard for the implementation of our ambitious plan to make esports.com the biggest e-gaming community worldwide!” Benjamin Főckersperger remarked on the success of the ICO and what is next.
Developed by gamers for gamers, Esports.com will enable gamers monetize their skills and abilities through gaming and creation of educational contents and will allow users train for professional tournaments through its physical university. It is no wonder that the crowdsale was wholesomely embraced by the gaming community.
“The success of the ERT ICO is not a big surprise for us. It is one of few tokens, which are based on actual value and combined with the exclusive esports.com platform paying option a long term investment not only for gamers.” Michael Broda, CEO of Esports.com stated.
Esport is set to become the world’s biggest gaming portal enabling users and gaming fans to create, share, and enjoy content together whilst they contribute to event. Its ERT token will be tradeable on Coinexchange.io, followed by a planned launch on HitBTC in the first of this year.