Welcome to the Chiliz Monthly Overview. In this edition, we explore a major month for SportFi as the World Cup gets underway with new performance linked tokenomics for competing nations including champions Argentina (ARG), Portugal (POR), Scotland (SFA) South Africa (SFA) and Belgium (BELG).
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Chiliz by the numbers
CHZ token price: $0.027 (-34.8%)
Trading volume: $86.4M (+119.8%)
Daily transactions: 57.4K (+22.4%)
CHZ staked: 2.34B CHZ (-2.9%)
The metrics are accurate at the time of publication. The percentage change is over a 30-day period.
The biggest update of the month
📰 What we’re watching: Chiliz has launched official Fan Tokens for the Belgium (BELG), Scotland (SFA) and South Africa (SAFA) national soccer teams ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
📰 Why it matters: Chiliz has now launched Fan Tokens for six international soccer teams, counting the Tokens it had launched for Argentina, Portugal and Italy previously, in addition to its roster of 70+ major sports teams.
📰 The bigger picture: Of the six national teams with Fan Tokens, five have qualified for the 2026 World Cup: Argentina, Portugal, South Africa, Scotland and Belgium. During the 2022 World Cup, Argentina and Portugal’s Fan Tokens surged 47% and 45%, respectively in the weeks leading up to the tournament.
Back in April 2026, Chiliz updated Fan Tokens to tie their value more closely with team performance, by announcing they would trial new mint and burn tokenomics.
And now, Burn for Glory, a precursor to the new tokenomics, will be rolled out during the World Cup, with token burns every time a competing team wins a game during the tournament - creating a direct link between match success and onchain supply dynamics.
During the Champions League Final between Paris Saint Germain and Arsenal in late May, volumes for the PSG and AFC Fan Tokens spiked to almost $40M combined, illustrating how major sports events can trigger heightened interest in these assets.
With five Fan Token teams competing in the World Cup, a propensity for increased demand during times of major sporting interest, availability across major exchanges, and new performance linked tokenomics - the next four weeks could be highly significant for SportFi.
Highlighting the Chiliz Ecosystem
Naver Pay now has 1 million wallets that were created on the Chiliz chain
PepperDAO, a community-run organization on Chiliz, launched Parliament, a leadership group within the DAO to schedule governance votes
The PSG and AFC Fan Tokens are now listed on Solana and Base after the project’s omnichain announcement last month
Argentina (ARG), Portugal (POR), South Africa (SAFA) and Scotland (SFA) have also been listed on Solana
Max Rabinovitch, chief strategy officer at Chiliz, spoke about why the network chose Solana
Kayen Finance launched a SportFi DEX specialising in Fan Tokens, with liquid staking and lending capabilities expected soon
Squad Me Up launched a fantasy soccer dApp
Join in
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Check out Fantokens.com for the latest market data and news relating to 70+ Fan Tokens
Catch you next month.
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