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A high-profile player is joining the SBI Holdings gaming arm, signing a contract to receive his salary in the leading XRP cryptocurrency.
Kengo “Ken” Suzuki, a professional player of the crossover action combat game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, or SSBU, has signed a contract with SBI e-Sports, the gaming division of Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings. Ken is also considered to be the best Sonic player in the world.
According to an official announcement released by SBI on October 15, Ken will now be part of the new SSBU division of SBI e-Sports. The player will receive their annual salary in XRP instead of Japanese yen “based on player wishes and sponsorship” with SBI VC Trade, SBI’s venture capital division focused on cryptography.
On an October 15th tweet, Ken confirmed that he now belongs to the SSBU division of SBI e-Sports.
SBI e-Sports is a new professional esports subsidiary of SBI launched in June 2020. At the end of September, the company officially announced that SBI e-Sports will pay its players in XRP as part of a sponsorship deal with SBI VC Trade .
On October 9, SBI also announced that the company will launch a security token offering based on the shares of SBI e-Sports.
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