Demystifying cryptocurrency in esports: the background | Part 1

‘Demystifying cryptocurrency in esports’ is a new five-part series created in collaboration with Bitcashier, a corporate-focused cryptocurrency trading platform, to unravel the nascent relationship between cryptocurrency and esports.

Part 1 sets up the background behind the increasingly fruitful marriage between the two sectors.

(ESI Illustration) Image credit: BitcashierHard-fought, dynamic, and veritably unstoppable: the dual digital empires of cryptocurrency and esports have both enjoyed powerful ascents into the mainstream in recent years.

Success stories of the digital age, both have clawed through doubt and disbelief to stake claims as permanent fixtures of the internet era.

Cryptocurrenci…