Chiliz has unveiled a sports-focused RWA DeFi model designed to tokenize the future revenue streams of football clubs on its own blockchain. The model is being implemented through a collaboration with Decentral Protocol, a DeFi platform anchored on football media rights. Decentral Protocol tokenizes clubs’ future revenue rights, including broadcast rights, to enable immediate liquidity.
Global sports clubs have long commanded high asset values through major broadcasting deals and sponsorships, but their revenues are often realized over long horizons, creating liquidity gaps for large investments. Chiliz’s DeFi framework aims to address this liquidity challenge by recording future media rights on-chain as collateral to access stablecoin liquidity. Decentral Protocol has launched a $1 million USDC liquidity pool with a 90-day lockup and an annual yield of about 12%, providing clubs with a transparent, collateral-based financing option.
This setup reduces reliance on expensive debt and broadens access to revenue-backed DeFi products for investors. The move signals Chiliz’s evolution from a fan-token platform to a broader SportFi infrastructure that underpins real-world sports finances. CEO Alexandre Dreyfus said the collaboration demonstrates SportFi moving from conceptual steps to infrastructure capable of solving practical financial problems in the industry. Chiliz Chain remains an Ethereum-compatible Layer 1 blockchain and has established partnerships with over 70 top clubs and leagues, including PSG, Barcelona, and Tottenham Hotspur, to push innovation in global sports fan experiences.
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