Semper Fortis Esports PLC (AQSE:SEMP) (LON:SEMP) CEO Kevin Soltani talks to Proactive London about signing a competitive esports player as the first to compete in its play-to-earn division.
Players will be incentivised to compete on behalf of the company for cryptocurrency-based returns in the form of NFTs.
The company’s esports team, SMPR, has signed Aleksei Bakumenko, known professionally as 'Iner', on an initial three-month contract to compete in NFT trading and battling game Axie Infinity and digital collectible card game Hearthstone.
The firm recently hired two big names in the social media world to comprise its full-time Fortnite professional and content creator team.
Max Anthony Cope, known as 'Tweaks', has more than 345,000 followers across social media channels while Esky has more than 229,000 followers.