FC Barcelona seeks its own metaverse and cryptocurrency

STORY: FC Barcelona seeks its own metaverse and cryptocurrency DATELINE: March 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/SPORTS SHOTLIST: various of the stadiumSOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOAN LAPORTA, President of FC BarcelonaSOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOAN LAPORTA, President of FC Barcelona STORYLINE: FC Barcelona wants its own metaverse and cryptocurrency to help the football club "survive financially" and attract new supporters around the world, says the club president Joan Laporta. Speaking at the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona from Feb. 28 to March 3, Laporta said the club has to be "imaginative, innovative, and brave" to compete against clubs owned by large corporations and wealthy foreign investors. In a keynote speech on the first day of the congress, Laporta announced that the club will soon launch a range of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), and he added that it is already developing its own in-house digital currency. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOAN LAPORTA, President of