Everyone seated at the Miami Heat season opener received a free cryptocurrency NFT

MIAMI - The Miami Heat's season opener against the Milwaukee Bucks took place Thursday inside their newly renamed local stadium, FTX Arena (formerly American Airlines Arena), and while the stadium felt the same, the perks of cryptocurrency they have already been done. very apparent.

All the fans seated inside the arena were greeted by a shirt casually placed on top of their seat by FTX, a US regulated cryptocurrency platform.

These weren't ordinary game day jerseys though - each jersey had a scannable QR barcode on the back which, if unlocked, awarded the person a limited edition, FTX Arena NFT.

FTX tweeted, “Free NFT T-shirt? Do not say more! All @MiamiHEAT fans who attend tonight's game will receive a "Are you in, Miami?" T-shirt! By scanning the QR code on the back you will unlock this free limited edition FTX Arena NFT. The future is here. Are you in Miami? #FTXMIA "

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Plus, according to Cointelegraph, for those sitting in a specific section of the game, they also received $ 500 worth of cryptocurrencies. However, this has yet to be confirmed. Local 10 News has reached out to FTX Arena for comment.

In April, FTX paid Miami-Dade County $ 135 million to rename the Miami Heat NBA arena FTX Arena through 2040, a bold move considering the crypto company is less than three years old.

FTX is a cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform based in Antigua and Barbuda. It launched operations on May 8, 2019. Alameda Research, a quantitative trading company founded in 2017, supports the international cryptocurrency exchange, which is associated with FTX US.