Voyager Digital will be crypto brokerage partner for National Women’s Soccer League

Cryptocurrency trading platform Voyager Digital signed an agreement with the National Women's Soccer League, or NWSL, with the goal of providing players with education and financial support on cryptocurrencies.

In a Tuesday announcement, Voyager saying would become the league's first cryptocurrency brokerage partner as part of a multi-year deal. The trading platform said that a "significant amount" of the investment would fund the crypto accounts of listed players. There are expected to be 12 teams in the NWSL as of 2022, so up to 312 players could benefit from the Voyager partnership.

"Voyager's investment in the league is especially innovative because we have collectively designed the partnership to include direct financial resources for each of our players, as well as education on the revolutionary changes underway in digital assets," said Acting CEO of NWSL, Marla Messing.

As part of the Voyager deal, one player from each of the NWSL teams will act as an ambassador, attend educational events, and create cryptocurrency-related content. The exchange said it would offer "key lessons and tools" aimed at helping players develop long-term financial growth opportunities after their sports careers have ended.

Many cryptocurrency companies and platforms have partnered with sports organizations around the world as the space expands and apparently becomes more profitable as a sponsor. Voyager is already the cryptocurrency and international broker. Dallas Mavericks basketball team partner following an October agreement. Crypto derivatives exchange FTX also announced that it had become an official sponsor Major League Baseball in June.

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Founded in 2018, Voyager Digital currently offers more than 60 digital assets for trading on its mobile app, which also includes services like yield farming. In October, the platform announced that it had received an investment of $ 75 million from cryptocurrency trading company and liquidity provider Alameda Research.