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The Heat's Arena has been renamed FTX Arena after the release of a new video titled TSM FTX

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"Always knew TSM would be to the moon one day!" Curry tweeted.

NBA Curry's 'TSM FTX' video is released, Miami Heat's 'FTX' Arena opens

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Stephen Curry, the star point guard of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, retweeted the TSM/FTX movie on June 5, writing that he had long been a big fan of TSM.

Stephen Curry is one of the most famous players in NBA history. He has led his team to three NBA championships, two MVP awards and the first unanimous MVP. Curry was A big fan of TSM back in 2018, joining then-Warriors teammate Andra Iguodala in its Series A round of funding.

In fact, TSM's Series A round was star-studded. In addition to Curry and Iguodala, there are Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Indian Football-owner's son Steve Simon, NFL Hall of Fame star Steve Young, and Twitter strategist Collins Carrier.

"Always knew TSM would be to the moon one day!" Curry tweeted.

To watch the video titled "TSM FTX", pleaseClick the link. The TSM FTX film itself is also quite interesting, telling the story of the collaboration between TSM and FTX. While the film is probably just fiction, it's interesting enough.

The film shows the following scene:

Andy Dinh, founder of TSM, and SBF, founder of FTX, met online playing games. Dinh first bragged that he had one of the best esports teams besides playing games. SBF said that he was a successful businessman and had a Podcast channel, but this didn't impress Dinh. SBF invited Dinh to listen to the Podcast on their private jet, highlighting the fact that they own a crypto trading platform, which Dinh was very interested in, saying it was "so cool, cryptocurrencies look like the future"; "Esports is the future," SBF said. "Why don't we join forces and create a trend together?"

While there is little truth to the film, the founders do think their core ideas are similar. While TSM uses games to bring fans together around the world, FTX uses its influence in the crypto market to contribute to the world. The joint designation will bring the two "virtual world" industries together to a greater extent.

The esports industry is set to grow by 18% a year in the future

In March, gaming research firm Newzoo released its"Global esports and live streaming market report in 2021".

According to the report, global esports market revenue increased to $1.084 billion from $940 million last year, while revenue from rights and sponsorships reached $833 million. Affected by the epidemic, online live broadcasting platforms have also shown amazing growth. It said that the global audience for live games would reach 720 million in 2021, and predicted that this number would grow to 920 million in 2024.

Esports, on the other hand, attracted 460 million total viewers last year, more than double the 230 million views of NBA basketball, and is expected to grow to 650 million by 2023. At present, the average contribution per viewer is only $5.50, lower than the NBA's $42, but "crowd is money". With the audience growing so dramatically, game points, treasure sales, merchandise, and sponsors are all huge sources of profit.

It is estimated that the future e-sports industry will grow at an annual rate of 18%, so it is no wonder that SBF should lay out in advance.

In addition to TSM's exclusive title, the FTX and the NBA Heat also agreed to a title sponsorship deal at the end of March, and the Heat's Arena was officially renamed the FTX Arena yesterday.