Mike Glijer: Zetly can help sports clubs engage fans on the BSV blockchain
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In episode 12 of the CoinGeek Weekly Livestream, Kurt Wuckert Jr. spoke. with Mike Glijer from Zetly All in One Platform. This episode was streamed from the South Florida Bitcoin Citadel and covered how the Zetly platform can help sports clubs engage fans on the BSV blockchain. Check it out via the video link below.
We present Mike Glijer
Glijer is the founder and CEO of Zetly All in One Platform. His co-founder introduced him to Bitcoin about five years ago when he explained that he had free electricity and the two of them should do some mining.
After becoming fascinated with Bitcoin, he read books, took online courses and learned everything he could about it. “I’m the type of person who likes to create,” says Glijer. This is how he came up with the idea for the engagement platform he co-founded.
What is Glijer’s background? He has been an entrepreneur for 20 years and ran an agency in Poland. He is also a climber and used to be a basketball player at a professional level, giving him a solid background in sports.
The Zetly all-in-one platform
The Zetly All-in-One platform is designed to enable teams to better engage with their fans. “The team only has one product – the one they can sell during the game,” says Glijer, and he intends to change that with this platform. This will allow them to generate new revenue streams and keep their fans interested at the same time.
Wuckert wants to know how sports teams can do better and how they can use this platform. Glijer says they can generate fan tokens, offer digital collectibles like playing cards, and let athletes crowdfund from fans. Much of this will be funded by the platform’s native token ZET.
Where does BSV fit into all this? The team first looked at Polygon, but realized that NFTs are not actually on the blockchain. They eventually learned about BSV’s speed, scalability and capabilities, so they decided to move to the original Bitcoin. Glijer emphasizes that they are not building for “crypto” people, but they are building for sports fans who are blockchain agnostic, so moving to BSV was no problem for them.
On a side note, Glijer says blockchain technology is a big thing in Poland’s highly tech-savvy population right now. He sees a massive potential for the country and believes that with the right blockchain education, many great companies can come out of the country.
Zetly’s roadmap
A private sale of the Zetly token is currently underway and the team is preparing for the pre-sale. At the end of June, they plan to launch on several launchpads, six of which have already been confirmed. After this, the Zetly token will be listed on an exchange. All of these are FCA approved in the UK.
While you can’t get ZET tokens right now, Glijer says you can subscribe to their various channels for the latest information and updates.
What about the commitment from the clubs? Right now they are talking to more people. They are also talking to Transmira about developing digital twins of stadiums, with some big announcements coming soon. There is still a lot of education needed here to show the clubs why things like digital twins can be of use to them, says Glijer. He also believes that Eastern European clubs are far behind their Western counterparts when it comes to all of this.
How did Glijer and the team get in touch with Robert Rice and Transmira? They met at the BSV Global Blockchain Convention in Dubai, Glijer tells the audience. They are also working with Haste on a pilot program involving games to earn money branded for different clubs.
What are the most popular sports leagues on Zetly? Glijer says they want to be the platform for everyone. They realized that many clubs in Eastern Europe don’t necessarily have the means to issue things like fan tokens, so they wanted to create an all-in-one platform to make it all affordable. When it comes to sports, they want it to include everything from soccer to volleyball to more obscure sports.
Thinking out loud, Wuckert sees an opportunity for college-level athletes, who can’t legally be paid directly, to profit from platforms like this. Glijer says that as long as it is legal, which may require parental involvement, all sorts of things are possible.
See: Entertainment, Sports and Blockchain
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