EQIFi, the regulated global DeFi services platform backed by EQIBank, partners with Kafu Games, a gaming hub hosting esports tournaments for the biggest titles on every gaming device. Through the partnership, players on Kafu Games can invest and stake the earnings from Kafu Games tournaments on EQIFi’s platform.
As a Middle East gaming platform hub, Kafu Games is building a home for gaming communities of all kinds and sizes in the region and beyond through the hosting of esports tournaments. The EQIFi and Kafu Games partnership also includes the creation of a loyalty program, further incentivising the establishment of these communities offering opportunities to learn more about the crypto industry and EQIFi’s product suite. The collaboration enables players to use EQIFi’s native $EQX on the Kafu Games platform, allowing them to transfer their esports earnings into tokens.
EQIFi and Kafu Games will work together to build data-driven solutions through which to integrate EQIFi’s suite of DeFi products and services into the gaming platform. In the long run, this will ensure new use cases for Kafu Games users to invest their tournament earnings, taking esports and play-to-earn to another level.
“The entire EQIFi team is thrilled to be working with Kafu Games. EQIFi is an industry leader in DeFi as the first DeFi platform powered by a licensed and regulated bank and Kafu Games is leading the charge in the MENA region when it comes to online gaming and esports. The Kafu Games and EQIFi partnership will continue to push the worlds of DeFi and Gaming more closely together to take gaming to the next level,” says, EQIFi CEO Brad Yasar.
“The ever-expanding capabilities of blockchain offer so much potential to gamers. Our Partnership with EQIFi brings the capabilities of staking and NFT technology to our gamers. Having hosted more than 3 million sessions on the Kafu Games platform last year, we’re excited to see our growing user base reap the benefits of blockchain technology,” says Kafu Games CEO Rami Elkhalil.
EQIFi is powered by EQIBank. Launched in 2015, EQIBank is one of the world’s leading digital banks and offers tax-neutral personal and corporate banking services in multiple currencies to clients in over 180 countries. EQIBank offers competitive rates, 24/7 service, trusted security, and an innovative, simple online global banking experience across all devices. EQIBank provides bank accounts, loans, custody, debit and credit cards, OTC, and wealth management to EQIFi and all its qualified clients.