It’s about 12 weeks since Football.Fun went live and, I’ll be honest, it’s properly taken over my life. If you’ve not created your account yet, read on to find out how you can get started risk free…

Football.Fun (aka FootballDotFun or FDF for short) launched quietly but caught fire fast. Quickly jumped on by the crypto crowd and football fans alike, there has already been over $70m traded on the market across 17,000+ unique wallets – not a bad start.

The market cap went up fast when the game came hit Crypto Twitter… then it came down just as fast again. Some people made genuinely life-changing amounts of money in a week, others got burnt buying in at the top. But since those crazy first weeks, the story has shifted. Now it’s less about staring at the charts and more about seeing the team build out the actual game and the Sport.Fun ecosystem, and having a ton of fun along the way.

That’s the important thing for me – it’s genuinely fun. It’s really scratching the football itch for me through the mix of scouting, speculation, and good old fashioned banter in the Discord on matchdays. Having played games like this for many years, I’ve definitely found my home here.

And it still feels like we’re really early. There is a lot on the radar for the next few weeks and months – new features, new sports, and possibly some very interesting incentives for people who’ve been here from the start…

Quick recap of how it all works

Imagine if fantasy football and the stock market had a baby – and it was raised on Crypto Twitter. That’s basically Football.Fun in a nutshell – trading, tournaments and a bit of chaos thrown in for good measure!

But this isn’t another fantasy football clone. Instead of building a lineup every week, you buy shares in real players from Europe’s top leagues. Each share represents a slice of that player’s real-world performance. If the player performs well on the pitch, your shares can earn rewards. More rewards mean more packs of shares to open so you can build out your squad – but you can also trade those shares on a live marketplace, where prices move based on supply, demand, and vibes (mostly vibes).

The game runs on Base (I’ll come back to why this is important later), which means everything is on-chain – making it far more transparent and secure than previous iterations of football stock markets (yes, I’m looking at you Football Index).

You trade player shares using the in-game currency – Gold (pegged to USDC). How you trade is up to you: you can hold long term for rewards, flip for profit, or switch up your entire squad from tournament to tournament.

Players are entered into tournaments automatically if you hold their shares so there is little in the way of team setup needed (although an entry cap of 75 players means larger accounts might have to make some decisions about who to bench). That makes FDF refreshingly low-effort compared to traditional fantasy.

But it’s not a passive yield-farm either though. To do well you still need to be strategic and scout fixtures, follow form, and find the cheaper players who are about to explode. The strategy goes deep and there’s already a whole community theory-crafting their way towards the ‘best’ way to play (most of them doing a lot better than me!).

Why now feels like a great time to get involved

If you’ve been sitting on the sidelines watching me and everyone else talk about Football.Fun, this might be the moment to fire up the app yourself. The early chaos has calmed down, the game has had some nice little updates, and the next few months look stacked with reasons to get excited.

First off, the platform feels more stable now. Those first few weeks were seriously wild and – let’s be honest – some people got rekt (and just as many made a tidy profit). At one point I was sitting on an almost 10× paper profit and could have cashed out, but didn’t – partly stubbornness, partly laziness but mostly conviction that this is a long-term play. It’s been a proper rollercoaster at times, and definitely not for the faint-hearted (this is a crypto project, what did you expect?!).

Since then, the dust has settled and things have levelled out. I’m not sitting on a 10x profit anymore (boo!) but I’m still up by a decent margin. Prices are starting to feel more rational and liquidity’s improving with more users coming in, lower fees, and buybacks helping to support the market. The team’s been quietly shipping updates behind the scenes. It’s settled into a nice sweet spot where it still feels early but also solid, and prices don’t feel overhyped.

Second, momentum is starting to kick in again. Marketing hasn’t even properly started yet – there hasn’t been much in the way of influencer campaigns and no big ad push but you can feel the project gearing up for a bigger audience – for example, today’s launch of fiat payments. As they say, a rising tide lifts all boats, so even if your player picks aren’t perfect, opening up the door to more users can only be a good thing.

There are a few things helping to build the current momentum. Firstly, the Base connection. There are some huge airdrop rumours swirling around Base, and if (or when) that lands, active users on projects like FDF could be in for some big rewards. There are no guarantees, of course, but given that this has been the biggest consumer app on Base in recent times, I’m feeling pretty confident that being active on FDF is a smart play for this.

It’s not just the Base token that’s getting people excited. The team have confirmed that FDF will also be launching the $FUN token to be used in the game. We don’t know too much about that but I guess that’s likely to become the heartbeat of the FDF ecosystem – including the new scouting platform that is in the pipeline – and that active participation in the game is the best way to grab a slice of the initial action.

On top of that, new sports are already rolling out. Yesterday, $1.8 million worth of packs were sold as Sport.Fun launched the expansion into American football (NFL). We know basketball is in development too and, who knows, maybe more sports to follow?

In the short term, the launch of NFL has caused a slight dip in the football market, as people moved around funds to explore the new sport. But longer term, it’s a massive positive from my perspective. It turns this from a one-game project into a multi-sport ecosystem, opening the door to new audiences, new strategies, and a much bigger community.

And of course, there’s still plenty of football left to play. The season’s heating up, European fixtures are filling the midweeks, and every few days brings another chance to celebrate (or curse) your squad.

Get started risk-free

It feels like the timing’s perfect to take a closer look – and right now you can do it risk-free. There’s currently an offer running for the first 500 new users who deposit at least $25 into the game. If your $25 ends up being worth less at the end of the promo period on 15th November, the difference will be rebated back to your account. Full ts&cs here.

If you’re curious but want to explore a bit before committing, take your time. Check out the figures on the Dune Dashboard, feel the vibe on socials, read some blogs, check out some podcasts and maybe even try the free to play version to get a feel for how the game works.

And when you’re ready to get started, you’re welcome to use my referral link: https://pro.sport.fun/login/?referral_code=UVUBB99FQX8.

It doesn’t give you anything extra or cost you anything – it just sends a tiny bit of credit my way and lets me know that someone is reading this. Completely optional, obviously.

Whatever you decide, have $FUN! 😉