In brief
- Web3 brand Rekt has launched the inaugural Rekt Invitational event at Normandy Shores Golf Club in Miami.
- The event brought together leading crypto figures along with social media golfers and digital creators, with 20,000 viewers tuning in to watch online.
- Rekt Invitational also saw the debut of Rekt’s first merchandise collaboration with Manors Golf.
Web3 beverage brand Rekt brought together crypto luminaries with social media golfers and digital creators for the inaugural Rekt Invitational at Miami’s Normandy Shores Golf Club.
Powered by Yeet and Manors Golf along with partners Binance US, OpenSea, Abstract Chain, MoonPay, Jupiter Mobile and Weekly Wizdom, the event saw crypto figures including OSF (Ovie Faruq), TraderMayne, Wizard of Soho, Ben Lamb and Choose Rich Nick competing in a bid to “bridge audiences from sport, Web3 culture and mainstream social platforms.”
With some 20,000 viewers tuning in to watch on the @RektDrinks X account, the Rekt Invitational marked the “largest live streamed golf event in crypto to date,” the organizers said in a press release shared with Decrypt.
“Crypto needs a flagship golf tournament, and I feel like we just staked our claim,” Faruq told Decrypt.
The event also saw the debut of Rekt’s first merchandise collaboration with Manors Golf, launched ahead of the tournament.
As part of its mission to build the tournament into a “cultural and community-led fixture for the industry,” Rekt is already pressing ahead with plans for the next Rekt Invitational, set to take place in April 2026 during Token2049 in Dubai.
The event aims to “continue the series’ mission of blending culture, creators and community with live sport, while expanding the footprint of the tournament internationally,” its creators said, in a bid to develop Rekt Invitational into a “defining cultural event” for the crypto, sports and entertainment space.
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