Rekt Drinks turned Miami into a meeting point for crypto and golf this week with the inaugural Rekt Invitational — a celebrity-studded, Web3-backed tournament that organizers say is the largest live-streamed golf event in crypto history. Held at Normandy Shores Golf Club, the event paired crypto personalities (including OSF/Ovie Faruq, TraderMayne, Wizard of Soho, Ben Lamb and Choose Rich Nick) with social media golfers and digital creators. The tournament was powered by Yeet and Manors Golf and supported by a slate of Web3 partners — Binance US, OpenSea, Abstract Chain, MoonPay, Jupiter Mobile and Weekly Wizdom — as it set out to “bridge audiences from sport, Web3 culture and mainstream social platforms.” About 20,000 viewers tuned in to watch the live stream on Rekt Drinks’ X account, a number the organizers highlighted in a press release shared with Decrypt as evidence the format has traction. “Crypto needs a flagship golf tournament, and I feel like we just staked our claim,” Ovie Faruq told Decrypt, underscoring Rekt’s ambition to make the Invitational an industry staple. The Miami event also marked the debut of Rekt’s first merchandise collaboration with Manors Golf, launched ahead of the competition. Looking ahead, Rekt is already planning the next Invitational for April 2026 to coincide with Token2049 in Dubai, aiming to expand the tournament’s international footprint and further blend culture, creators, community and live sport into a recurring cultural fixture for the crypto, sports and entertainment worlds. Note: this was a sponsored post by Rekt. Read more AI-generated news on: undefined/news

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