Fans can compete at $ 25k at Blast.tv Open London 2025 without crypto purchase required
August 27, 2025 – The Blast.tv Open London 2025 attracts fan engagement to a higher level with the launch of Nova Shots, a free to play forecast game that transforms how Esports Fans experience live counter-trike competitions.
Nova Shots developed by Nova Wallet in collaboration with Blast.tv and Polkadot, introduces a new way for fans to communicate with the tournament in real time, does not require a crypto purchase.
This is how it works: every fan starts with 1,000 free explosion sticks. As matches unfold, players can exchange teamtokens in real time, predict the results and benefit from in-game Momentum in the game. The better the predictions, the greater the rewards. At stake is a prize pool of $ 25,000, with winners who receive it directly in Stablecoins via Nova Wallet in Stablecoins.
“I will forever cherish the sensation of playing counter-trike with friends for the first time more than 20 years ago.” said Anton Khvorov, CEO at Nova Wallet. “Today, with Nova Wallet and Polkadot, we are introducing a whole new way for the CS community to enjoy even more fun, competition and rewards!”.
This is not just a concept. Nova Shots made his debut earlier this year in Austin, generated 239.6 million views and 563K viewers and scaled in Malta with 3,000 players who made more than 400,000 transactions. More than 700 winners walked away with $ 25,000 in prizes.
The next evolution arrives in London from 27 August to 7 September, where 16 of the world’s best counter-trike 2 teams will compete. Esports Powerhouses G2 Esports and Pain Gaming from Brazil also come as official brand partners, making fans even more excitement.
James Brown, commercieel directeur van Blast, deelde: “Na een opwindend debuut bij Wembley vorig jaar, zijn we verheugd om in september terug te keren naar Londen en de opwinding op socials te verhogen, in uitzending en in de arena met Nova-shots. Nova Shots biedt Blast-fans een nieuwe manier om een nieuwe manier in te gaan om in realtime te gaan en verbazingwekkende beloningen te verdienen, terwijl de beste contra-strike promotion. “
Nova Shots is built on polkadot and hydration and combines web3 technology with user-friendly accessibility. In contrast to traditional eSports blockchain integrations, Nova Shots can be completely on the chain, to play for free and driven by skill, not to spend. Fans don’t just look at the game; They are part of it.
Esports organizations worldwide investigate blockchain to improve fan experiences, but most require purchases or gated access. Nova Shots breaks the mold by playing completely free, being completely on-chain and being able to be skills about expenditure. Prices are paid directly in Stablecoins for the blockchain addresses of the winners, whereby Nova Wallet-de Official Self-Wide Portner of Blast.tv, safe and seamless participation offers.
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Lina Lonskaya
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Novawallet.io
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About Nova Wallet
Nova Wallet is a non-guardianship for the polkadot and kusama ecosystems, which offer multi-chain asset management, token swaps, buying/selling crypto assets, a master card crypto debit card, strike, governance tools and an integrated Dapp-Browser. Nova Wallet is the official partner for self -coasters from Blast.tv.
About blast
Blast is a worldwide competitive entertainment company with a mission to bring mega -entestainment to the world, eSports, gaming and other new competitive formats to the next level.
Blast is known for pioneering the eSports category due to stunning high production quality, great creative ideas and game-changing fan-first moments. Bringing together the largest teams and smartest superstars to fight for glory and prize pools with a large money-million dollars in the world’s largest arenas from London and Singapore to Austin and Rio.
Blast has offices in Copenhagen (head office), London, Berlin, Malta and soon Mumbai and New York City. The company is currently working with world-leading game publishers Epic Games, Valve, Kraft and Ubisoft to produce eSports, bring it to the market and deliver it for popular titles Rocket League, Fortnite, Rainbow Six, PUBG, DOTA2 and Counter-Strike 2.