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    MoonPay and Exodus reward X Games League Summer Draft athletes with crypto signing bonuses

    All 40 drafted athletes receive $2,500 in XO Cash and a custom MoonPay XGL Exodus Spend Card

    Team MoonPay

    By Team MoonPay

    Published on Mar 12, 2026

    Last modified on Mar 12, 2026

    MoonPay and Exodus (NYSE American: EXOD) are bringing crypto to the starting line of the MoonPay X Games League.

    As part of the league's inaugural Summer Draft, all 40 selected athletes will receive a 2,500 dollar signing bonus in XO Cash, deposited directly into their Exodus Wallet. Launched today, XO Cash is a fully reserved, USD-backed stablecoin issued and managed by MoonPay, built on M0’s open stablecoin infrastructure, making its first real-world deployment. It is now live and available.

    Each athlete will also receive a custom MoonPay XGL Exodus Card. The NFC-enabled card connects directly to the athlete's wallet, giving them instant, contactless access to their funds at millions of merchants worldwide. No delays, no conversions, no friction.

    This marks one of the earliest instances of professional action-sports athletes receiving league compensation in stablecoins.

    The MoonPay X Games League is transforming action sports from standalone competitions into a global, co-ed, team-based league with athlete salaries, benefits, and season-long competition. The Summer Draft introduces structured compensation as part of that evolution.

    "We partnered with the X Games League because they're doing to sports what crypto is doing to finance: challenging legacy systems and building something entirely new," said Ivan Soto-Wright, Founder and CEO of MoonPay. "It's only natural that one of the most forward-thinking leagues in the world is embracing digital assets as part of how athletes are rewarded."

    "This is about giving athletes more ways to earn and more control over how they manage their income," said JP Richardson, CEO and Co-Founder of Exodus. "By delivering signing bonuses in XO Cash directly into self-custody wallets, we're combining financial innovation with athlete empowerment."

    This builds on a milestone set earlier this year at the final standalone X Games in Aspen, where MoonPay matched snowboarder Mark McMorris' Slopestyle Gold Medal winnings in crypto, making him the first X Games athlete to receive prize money in digital assets.

    The inaugural X Games League Summer Draft takes place today, March 12, 2026.