Press Release
Sunrise Brings PSG and AFC Fan Tokens to Solana Ahead of the 2026 UEFA Champions League Final
Sunrise, the asset gateway for Solana, today brings the two clubs contesting the 2026 UEFA Champions League Final to the Solana network, four days before kickoff. The Paris Saint-Germain Fan Token (PSG) and the Arsenal Fan Token (AFC), both issued by Chiliz, are now natively tradable on Solana with canonical liquidity. Paris and Arsenal meet at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest on May 30.
Paris and Arsenal met in the semi-finals of the same competition twelve months ago. PSG eliminated Arsenal 3-1 on aggregate and went on to lift the trophy, their first European Cup. The 2026 final is the immediate rematch, on a bigger stage, between the holders chasing back-to-back titles and the Premier League champions chasing their first European Cup. The two fan tokens for the two sides arrive on Solana in the same week under one Sunrise listing.
Both Sides of Europe's Biggest Fixture, Live on Solana
This is the first time two fan tokens for opposing finalists have landed on a new chain in the same week of the final they're contesting. PSG and AFC are now live across Solana DeFi with deep, canonical liquidity from day one – without wrapping, fragmented pools, or the ecosystem having to wait for venues to catch up. Solana wallets, aggregators, and decentralized exchanges can route both tokens immediately, the same way they handle any major Solana-native asset.
The PSG Fan Token launched in January 2020 and is the most-traded club fan token in the category. The AFC Fan Token launched in August 2021 and is now Arsenal's first major on-chain market. Both have communities spanning more than 140 countries through Socios.com. From May 26, that same community can hold, trade, and route either token through Solana's DeFi stack for the first time with no intermediary chain or bridge.
The First Club Tokens of Chiliz's Omnichain Era
The listing is part of Chiliz's broader 2026 program. Vision 2030, the company's strategic manifesto unveiled in February, set the direction: fan tokens as financial infrastructure for global sport, omnichain availability, US market re-entry, and a CHZ buyback mechanism funded by 10% of all Fan Token revenue, activating in Q2. The Solana expansion is the most active piece of that program in motion, and PSG and Arsenal are the first club tokens to land on Solana under that expansion.
From the Champions League Final to the World Cup
The 2026 UEFA Champions League Final is followed in 12 days by the FIFA World Cup, hosted across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Chiliz has publicly committed to launching National Team Fan Tokens over the summer for the tournament. The May 26 listing brings the first club fan tokens to Solana; the World Cup window brings the next phase.
For Solana, this is the same pattern that has defined the network's 2026: assets that already command large off-chain audiences arriving with canonical on-chain markets, on the chain where the largest active retail crypto user base trades. Fan tokens fit the pattern. The week of the final is when it shows up.
“Tokens aren't just financial infrastructure, they're also coordination infrastructure. They turn communities into networks with shared ownership. This week the Champions League will unite fans on the pitch and onchain. Sunrise is proud to support both these communities.” — Saeed Badreg, CEO, Wormhole Labs
About Sunrise
Sunrise is the day one asset gateway of Solana. Sunrise enables new onchain assets—crypto, stocks, commodities, and more—to list on Solana with liquidity on day one, giving users and builders immediate access to live, tradable markets. Sunrise is made by Wormhole Labs.
About Wormhole Labs
Wormhole Labs is a technology company that specializes in building products, tools, and reference implementations to expand the cross-chain ecosystem. They are committed to open-source development and laying down the paths for a connected decentralized world.
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