Tristan Thompson
Co-Founder
Basketball.fun
Co-Founder, Basketball.fun | , Chief Digital Equity Officer World Mobile
Tristan Thompson is a championship-winning athlete, entrepreneur, and emerging voice at the intersection of sports, culture, and Web3. After more than a decade in the NBA, he’s shifted his focus to building the future of digital fan engagement and athlete empowerment through technology.
As Co-Founder and Lead Advisor at Basketball.fun (TEASER HERE) , Tristan is reimagining what it means to be a fan. The platform gives people the chance to own NBA moments, make live predictions, and build their fan identity through tokenized player shares and clubs, turning the energy of game night into a participatory, on-chain experience. Built on Somnia’s blockchain, Basketball.fun is fast, gasless, and simple enough for anyone to use. It bridges sports, culture, and community while using stablecoins to make rewards instant, global, and real.
Beyond sports innovation, Tristan serves as Chief Advisory Officer at AxonDAO, where he’s helping redefine how people control and monetize their health and bio-data. He’s also partnered with World Mobile, a decentralized project focused on expanding internet access.
Tristan’s thought leadership has been featured in Forbes, Yahoo Finance , CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Decrypt, The Block, and on CNBC Crypto World, The Street, Fox News, Thinking Crypto, and CoinMarketCap Live, where he was the first athlete ever featured. His high-profile interviews, including with Bo Hines, reflect his growing influence across sports, crypto, and technology.
He recently spoke at Korea Blockchain Week, where he discussed athlete empowerment and decentralized fandom, and is set to appear next at Binance Blockchain Week and Bitcoin MENA, continuing to champion the conversation around Web3 adoption and digital ownership.
Thought leadership Op-Eds penned by Tristan:
Newsweek: NBA Champion Tristan Thompson: ‘AI is the Ultimate Teammate’
Entrepreneur: How Building Tech With No Tech Background Taught Me the Most Valuable Skill in Business
Cointelegraph: Blockchain is the missing trust layer in sports analytics
Tristan Thompson is a championship-winning athlete, entrepreneur, and emerging voice at the intersection of sports, culture, and Web3. After more than a decade in the NBA, he’s shifted his focus to building the future of digital fan engagement and athlete empowerment through technology.
As Co-Founder and Lead Advisor at Basketball.fun (TEASER HERE) , Tristan is reimagining what it means to be a fan. The platform gives people the chance to own NBA moments, make live predictions, and build their fan identity through tokenized player shares and clubs, turning the energy of game night into a participatory, on-chain experience. Built on Somnia’s blockchain, Basketball.fun is fast, gasless, and simple enough for anyone to use. It bridges sports, culture, and community while using stablecoins to make rewards instant, global, and real.
Beyond sports innovation, Tristan serves as Chief Advisory Officer at AxonDAO, where he’s helping redefine how people control and monetize their health and bio-data. He’s also partnered with World Mobile, a decentralized project focused on expanding internet access.
Tristan’s thought leadership has been featured in Forbes, Yahoo Finance , CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Decrypt, The Block, and on CNBC Crypto World, The Street, Fox News, Thinking Crypto, and CoinMarketCap Live, where he was the first athlete ever featured. His high-profile interviews, including with Bo Hines, reflect his growing influence across sports, crypto, and technology.
He recently spoke at Korea Blockchain Week, where he discussed athlete empowerment and decentralized fandom, and is set to appear next at Binance Blockchain Week and Bitcoin MENA, continuing to champion the conversation around Web3 adoption and digital ownership.
Thought leadership Op-Eds penned by Tristan:
Newsweek: NBA Champion Tristan Thompson: ‘AI is the Ultimate Teammate’
Entrepreneur: How Building Tech With No Tech Background Taught Me the Most Valuable Skill in Business
Cointelegraph: Blockchain is the missing trust layer in sports analytics