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New York, New York, February 16th, 2026, Chainwire
The market has priced oil. It has priced gold. It has priced attention. Now it is pricing people.
Royaltiz, the France-founded platform that pioneered the concept of tradable human capital, has officially launched its U.S.-focused platform, Royaltiz.com, built on Base, Coinbase’s Layer 2 blockchain network.
After four years of product iteration in Europe, more than 220,000 accounts, 200+ signed sports and entertainment figures under long-term IP agreements, $250 million in trading volume, and over $15 million in revenue, Royaltiz is entering the world’s largest sports and crypto market.
Its thesis is as simple as it is controversial: Human potential is an asset class.
Royaltiz operates at the intersection of sports, speculative finance, and crypto infrastructure. On the platform, users acquire and trade digital assets known as “ROYS” - digital assets linked to individual athletes and public figures.
Each ROY represents exposure to a person’s measurable social momentum: audience growth, engagement velocity, media visibility. If an athlete trends, wins, or captures public attention, that growth may influence monthly reward mechanics within the ecosystem.
Liquidity is instant. Performance is public. Attention is quantified.
The system blends high-liquidity trading of talent-linked assets, a predictive layer allowing users to anticipate which personalities may trend next, gamified reward mechanics inspired by digital loot-box models with a weekly “launchpad-style” where drops introduce new talent to the marketplace, a recurring albeit dystopian ritual where users position early, speculate, and trade.
Rewards can be redeemed inside the ecosystem for signed merchandise, exclusive access, and talent-related experiences.
It’s built on Base and built for scale and the U.S. is now royaltiz’s primary market.
The new royaltiz.com platform runs on Base, Coinbase’s Layer 2 network, combining on-chain and off-chain architecture to facilitate high-volume trading. While Royaltiz PRO holds regulatory approvals at the corporate level in both the European Union and the United States, the Royaltiz.com product itself is not structured as a security offering.
The distinction matters as the company frames the platform as a digital engagement and trading ecosystem, not a traditional financial instrument. But culturally, the shift is undeniable.
The U.S. launch roster includes professional athletes including Ollie Bearman of F1 fame and Alisha Lehman to name just a few. International figures such as Real Madrid midfielder Aurélien Tchouaméni are also part of the broader ecosystem.
The model sits adjacent to prediction markets and sports trading platforms, but Royaltiz does not see them as competitors. Instead, it views them as behavioral proof points. Consumers are already comfortable speculating on real-world outcomes and Royaltiz extends that instinct beyond matches and into the trajectories of individuals.
It calls this part of the broader “tokenization of everything” movement, known in crypto markets as Real World Assets (RWA). Real estate was tokenized. Art was fractionalized. Now ambition has a ticker.
CEO and co-founder Kevin Crouvizier said, “The premise raises questions that feel lifted from speculative fiction like, ‘At what point does fandom become financial exposure? When does support become speculation? And who really owns momentum and even ourselves?’”
Royaltiz does not shy away from the debate. “Every new asset class feels strange at first,” said Crouvizier. “There was skepticism about crypto, about tokenized real estate, about NFTs. Human capital is simply the next frontier.”
In an economy increasingly driven by visibility, influence, and audience growth, Royaltiz argues that markets are simply catching up to cultural reality. “We acknowledge the somewhat dystopian nature but expect people to see the positives, in crypto and tech, credibility matters,” Crouvizier added.
“If someone Googles you and finds nothing, that’s a problem. This launch is about visibility, transparency, and building long-term trust.”
Today, Royaltiz focuses on established athletes and public figures. Tomorrow, its ambition is broader: a structured marketplace where individuals can raise capital directly through their future potential, a programmable layer for human ambition.
With regulatory experience in both Europe and the United States, proven revenue traction, and an expanding global roster, Royaltiz positions itself as an early architect of what it calls the emerging human capital market.
A generation ago, fans collected jerseys. A decade ago, they bought NFTs. Now they can hold a position in a person. The question is no longer whether humans have value. The question is whether markets are ready to price it.
The question remains, Is turning people into investable assets a step too far or simply the next logical evolution of digital markets? Royaltiz embraces the conversation. “Every new asset class feels strange at first,” said Crouvizier. “There was skepticism about crypto, about tokenized real estate, about NFTs. Human capital is simply the next frontier.”
As sports, entertainment, and finance continue to converge, Royaltiz is betting that fans don’t just want to watch the game; they want exposure to the people shaping culture.
The question is no longer whether humans have value.
It’s whether markets are ready to price it.
About Royaltiz
Founded in France, Royaltiz is a digital marketplace that enables users to trade assets linked to public figures. The company has signed over 200 talents under long-term IP agreements and has generated $15 million in revenue with $250 million in cumulative trading volume. The platform blends sports, social performance metrics, and crypto infrastructure to create a new category of tradable digital assets.
