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    Home » Crypto News » Bitcoin & Soccer: The Rise of Cryptocurrency Sponsorships and Partnerships

    Bitcoin & Soccer: The Rise of Cryptocurrency Sponsorships and Partnerships

    Author: Danish Yasin

    Last Updated Nov 13, 2019 @ 14:35

    Bitcoin’s recent parabolic market performance has attracted significant attention to the entire cryptocurrency market. This is both reasonable and expected. Since its inception, the crypto market as a whole has traditionally followed Bitcoin, and to a lesser extent Ethereum.

    These days, however, cryptocurrency receives considerable attention from mainstream media channels. Gone are the days when the only access to reliable cryptocurrency news was from crypto-specific websites and media outlets.

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    Today, cryptocurrency happenings can be regularly found on the pages of major web outlets, including Yahoo Finance and Forbes.

    Cryptocurrency and Soccer

    With this type of increased media attention come greater opportunities for moving into new and promising advertising markets. For example, soccer teams in Europe are beginning to collaborate with and sponsor various crypto projects.

    This is positive news for both the blockchain economy and the sports industry. Blockchain projects are experiencing increased visibility in an entirely new space. The sports industry has the opportunity to benefit from various product and service offerings that are made possible by blockchain technology. These include convenience, increased accountability, and fast transactions.

    One of the first major blockchain and cryptocurrency collaborations was between Rimini FC 1912, an Italian Serie C soccer club, and blockchain venture Quantocoin. The blockchain technology project offers exchanges, trading, and remittance payments for a potential client base of 2 billion people.

    Quantocoin purchased 25 percent of Rimini entirely with cryptocurrency, precisely its native token, the Quantocoin (QRCt). This is significant, as it was the first time that a soccer team has been purchased using cryptocurrency.

    Quantocoin’s mission is to continue along this trajectory, making many more sports-related purchases with cryptocurrency.

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    According to a press release, English Premier League club, Newcastle United has also partnered with a blockchain project, StormGain. The Newcastle team is well known across Europe, making this a valuable collaboration for StormGain, a platform offering cryptocurrency margin trading.

    StormGain’s CEO, Alex Althausen, remarked:

    “We are thrilled to be partnering with an exciting and a leading soccer club such as Newcastle United. We believe the collaboration of cryptocurrencies and mainstream sports is inevitable. Therefore it’s a privilege and an honor for StormGain to be the spearhead of the blockchain community colliding with mainstream sports.”

    Another interesting blockchain-soccer collaboration comes from Portugal. The famous S.L. Benfica announced in early June that its merchandise would be available for purchase with cryptocurrency. Benfica accepts Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) as well as UTRUST token (UTK).

    CoinMarketCap, which provides data services to the cryptocurrency market, also recently entered a sports-based partnership. Israel’s Beitar Jerusalem now wears the CoinMarketCap brand prominently during its matches. Moshe Hogeg, the new owner of the club, is a well-established cryptocurrency pioneer and entrepreneur.

    Advertising Too

    Other recent partnerships with football clubs, such as CoinDeal’s Wolverhampton Wanderers sponsorship renewal, show that this type of exposure for cryptocurrency is growing and becoming more widely accepted in mass markets such as sports.

    In January, DX Exchange was advertised prominently during a Barcelona football game, leading to tweets of support and encouragement from DX Exchange Co-Founder and CEO Daniel Skowronski.

    As the cryptocurrency world finds renewed hope and power in its long-anticipated turnaround from the 2018 bear market, it seems as if all news is good news, at least for now. These alliances with major sports franchises within the soccer world are undoubtedly great news, for supporters of the sport and blockchain technology alike.

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    A freelance writer with more than three years of experience and can write research papers, blogs and web articles. An aspiring Computer Scientist and technology enthusiast. Contact Danish: LinkedIn

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