Online investment platform eToro has inked a deal that will see it pay with bitcoin to sponsor teams within the UK's top soccer league.
The Israel-based company said in a press release that, with help from sports marketing agency SportQuake, it has entered new partnerships with seven Premier League football clubs for a range of sponsorship assets, including access to players, digital rights, tickets, LED perimeter boards and interview backdrops.
Planned and finalized over six months, the deal sees eToro partner with Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, Crystal Palace, Leicester City, Southampton, Brighton & Hove Albion and Cardiff City, and claim it is "The first brand to pay for a Premier League partnership in bitcoin."
"The blockchain technology that underpins crypto currencies like bitcoin brings transparency, which we believe can improve the experience for everyone who loves the 'beautiful game', from fans being targeted by ticket touts, or a club negotiating a transfer, we believe that blockchain will revolutionise the world of football."
The move to fund the sponsorship deal with bitcoin will perhaps come as little surprise.
As far back as January 2014, eToro became an early adopter of the cryptocurrency, opening up bitcoin trading for its then 3 million users.
Early in 2017, the company moved to allow customers to buy or sell XRP, ether and litecoin on its platform.
The investment-only service did not allow them to deposit or withdraw cryptocurrencies from their accounts.
In May 2018, the firm announced it was launching a fully fledged cryptocurrency exchange with a wallet service and the addition of the dash, bitcoin cash, stellar, ethereum classic, NEO and EOS cryptocurrencies.
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eToro to Pay for Major UK Soccer Sponsorship Deal With Bitcoin
Publicado en Aug 21, 2018
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