u/joshlambonumberfive mentioned to me about a soccer team utilizing crypto for their fans Football(Soccer) team and I thought that was awesome. So here are other random facts and news about Sports and Crypto
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NHL Cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has signed a sponsorship deal with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). - March 17, 2021
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Football/Soccer Everton football partners with Socios.com for fan tokens on blockchain - Aug 3, 2021 (thanks u/joshlambonumberfive !)
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Football/Soccer In early 2018, Harunustaspor, a Turkish football club, became the world’s first football team to purchase a player using Bitcoin. The player, Omar Faruk Kiroglu (22 years old), received 0.0524 in Bitcoin (£385) and ₺2,500 (£470) as part of the deal with Harunustaspor
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NHL The San Jose Sharks will become the first National Hockey League team to accept cryptocurrency next season - June 24, 2021
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Football/Soccer International payment services companies, such as Wirex and Epayments, offered fans the ability to purchase tickets for the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum. In addition, Kaliningrad hotel chain Apartments Malina announced that customers were able to book and pay for accommodation using Bitcoin
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Formula 1 More recently, in March 2021, Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One became the first Formula One team to partner with a cryptocurrency firm. Crypto.com is a platform with over ten million active users and will no doubt gain greater brand exposure on Aston Martin F1 cars in competitions worldwide
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MMA Litecoin became the official cryptocurrency partner of UFC 232 in 2018, sponsoring the Light Heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson. The event led to a spike in interest for the coin with Litecoin UFC receiving more than 40 million Twitter impressions to an audience of over 16 million users worldwide
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With the aim of promoting its crypto-trading service, eToro partnered with several Premier League teams – paid for entirely with Bitcoin. By September 2020, the platform became one of Europe’s biggest football sponsors of clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur FC, Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Cardiff City FC, Crystal Palace FC, Leicester City FC, Newcastle United FC and Southampton FC. eToro suggests that cryptocurrency can be used to authenticate merchandise, reduce ticket touting and for player transfers
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