According to Telegraph

Tottenham Hotspur, Leicester City, Newcastle United, Southampton, Cardiff City, Brighton and Crystal Palace have agreed to set up digital wallets with an online trading platform which says it is in “no doubt” the currency will eventually replace sterling in the multi-billion pound transfer industry.

The bitcoin system will also help clubs tackle ticket touting and counterfeit merchandising, according to online trading firm eToro, which has paid clubs to take part.

“Blockchain and cryptocurrencies, which have no physical form and exist only as strings of computer code, were launched with the goal of becoming decentralised currencies.” “The use of bitcoin in the multi-billion pound transfer market would improve “transparency”.

said Iqbal Gandham, UK managing director at eToro for Daily Telegraph.

Read also: Adoption of Immediate Payment Technologies Through Mobile Applications is Rising at an Extraordinary Way

All 7 teams have been paid to receive bitcoin in a bid to spark interest. This is a part of eToro partnership program but instead paying in pounds eToro paid in Bitcoins. What teams will do with it is entirely up to them.

Fran Jones, head of partnerships at Tottenham, said the partnership was launched because the club is “committed to technology and innovation“. Paul Barber, chief executive at Brighton, said the project will “help us better understand the true potential offered by blockchain”.

Disclaimer

eToro is a multi-asset platform that offers both investing in stocks and crypto assets, as well as trading CFDs.

Please note that CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 75% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Past performance is not an indication of future results.

Cryptoassets are volatile instruments which can fluctuate widely in a very short timeframe and therefore are not appropriate for all investors. Other than via CFDs, trading crypto assets is unregulated and therefore is not supervised by any EU regulatory framework.

Original article on Telegraph by Tom Morgan & Hasan Chowdhury