European football giant Benfica has made an important announcement not only for its fans but for the crypto community as well. Now if you want to buy a match ticket or club merchandise, you can pay using crypto. The payments are to be accepted in Bitcoin, Ethereum and UTK token.





Despite it’s not the first time we see words “football” and “crypto” in one sentence, today’s news marks an important milestone. Earlier, cryptocurrencies have never been accepted as regular payment in the football industry.





A year ago, a similar initiative was undertaken during the World Cup in Russia. Football fans had an opportunity to buy tickets for matches paying in BTC. But it was only once. Such a scheme hasn’t become a regular one.





Be as it may, now crypto transaction will be employed in full around the Estádio da Luz – Benfica’s home stadium. This move has become possible thanks to the supports of UTRUST. It is a crypto payments processing firm that uses UTK, its own ETH-based token.

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