Real Bedford Football Club To Secure Its Bitcoin With Casa
The first football club to operate on a Bitcoin standard will leverage Casa’s security services to self-custody its BTC.Real Bedford F.C., the first football club to operate on a Bitcoin standard, will self-custody its BTC treasury with the help of Bitcoin security company Casa.The U.K.-based club was bought by Bitcoiner and host of the What Bitcoin Did podcast, Peter McCormack, in December 2021 with the goal to leverage Bitcoin to eventually become part of the elite of English football. Real Bedford currently competes in the Spartan South Midlands Football League, and McCormack believes....
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Real Bedford Football Club nets another example of how Bitcoin grassroots adoption benefits the broader community. The Bitcoin Standard has many formations. For some, selling all possessions and living off magic internet money is key; for others, it’s about sweeping every spare penny into Satoshis. For popular podcaster Peter McCormack–an avid football fan–it meant buying his local club and signing Bitcoin (BTC) onto the team sheet. Bitcoin advocate McCormack acquired his hometown football club in December 2021. He renamed and rebranded the club to Real Bedford, and at the ground, Bitcoin....
The integration is the latest addition to the club’s suite of tools to embrace a Bitcoin standard.
In a first for the sixth-tier English football league, the club will wear the BTC logo on their shirts, and fans will be able to buy tickets with Bitcoin over the Lightning Network. United Kingdom Bitcoin (BTC) payments adoption just recruited a new player. Oxford City Football Club looks to become the first National League football club to accept matchday payments in BTC when the season kicks off on Aug. 6.Fans will be able to purchase tickets, food and drink at Oxford City’s RAW Charging Stadium with Bitcoin over the Lightning Network. Legacy payment methods such as cash and card are....
Over the weekend, English Football club Real Bedford FC (RBFC) announced it had bought $4.5 million in Bitcoin to add to its treasury. The move is part of the non-league club’s long-term strategy to get promoted to the Premier League. The club’s dream has previously been supported by Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Related […]
Major Dutch football club PSV has signed a partnership deal with a crypto exchange and its sponsorship will be paid entirely in bitcoin. “PSV is the first club in the EU to receive the sponsorship amount in crypto,” said the football club. PSV Professional Football Club Will ‘Hodl’ Bitcoin Major Dutch football club PSV, also known as PSV Eindhoven, announced Tuesday that it will hodl bitcoin with the help of crypto exchange Anycoin Direct. The professional sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands, plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. “PSV....