Cool: Sacramento Kings Advertise Bitcoin Acceptance Courtside
Source: @BitGiveOrg. By now, it's no secret in the bitcoin community that the Sacramento Kings (an NBA team for those outside of the United States) has started accepting bitcoin for things like merchandise and ticket sales. But the teams wants to everyone watching their games know - not just members of the bitcoin community. An image captured by the BitGive Foundation and posted on Twitter shows an ad running during gameplay courtside touting that the Kings are "now accepting bitcoin". This sort of public promotion done before is typically an exciting thing for some members of the....
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A joyful news for you: Sacramento Kings has announced that they will start with accepting Bitcoin processed through BitPay. The following press release was sent to us by BitPay: SACRAMENTO, CA - January 16, 2014 - Today, the Sacramento Kings announced they will become the first major professional sports franchise to accept Bitcoin, a popular online currency. The bitcoin purchases will be processed through BitPay - the world's largest payment processor for virtual currencies. Since purchasing the Kings earlier this year, majority team owner Vivek Ranadivé has directed a business philosophy....
SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, the Sacramento Kings announced they will become the first major professional sports franchise to accept Bitcoin, a popular online currency. The bitcoin purchases will be processed through BitPay – the world’s largest payment processor for virtual currencies. Since purchasing the Kings earlier this year, majority team owner Vivek Ranadivé has directed a business philosophy coined “NBA 3.0,” which focuses on investments in technology, globalization and deep community partnerships. The BitPay relationship marks another manifestation of the 3.0 philosophy in Sacramento.....
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