Wait, There's a Bitcoin Bowl Game?!
Yes, it's true. In the midst of the most exciting time of the year in college football, bitcoin is making its mark. What was previously called the Beef O' Brady's Bowl, will now be known as the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl for the next three years. BitPay, one of the largest bitcoin payment service providers will serve as the title sponsor of the NCAA....
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Trucoin ATMs will be more visible soon. This past June, BitPay landed an NCAA bowl game sponsorship with ESPN. Labeling the 2014 St. Petersburg game as 'the Bitcoin Bowl' for the next four years, the company announced today that Trucoin is the official bitcoin ATM provider for the event. "Trucoin's sponsorship will facilitate the purchase of many Bowl fans' first bitcoin. With so many merchants in St. Pete now accepting digital currency, these game attendees will be able to experience bitcoin shopping firsthand." The bowl game pits two teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the....
Weeks after the surprise announcement that it would drop bitcoin from the title of its St Petersburg Bowl, ESPN remains tight-lipped regarding its "mutual decision" with former St Petersburg Bowl sponsor BitPay to cut short its support for the event. Though somewhat cryptic in its original response, an ESPN spokesperson has confirmed that "BitPay is no longer the sponsor" for the game, and that this year's version is likely to bear the generic title the St Petersburg Bowl. BitPay, which offers bitcoin payment processing services, signed a three-year deal to provide financial support for....
Dogecoin grabbed a lot of attention for the cryptocurrency space by sponsoring a NASCAR driver, now Bitpay is putting up some major bucks to get some mainstream media attention on the far more popular Bitcoin, by buying the naming rights to an NCAA college football bowl game. For our international/non sports fan audience: Bowl games are played every year in college football after the regular season, typically in lieu of a playoff system. Teams are placed in different bowl games depending on where they were ranked in their conference that year. While the bowl games do finish up the year and....
ESPN Events has announced that Atlanta, Georgia-based BitPay will serve as the new title sponsor of the annual St. Petersburg Bowl - an NCAA-sanctioned post-season college football game that has been taking place since 2008. BitPay, renowned for its business of allowing merchants to easily accept bitcoin payments and convert them instantly to local currency, will have the game known as the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl beginning with this year's game, slated to be held on the 26th of December at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. "Our goal is to continue to move bitcoin into the....
It is time for Super Bowl LI in Houston, Texas. The New England Patriots face the Atlanta Falcons. The Super Bowl is expected to attract an estimated $4.7 billion USD in bets. Bitcoin is growing as an easy way for bettors to send funds to offshore sportsbooks. It is unclear how much bitcoin is used to bet on the super bowl, but what is clear is that the number is going up. Let’s have a look at the game and some possible bets. Super Bowl LI: Expected to be an Offensive Shootout. Sportsbooks opened the total score at 60 which was a record high. Currently, the total score line is 58 which is....