Bitcoin Bowl Merchants See Tech's Big Picture, But Few Sales
The Bitcoin St Petersburg Bowl may have given bitcoin a visibility boost on primetime TV, but according to local merchants who participated in its promotion, this attention didn't always translate into an increase in local sales or customer interest. As part of our Bitcoin Bowl coverage, CoinDesk surveyed more than 20 St Petersburg merchants about their experience supporting the event, though more were approached for comment. BitPay had said that more than 100 businesses in total signed up to accept bitcoin for the big game. The poll sought information about the total sales recorded by....
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Atlanta, Georgia-based BitPay made huge news recently by becoming the sponsor of the St. Petersburg Bowl (a football game, for our international friends), and in a move that many have pegged as classy, had it renamed to the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl (as opposed to naming it after their own company). Now, executives from the company are traveling down to their neighbor state to make proper arrangements for the game - which takes place in December of this year, with the sponsorship continuing for three years. The idea is to get as many merchants onboard with the digital currency before the....
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....
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....