ESPN Open to New Bitcoin Industry Bowl Game Sponsors
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....
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The 2015 edition of the St Petersburg Bowl will not be known as the Bitcoin St Petersburg Bowl, according to ESPN. A representative from the TV news source would not comment as to whether the move foretells a sponsorship change for this year's event, or if it is currently seeking a new sponsor for the 2015 bowl game. Last year's event was sponsored by bitcoin processor BitPay, which inked a three-year deal to brand the college football playoff. The spokesperson told CoinDesk: "The decision to rebrand the event to the St. Petersburg Bowl was a mutual one between both BitPay and ESPN." While....
Shooter Jennings is the latest musician to utilize digital currency openly. He announced earlier this week on Twitter that he would be using the ChangeTip application to send out Bitcoin tips during ESPN's Bitcoin Bowl in St. Petersburg, sponsored by BitPay. Jennings is a country music star specializing in an off-shoot genre called outlaw country. He's quite prolific, having released ten studio albums since 2005. During the college football bowl game between North Carolina State University and the University of Central Florida, Jennings is offering people money to tweet to at him using 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....
Although pop culture outlets often associate cryptocurrency with computer geeks, Bitcoin and Dogecoin have each made inroads into the athletic community. This year, both the NBA's Sacramento Kings and the MLS's San Jose Earthquakes have announced plans to accept Bitcoin payments. For its part, Dogecoin has sponsored both the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team and NASCAR driver Josh Wise. Now, Bitcoin will make its way into a new sport-college football-via the Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl Bitcoin St. Petersburg Bowl to Be First College Football Game Sponsored by Cryptocurrency. While most of the....