JAKARTA – The giant football club from Brazil, Sao Paulo FC is reportedly accepting ticket purchases with cryptocurrency. That makes Sao Paulo the first Brazilian football club to accept digital asset payments.
The football club, which won the domestic league title 22 times, formed a partnership with the Bitso crypto exchange. This partnership makes Bitso the club's sponsor for the next three years.
According to the latest information, Sao Paulo FC and Bitso are taking their partnership to another level by allowing the purchase of tickets for home matches using crypto assets. Reportedly, Sao Paulo FC does not only accept one type of cryptocurrency.
Despite the many crypto payment options, one of the club's fans and first-time buyers chose to use Bitcoin to buy tickets. The man was named Fabio Gloeden Brum, and he was presented with an NFT to commemorate the first purchase.
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Initially, the club only offered ticket purchases with crypto for fans registered with a membership card. Shortly, the club will allow the purchase of tickets with crypto for all fans.
Apart from Sao Paulo FC, another soccer club from Mexico, Tigres, is also exploring cooperation with Bitso and enabling ticket payments with BTC. The club's president, Mauricio Culebro Galván, assured that efforts to pay with similar cryptocurrencies will expand in the future.
“Tigres is constantly looking to the future, and new initiatives are sure to come with Bitso to continue to offer even greater services", Galván said.
It didn't stop there, one of the Spanish LaLiga clubs, RCD Espanyol was also rumored to be partnering with Bitso. Espanyol plans to open purchase of match tickets, merchandise, food, and drinks, using several cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Ethereum.
"With this step, we become pioneers in a field that is not the future, but is now", said RCD Espanyol President Mao Ye Wu, quoted from CryptoPotato.
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