English Premier League Football Club To Receive Bonuses In Bitcoins

Southampton FC has entered into a new agreement with the main sponsor, which will includeReceive Bonus Moneypayments in cryptocurrency for performance.

Southampton Football Club EnglishThe Premier League will receive performance bonuses in bitcoin from their sponsor, the sports betting platform Sportsbet.io. The club has extended the contract with the bookmaker for three years, as reported on its official website.

Sportsbet.io is an online sports betting platform as well as an online casino. The platform was founded in 2016 as part of the cryptocurrency bookmaker Coingaming Group. Sportsbet.io has become the main sponsor of Southampton FC in 2020.

Earlier, Cristiano Ronaldo became the first in the worldfootball player who received cryptocurrency for his career achievements. In March, Juventus awarded him 770 JUV Fan Tokens, one for every goal scored in the Portuguese's career. At that time, the total value of the tokens he received was $ 11.75 thousand.

Fan Tokens allow Juventus fans to participate in the club's life. They were launched at the end of 2019 by the Socios.com app. Then the cost of the token was estimated at $ 2.2.

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