- The Brazilian soccer club São Paulo will allow its fans to buy tickets with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from the alliance it signed with the Mexican exchange Bitso.
- The cryptocurrencies accepted to pay for the tickets will be The ones that users can use in addition to BTC are Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba inu (SHIB), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) and five USD-backed stablecoins , among which DAI, USDT, USDC, Pax Dollar and Binance USD stand out.
Brazilian football is one of the most important in the world. It has no less than a dozen well-known institutions on a continental level and its team has won five World Cups, more than any other country.
one of these teams is the São Paulo football club who is not only the champion team of the Copa Libertadores three times (1992, 1993 and 2005) and of the world in 2005, because now hees will allow its fans to buy tickets with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from the alliance it signed with the Mexican exchange Bitso. This makes it the first club in the country to offer this alternative.
Bitso Association – São Paulo
At the end of May, the relationship that started in January went to a new level. The link between Bitso- São Paulo will be for three years and promises to continue delivering good news.
Bitso has more than two dozen coins available to users, although not all of them are available to buy tickets for matches at the Morumbi stadium, one of the most important in Latin America. The ones that users can use in addition to BTC are Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba inu (SHIB), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and five USD-backed stablecoins, including DAI, USDT, USDC, Pax Dollar and Binance USD.
“The crypto payment program is currently only available to official fan club members. has revealed the club on its Twitter account.
But it will not be only for members in the future: the general public will be able to purchase tickets through this means.
As announced by the club, the first fan to purchase a ticket through this means was Fábio Gloeden Brum. He bought using Bitcoin and he did it for the match against Ceará: he tied 2-2. For being the pioneer, Gloeden Brum received an official NFT from São Paulo as a gift.
“One of our main objectives from the beginning of the association with the club was to allow clubs to buy tickets with cryptocurrencies.”, highlighted Bitso. For its part, the São Paulo club highlighted the fact of being at the “forefront of innovationn”.
Examples from other leagues and sports
Although this decision by São Paulo is innovative for Brazilian soccer, it is already happening in other leagues, sports and countries. The NBA, for example, was one of the pioneers. Dallas Mavericks have long received DOGE and also BTC for tickets, as well as for clothing within the club shop. In Liga MX, Tigres also offers the same alternative to its fans.
What will be the next territory to conquer for Bitcoin? Digital currencies continue to gain a foothold in the sport.
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