Bitcoin enters the football market
The virtual currency bitcoin gained space in the world economy in the last year due to the high valuation and recently invaded the world of soccer. Real Madrid now accepts payment with cryptocurrency for the tour of the Santiago Bernabéu stadium;
Bragantino (Brazil) closed two sponsorships for the system; and entrepreneurs already take this trend into the transfer market. After the Turkish club Harunustas to use the digital service to buy an athlete, Brazilian agents saw a market opportunity."The market is being prepared for this, although it is a risky currency as some put it in. We are maturing this with a businessman who also works with bitcoin.The idea is to negotiate a quantity of bitcoins to negotiate participation in the representation of the athlete.We are talking, already advanced, "explained Márcio Schmidt.
"When we analyze Real Madrid and some clubs looking for sponsorship, accepting known stores and other situations, we were curious. We are attentive to this market expectation, and football can perfectly be an object of this market," added the businessman.
The entrepreneur quoted by Schmidt is Maurice Cohen. Partner with two other businessmen (Bernardo Schucman and Denis Mandelbaun) of a company that deals with the "mining" of virtual currencies - Cohen believes that the operation in Turkey starts a trend. In his view, football will surrender to the criptomoedas in a short time.
