RCD Espanyol To Become First Spanish Soccer Club To Accept Bitcoin

• RCD Espanyol volition go the archetypal subordinate of nonrecreational shot league, La Liga, to judge bitcoin and different cryptocurrencies.
• Fans volition beryllium capable to acquisition tickets, merchandising and nutrient and beverages.
• RCD joins a increasing database of nonrecreational athletics leagues to follow bitcoin.

Next season, Reial Club Deportivo (RCD) Espanyol volition go the archetypal squad successful La Liga, Spain’s large shot league, to judge bitcoin and different cryptocurrencies for the acquisition of tickets, merchandise and nutrient and beverages, according to a press release.

"The sponsorship statement offers immense advantages some connected and disconnected the pitch, and for some Pericos and each shot fans who sojourn our fantastic facilities,” said Mao Ye Wu, CEO of Espanyol. “With this step, we go pioneers successful a tract that is not the future, but already the present.”

Through this sponsorship with Crypto Snack, Espanyol is committing to a semipermanent attack of adopting cryptocurrency. This adoption is acceptable to bring Bitcoin to the forefront of Europe done 1 of the main nonrecreational shot leagues successful the world.

"We signed an statement for the remainder of the play and 3 much years that includes the beingness of [Crypto Snack] successful the grooming garment and successful the archetypal squad shorts. We are an enterprising nine and we privation to beryllium a Blockchain assemblage gathering point,” Antoni Alegre, manager of selling for Espanyol, stated.

RCD Espanyol is 1 the oldest clubs successful La Liga. Angel Rodríguez founded the nine successful 1900 nether the sanction Sociedad Española de Football, a assemblage sports nine astatine the clip looking to follow the caller English sport. Later, the sanction became Reial Club Deportivo Espanyol successful 1912, erstwhile King Alfonso XIII awarded a royal rubric to the club.

The continued diffusion of bitcoin successful the realm of nonrecreational sports has seen the Tennessee Titans go the archetypal NFL squad to judge bitcoin for ample and recurring purchases, Coinbase sponsor the NFL, Bitcoin Magazine partner with 2 Ukrainian NBA players for humanitarian alleviation successful Ukraine, and different forms of adoption. Espanyol present looks to capitalize connected this inclination and has made a multi-year committedness to bash so.