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Original article (in Italian) > https://sport.sky.it/calcio/lega-pro/2018/08/27/serie-c-rimini-25-per-cento-quote-societa-criptovaluta.html

Reddit thread > https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/9ayfuj/25_of_italian_football_club_bought_with_crypto/

That's a first in football I believe?
A Serie C club (Rimini), Italian 3rd league, will have 25% of its shares sold in the form of a cryptocurrency transaction, following partnership with Quantocoin. Never heard about this Quantacoin before but a look on their website https://quantocoin.io and it looks quite promising.

Really ?. If this information is true I think it's very good news for holder Crypto. It show us the recognition for Crypto in Italy.
I hope the government in other countries will completely make laws and accept Crypto.

Not the first actually. There are already facts about selling tickets (for crypto) to the football matches with help of blockchain and some other examples around football especially.
It looks mostly not like something good for crypto community but rather for a 3rd league football team as it will bring more attention to them because of crypto hype.

This is quite exciting and I must say it is the first time of hearing such info. With beautiful good news of such, Bitcoin and the blockchain technology is gradually moving towards the promised land.

I always love reading news like this, I mean in the grand scale of things it might not mean much, but it's certainly very good publicity.
Seems like this was actually done as a publicity stunt. Do you happen to have an article in english as well?

lol i doubt a soccer team has any value at all. they must have done that just symbolic to try to say everyone its valuable,

soccer teams arent valuable anymore, they are more a liability especially in a time in which, the national currencies collapse, into neocommunist banking cartels.

Very interesting.. but not surprising. Cryptocurrency adoption is rising at formidable rates. I expect more and more of this kind of big transactions happening in the future. Heck.. I've paid for some speakers and cables with bitcoin just a few days ago. Crypto ERA is coming!!  :D ;D

Wow..  Cryptocurrency is really a great asset to hold and I want you to believe  me... We are expecting more and more of this to happen  because  cryptocurrency is taking  a lead and I can proudly say cryptocurrency will change to financial asset
As a result of mass adoption...if a football club can be bought with cryptocurrency then you need to understand that fact that more of this is expecting to happen very soon... Now with cryptocurrency you can buy goods and services and sum are considering is as asset 

This is indeed a great news for us. It just shows that the uses of crypto are endless. And this is a good thing that more and more firms and organizations are now being open to receive payments in crypto. From buying phones to a football team, crypto is really having a wide reach.

Italy has been one of the pioneers of cryptocurrency adoption. I guess this type of news might affect other football clubs to consider accepting crypto too. Maybe someday we'll see its use in other sports too as well as sports betting. Cryptocurrency is getting mass adoption and awareness which is a good thing for all crypto enthusiast out there.

I like what happens when bitcoin starts to spread more and more with each day and month and a news like this is great. I also saw in La Liga a huge ad to a new sport-casino and let's not forget when dogecoin sponsored a car in nascar and it was great so cryptos have a history with sports.

I don't know much about quantoo, and I don't know what your goal is to provide information, or want a promotion
but, if cryptocurrency really wants to be more famous, the management of the Serie A club, can adopt cryptocurrency as a ticket payment tool, so here the role of cryptocurrency will be more useful for the general public

There are various other exciting news like this in the recent days and these just keeps getting better and better. Italy is one of the country that has adopted cryptocurrency in a large scale. There are places in Italy that accepts bitcoin as a mode of transactions and it’s a paradise for crypto users. Guess we'll see more countries adopting it soon.

Like Alessandro Del Piero, I saw he also helped promote one of the token projects. In addition to promoting the project, he could also use cryptocurrency. Famous people have a good impact on cryptocurrency known to many people.

this is a hope that people who are engaged in the world of crypto, maybe it will develop crypto in their country in a way that is quite genius, football club is one of the popular sports fields in Italy, so an idea like this emerges.

This is money laundering. It does not make any sense this operation with an unknown project that is still in the ICO. And football always attracts companies interested in laundering money. The people listed on the site are totally unknown to the crypto world. They have never done anything relevant related to Bitcoin.

But it seems they are getting a great media about it.

I also remember quite recent news about UEFA making experiments ticket distributions on blockchain to make sure that tickets are not faked. And yet in this case I really don't understand in which coin the payment was issued. Quanto is in its ICO stage, so none of their tokens could be involved. Both links seems to use the term 'cryptocurrency' without explaining which one was it.
As for quantocoin, I guess it's cool that they are planning to be a totally legit crypto bank. It is also sweet that their token is built on Waves, not erc-20. But who knows if they actually manage to become accepted by people from other spheres (whether the payments in shops will be possible with their token, for instance). So far this project is in its infantry, and all we can do is keep track.

That make bitcoin price bump from Italy?

Yes, this is not the first time it has happened, there are many countries and companies out there that sell tickets for football matches with crypto currencies, but this news is also quite good and useful so we know that some Italian companies and communities have supported crypto currencies

i don't really think so. it is only one case and it is not even a full usage of a cryptocurrency. it is more like an iconic use of some tokens on top of using real fiat. the article says 25% but i think it was 100% in fiat and some tokens were exchanged mainly for publicity of the token, possibly because they have some stake in it. and this whole thing looks like an ad for that altcoin to me.

Italy has been one of the pioneers of digital currency selection. I figure this kind of news may influence other football clubs to consider tolerating crypto as well. Possibly some time or another we'll see its utilization in different games as well and additionally wears wagering. Digital currency is getting mass selection and mindfulness which is something worth being thankful for all crypto aficionado out there.

I agree with you. Previously there were also football clubs that partnership with cryptocurrency. like the Arsenal club that partnership with the US cryptocurrency CashBet.
if you want to read : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/24/arsenal-seals-major-sports-first-cryptocurrency-sponsorship-deal
I think this can be mutually beneficial for both parties.

Yes, this information is true, can't you see that it's published by sky news?
At first I thought this deal was done for club which plays on Serie A but seems they are in Serie C. I think it's first for not only italians but in whole football (soccer for americans) history. To be fair I don't like this, despite the fact that bitcoin is innovative, I don't like to see such a big deals happened by bitcoin, it's more nice (for me) to keep low number of users but everything good is abused by people as time goes.
Congrats everyone who are happy with this news.

While posting the original post, I cannot deny this crossed my mind as well that it could be money laundering, Italy have a big history about that (see sports betting with fixed football matches in smaller leagues, happened on a regular basis in the last ten years).

This is a support, as many investors contribute and build Bitcoin, Bitcoin prices will definitely come back. This is what is expected of the Bitcoin holders. Blockchain technology is developed in parallel with modern technology, which will make the virtual currency more valuable in the future.

Now with electronic money you can buy goods and services and review aggregate assets. And in this case I really do not understand in which payment penny is released. Both links seem to use the term 'electronic money' without explaining what it is. It's also sweet that their tokens are built on the Waves, not the erc-20. So far this project is in its infantry, and all we can do is watch.

Very very good news. Today i got up and start to read crypto news. There were many and i felt so happy for it. So we can say the bitcoin and cryptocurrency went into the sports in Europe! I am sure there will be more clubs will say that they will go with crypto money.. I also heard about in the NBA, Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors are going to work with cryptos in the new season in October.

As a result of mass acceptance, if a football club can be bought with electronic money then you need to understand the fact that this is expected to happen very soon. This is really great news for us. And this is a good thing as more and more companies and organizations are opening up to receive payment by password. Italy is one of the pioneers in adopting electronic money. Perhaps one day we will see the use of it in other sports as well as sports betting. I like what happens when bitcoin starts to spread more and more with each and every day and month and news like this is great. There are many other interesting news like this in recent days and these things are getting better and better. There are places in Italy that accept bitcoin as a trading method and that is the paradise for the encrypted user. Like Alessandro Del Piero, I saw him also helped promote one of the token projects.

Events like this will pump up the value of any coins that are being bought and this time, it was bitcoin. With more clubs or any sports club out there that will engage themselves in cryptocurrency will boost the current bloody market into a green one. Hope theres more to come like this news.

It looks like big whales now own a lot of cryptocurrency so now they can purchase anything they like with it including foodball clubs. This is how mainstream crypto will get eventually. When you see this kind of thing happening, you know that slowly slowly it is being widely accepted and becoming more the norm and not something a few basement nerds are mining in their basements. We have come a long way in ten years and this will seem very normal behavior in a few years.