Olympic athlete gets paid in cryptocurrency

[Thadeous]

Good news, today cryptocurrency reached Olympic games industry!
Speed skater Ted-Jan Bloemen gets paid in cryptocurrency

[Divyanshu2710]

that's a wonderful news!!
Feeling good to hear that

[Marine8]

I also read it in news this morning and i think it is a great news for those who are involved in cryptos,especially when at a time there is a lot of rumors trying to paint a bad pictures about cryptocurrencies. We need more of those news to clear the air and move forward. 

[CryptoRyuzaki]

That's great news! As more and more celebrities embrace cryptocurrencies, it will gain more popularity and gain more acceptance in common markets. Fingers crossed!

[topleskacah]

wow. It is very cool
pay an athlete to use cryptocurency, as long as there is approval from the athlete it is legitimate only
and this is also a new way to introduce bitcoin, through sports. to the world
and who knows, this trend will be followed by everyone later, if there is a race. and bitcoin as a gift. I think it will be very exciting 

[ismadanniel]

yeah its good way as long the ethlete know about crypto and agree about the payment hehe..

[Thadeous]

Olympic games is a fantastic area for crypto advertising.
Any mentions related to cryptocurrency and Olympic are extremely positive.

[Denisliternyjj]

Great news! Bitcoin is developing rapidly, now he is ude and distigue of the Olympic Games! And what will happen next ? How far will it go?

[tomahawk9]

The only news here is the fact that somehow this guy acccepted a shitcoin as payment.

I mean, he's getting paid with a shitcoin that no one has ever heard of, a coin that's been in a downtrend for over a month and has low volume, and while it saw a small spike in the price when the news was published, it seems like people quickly realized that 'onG.social' is nothing more than another vaporware. Chances are this coin is going to disappear before the sponsorship deal with the athlete is over.

[drukoz2]

With such huge steps, digital gold is being introduced into our lives. This is just the beginning, soon every pensioner will go to shop with bitcoin in your pocket.

[ManaMan]

The only news here is the fact that somehow this guy acccepted a shitcoin as payment.

I mean, he's getting paid with a shitcoin that no one has ever heard of, a coin that's been in a downtrend for over a month and has low volume, and while it saw a small spike in the price when the news was published, it seems like people quickly realized that 'onG.social' is nothing more than another vaporware. Chances are this coin is going to disappear before the sponsorship deal with the athlete is over.

Yep and they simply use Olympics to market their future products. You can't blame them for doing that and I guess they prob paid some part in fiat as well. I myself wouldn't accept some big payments in some shitcoins specially if I couldn't turn them into more valid coins with speed.

[BUSTEDCLUB]

Thats awesome, but it will be more great if that athlete get paid with reliable cryptocurrency such as bitcoin or ethereum, not just some cryptocurrency just newly born and have no value. it has value but with really low volume.

[sabine80]

i like this news. it seems crypto become more and more popular. one of the best good news in the last days.

[adolf512]

It's really cool that crypto-currencies are at this level. I already heard earlier that the football club of London Arsenal advertises some kind of project ICO. I suppose that there will be more such advertisements, both in sports and in other industries.

[daarul50]

Good news, today cryptocurrency reached Olympic games industry!
Speed skater Ted-Jan Bloemen gets paid in cryptocurrency

Such cooperation becomes an advertisement to introduce the world of cryptocurrency to everyone in the world because with the cooperation of athletes and sponsors can make people curious and try to jump into the world of cryptocurrency to invest or trade. This is also good news to influence bitcoin prices in the market.

[Luckylegs]

That's positive news coverage. Didn't see what the coin was though. Still, any positive news is good for crypto in general.

[Slow death]

Good news, today cryptocurrency reached Olympic games industry!
Speed skater Ted-Jan Bloemen gets paid in cryptocurrency

from what I read he is "The double world record". this may increase even more the exposure of cryptos, I liked how he replied:

"For me, the real risk of not getting anything is not there, because I got a little (cash) out of it already.


"And that combination makes this sponsorship really fun, right. Because we're going to help each other. I'm trying to get them a little more exposure to make them succeed, and that would help all of us, right."

this can be good marketing and I hope more athletes are interested in bitcoin and altcoins. as in this world the tendency of human beings is imitate other people. will have more chances of more athletes to get interested in altcoins and bitcoins

Didn't see what the coin was though.

it seems that is ONG Social

[Kleo-kripto]

Yes, I like this news. The more crypto currency will enter into everyday life, the less likely it will be to crash.

[Thirdspace]

That's positive news coverage. Didn't see what the coin was though. Still, any positive news is good for crypto in general.

A Dual-Blockchain Token (Waves and Ethereum) related to ONG (OneName Global) and CEEK VR, called ONG Token
after browsing a bit, their sites are: https://ong.social/ & https://www.ongcoin.io/
another competition for steemit?

[btcwish1]

This is an awesome news and a great step forward. yes it would be nice if the payment was via BTC or other established coin. But heyy! at least it is a cryptocurrency!  people will now understand that crypto is real deal and NOT a fugazi..