Watford (football club)

History

2019: On a uniform of football players of a command the bitcoin character was placed

On September 12, 2019 it became known that on a uniform of football players of a command of the English premier league Watford was placed the bitcoin character. The club began to sell goods for cryptocurrency.

That on a sleeve of a t-shirt of athletes from Watford there was a letter "B" reminding a bitcoin logo, reported on the website of club. The innovation occurred after the conclusion of the sponsor's contract with the bookmaker sportsbet.io platform which accepts rates in digital currency.

On a uniform of football players of a command of the English premier league Watford was placed the bitcoin character

According to the statement of administration of Watford, use of a logo of bitcoin on a football form became a part of broader campaign directed to "increase in awareness on bitcoins and informing the public on advantages of use of cryptocurrencies".

The head of marketing of Sportsbet.io Justin Le Brocque noted that the company returns to cryptocommunity.

The cryptocommunity gave us strong support since we began work therefore placement of a logo of bitcoin on a sleeve seemed to us by an amusing method to pay a tribute to community, having given it thus support — he said, having added that this initiative should create "more noise around cryptocurrencies".

Watford not the first soccer team which became interested in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. In July, 2019 it became known that the Miami Dolfins command will be prinimatplatezh in LTC, and in June the Portuguese Sport Lisboa e Benfica began sale of souvenirs for cryptocurrencies.

Even more adventurous invention was performed by West Ham United club. This command has the fan cryptocurrency token now. And the Spanish club "Real Madrid" began to publish unique content about a command on the Fantastec blockchain platform. 
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