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Champions League quarter-finalists all have crypto deals

The UEFA Champions League has entered the quarter-final stages, and the remaining eight teams fighting it out for the famous old trophy are all repping crypto companies. The likes of Arsenal, Aston Villa, PSG, and Inter Milan have all inked a deal with Socios.com, while crypto exchanges Coinbase and Bitpanda are sponsoring Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, respectively.  On Tuesday, Arsenal beat Real Madrid 3-0, knocking them out of the league. Liverpool also exited the tournament after losing a penalty shootout 4-1 to PSG on March 11. Tonight, at 5pm ET, you’ll be able to catch Barcelona against Borussia Dortmund and PSG versus Aston Villa. Here’s a chart of the remaining teams and the crypto sponsors you’ll see across the quarter-finals. You can also check out the crypto sponsors across the entire roster of teams below.   CHART: Every crypto sponsor for the 2024/25 Champions League Read more: CHART: What sports do crypto firms care about? ...

Bitcoin soccer club Real Bedford FC wins the league

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"We’re the Bitcoin club. But as Bitcoin is, we're a community. So this is our team. And if we go up, everyone's going to be like, Yeah, that's our team!" chairman Peter McCormack told Cointelegraph. The so-called Bitcoin (BTC) soccer team, Real Bedford Football Club, won the United Kingdom’s South Midlands League for the 2023 season.  Fans from all over the world, from Vancouver to Beijing, flew in to watch the last home game and see the trophy raised. 327 fans turned up, many of whom had traveled thousands of miles across the globe to watch a non-national league soccer team in a North London town. Some photos of our final home game of the season where we were crowned league champions. We had a record crowd of 327, this is up from 50-80 last season. Thank you to everyone who came and has supported us. pic.twitter.com/u19kcpO3WM — Peter McCormack‍️ (@PeterMcCormack) April 16, 2023 At the first home game of the season in 2022, Bitcoin podcaster and club chairman...