Under the Rock of Gibraltar, and on the lawn of the Victoria Stadium that adjoins the airport, one of the innovations that can change the financial rules of football forever is being cooked. Gibraltar United, fourth place in the 2017-18 League of Gibraltar and set founded in 1943, will become the first club on the planet to pay part of the salary of their players in cryptocurrencies, digital currency with which operates on the Internet and They rose to fame in 2009 with the launch of Bitcoin.
According to The Guardian, Pablo Dana, owner of the club and investor and promoter of the cryptocurrency Quantocoin, main sponsor of Gibraltar United, said he would introduce payments for this season's football players through this type of virtual currency. "Gibraltar was the first place in which betting companies were regulated.
They established laws and created a platform. Now, they are having the intelligence to do the same with cryptocurrencies, "said Dana, who has chosen a suitable place to promote her idea.In December, Gibraltar approved in its Parliament a bill to regulate cryptocurrencies. protection of investors and consumers by generating a regulatory framework for the issuance, sale and distribution of these volatile assets.
In early 2018, the Rock also boosted its own cryptocurrency, Rock. Gibraltar was already a pioneer in welcoming the launch of the first regulated Bitcoin product in Europe in 2016. A signing in BitcoinsCryptocurrencies have long been related to football. In January, Arsenal became the first football club in the world to be sponsored by a digital currency. CashBet became one of the sponsors of the 'Gunners' appearing at the Emirates Stadium.
In addition, the modest Turkish Harunustaspor signed Omer Faruk Kiroglu paying his transfer in Bitcoins. "We have done something new, I am open to new experiences and we have been pioneers in Turkey and in the world," the footballer confessed. Cryptocurrencies are part of football
A team trains under the Rock. Paco Martín
