Lhe revolution does not take place on the ground, but could well herald a decisive shift in the world of sport. Vivek Ranadivé, the owner of an NBA team - the Sacramento Kings - has announced that he wants to pay all the club's employees in bitcoin, reports Clubic .
Doctors, housekeepers and other players will therefore be able to receive their emoluments in the form of this virtual currency, announced, on the Clubhouse application, the president of the Californian franchise. If the technical aspect of the payments has not been mentioned, CNews explains that this change could allow employees who would opt for this option "to recover their virtual salary without paying any fees", since it would be a remuneration in the form of digital investment. One disadvantage, however, is that virtual currency is subject to some volatility.
Purchases payable in bitcoin in club shops
In 2014, already, the Kings of Sacramento, who play in the Western Conference of the NBA, had made a small revolution. They had become the first professional basketball team in the United States to offer customers in their stores to pay for their purchases with bitcoin . To do this, they had signed a partnership with the payment service provider BitPay, underlines Clubic.
Last year, it was in another sports discipline, the NFL, that a player decided to receive half of his $ 13 million (nearly € 11 million) salary in bitcoin. The Carolina Panthers player had thus received 295.45 bitcoin, or $ 7,947,250.46, paid thanks to the firm Zap, specializing in the conversion of this virtual currency into American currency.