The executive of a Turkish football club which cases to be the first to utilize Bitcoin to sign a player says he is "certain" enormous groups will utilize the cryptographic money in the following five or 10 years.
Harunustaspor boss Haldun Sehit paid 22-year-old midfielder Omer Faruk Kiroglu mostly in Bitcoin to sign for the novice club – which plays in Sakarya First Division Group B.
Kiroglu was paid utilizing 0.0524 Bitcoin (£370 at the present conversion standard) and 2,500 Turkish Lira (£469).
"We are a town group, we are not a rich group," Sehit told the media. "We did it to become famous, city (Sakarya) and our region (Akyazi) in the nation and the world.
"I heard numerous individuals discussing crypto-cash, saying they needed to offer homes or autos with it and I chose to make an exchange by Bitcoin in light of the fact that I adore my group and needed to make a brand.
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