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The cryptocurrency world has struck another high-profile sponsorship deal: this year two US college football teams will compete in the Bitcoin Bowl. Payments firm BitPay says that it had agreed to sponsor the game for three years, this year to be played on December 26 in St. Petersburg, Florida. The sponsorship deal will …

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  1. Don Dumb
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    One crucial aspect is missing - how will BitPay be paying for their sponsorship? I'm guessing the St Petersburg organisers are accepting payment in US Dollars rather than Bitcoin but I imagine that would slightly undermine the publicity effort if that were to become public knowledge.

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      be even more damaging if the US froze their bank accounts as they often attempted to do with Mt Gox, citing money laundering and other offences as the reason.

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