๐ก TEAM SHEET โซ๏ธ
โ Nikolay Minkov misses the match
โถ๏ธ Gabriel Zlatanov starts in his place
โถ๏ธ Vinni Triboulet plays up front
Bitcoin Football Cup
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The World's First Professional Bitcoin Football Tournament ๐
Where Bitcoin meets Sports โฝ ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ
By @Botev ๐ง๐ฌ
โฝ American soccer player Alex Crognale got his teammates Mitchell Taintor and Alexis Souahy to buy the Bitcoin dip ๐
Add Juan Agudelo and that's 4 San Antonio FC 4 players already into Bitcoin ๐
๐น Tony Hawk once rejected $500K up front from Activision over video game royalties ๐ฐ
๐ฎ The same Tony Hawk's Pro Skater games went on to create +$1.4B in revenue and turned him into a global cultural icon ๐
Lower time preference worked for Tony, and it works for Bitcoin too!
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Did you know? Donald Trump keeps a replica of the World Cup trophy by his side ๐
๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐จ๐ฆ FIFA World Cup 26 will be the first hosted by 3 nations
The world's biggest sporting event now features 4๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ countries
Trump will hand the real trophy to the champions on July 16, 2026
Did you know? Skateboarding's G.O.A.T. landed in Bitcoin in 2012 ๐น๐
In 2021, Tony Hawk shared his Bitcoin story, drawing parallels between how misfits shaped skateboarding and bitcoiner culture ๐ค
How much BTC do you think Hawk held on to? ๐ฆ
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Shaquille O'Neal has a net worth of $500M ๐ฐ
Much of his money didn't come from the NBA ๐
Five Guys franchises, car washes, you name it, Shaq has done it ๐ค
But in 2024, O'Neal settled an $11M lawsuit for promoting Solana NFTs... Should Shaq have bought Bitcoin instead? ๐
Team USA ๐บ๐ธ and Team Canada ๐จ๐ฆ played each other in the 4 Nations Face-Off last tonight ๐
Cheapest ticket was going for $1,295, according to TickPick. That's 0.013 Bitcoin for a seat at the TD Garden ๐คฏ
Do you represent ๐บ๐ธ or ๐จ๐ฆ on Team Bitcoin?
You can quote the Ben White note with this:
Ben White moved to Arsenal in 2021, on a ยฃ120K a week deal (now ยฃ150K) ๐ท
Had White "done" a 20% Bitcoin Salary since then he'd have 175 BTC (ยฃ12.5M), more than he earned in his first 2 seasons in London ๐คฏ
Pounds & Euros weaken, Bitcoin gets stronger ๐ช
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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ben White doesn't do crypto. He's on a โฌ180,000 Premier League weekly salary until 2028.
You have 30 seconds to get the Arsenal defender on team Bitcoin, what's your opener? ๐
Athletes often lose fortunes buying that pricey Rolex or fancy cars, but every one of those loses value over time ๐
For Renato Moicano, Bitcoin was a full reset that inspired him to focus on the future and his family ๐งก
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Ben White doesn't do crypto. He's on a โฌ180,000 Premier League weekly salary until 2028.
You have 30 seconds to get the Arsenal defender on team Bitcoin, what's your opener? ๐
"I love private property and let me tell you something, if you care about your country, read Ludwig von Mises and the six lessons of the Austrian economic school."
Renato Moicano's viral UFC 300 moment sparked a wave of downloads and sales for Mises books ๐
Bitcoin athlete ๐ฅ
"How can I accumulate as much Bitcoin while I'm playing?" ๐ค
That was Alex Crognaleโs first thought when he discovered Bitcoin 2020.
โฝ๏ธ The San Antonio FC defender tells Rajat Soni why Bitcoin is not just for millionaire athletes, but a must for every journeyman out there
When Saifedean released this interview with Kieran Gibbs, Bitcoin's market cap was $382 billion and the price was around $20,000 ๐
Today, Bitcoin's market cap is 1.9 trillion as the price hovers above $97,000 ๐
Safe to say Kieran Gibbs made the right play โฝ
When Saifedean released this interview with Kieran Gibbs, Bitcoin's market cap was $382 billion and the price was around $20,000 ๐
Today, Bitcoin's market cap is 1.9 trillion as the price hovers above $97,000 ๐
Safe to say Kieran Gibbs made the right play โฝ
https://video.nostr.build/cb7f15a9c1d432c1673e45efe028cf7619ef271bff75585860c64a25bdd64617.mp4๏ธ
Fresh off a World Cup triumph, Lionel Messi turned down a tax-free $1.5B Saudi deal ๐ฑ
He wanted a quieter life with his family. But could footballโs greatest still be the sportโs top earner at Inter Miami?
You bet. But only if he got paid in Bitcoinโก๏ธ
Saquon Barkley puts his endorsement money into Bitcoin, and his commercial appeal has never been higher.
In this clip he explains the importance of knowing your value and betting on yourself.
Having just won the Super Bowl, Saquon says "next year will probably be my best year."
Is Saquon Barkley THE Bitcoin athlete? Probably.
๐ Got into Bitcoin in 2021 at $35k
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Bet on himself to sign with the Philadelphia Eagles
๐ Best season of his career in 2024
๐ Won the Super Bowl on his 28th birthday
He enters his prime guaranteed to earn $27.25M until 2024
NFL players don't really talk about how inflation can destroy their wealth ๐
Saquon Barkley and @jack mallers iscuss how getting into Bitcoin leads to better financial education for athletes ๐ก
Saquon Barkley's 2024 NFL season:
๐ฅ 3rd in MVP voting
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Offensive Player of the Year
๐ 2,005 rushing yards in regular season, 100 shy of all-time record
๐ 2,447 rushing total, set to break Terrell Davis' record
๐ Super Bowl this Sunday
Probably stacked some Bitcoin too...
