{"id":41570,"date":"2021-03-22T15:53:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T15:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=41570"},"modified":"2021-03-22T15:53:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T15:53:55","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-becomes-first-player-to-receive-payment-in-cryptocurrency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=41570","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first player to receive payment in cryptocurrency"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Cristiano<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The five-time Ballon D\u2019Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo, became the first footballer to be paid with cryptocurrency when his Italian Serie A side, Juventus gave him 770 Fan Tokens JUV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Portuguese superstar<\/a> received the token for his record-breaking goal milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronaldo surpassed Brazilian legend Pele to become the second-highest goalscorer in history and the highest for an active player after he scored a brace in the 4-1 demolition of Udinese in last week\u2019s game in the Italian topflight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 35-year-old currently has 761 career goals after he added a hattrick in last Sunday\u2019s 3-1 victory over Cagliari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juventus is one of the European clubs with official Fan tokens, an initiative meant to deepen the participation of fans in the club\u2019s operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Old Lady partnered with Chiliz and Socios to develop its tokens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ronaldo was issued the token before Sunday\u2019s match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ripples Nigeria reported last week that clubs have started investing in cryptocurrency with a focus on tokens to enable the fans to interact better with clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The English Premier League side, Manchester City were the latest entry but Juventus had been a part of the tokens investment for long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crypto Tokens are used to raise funds for a specific purpose and it is created through initial coin offering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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