Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have joined Bitcoin podcaster Peter McCormack’s Real Bedford Football Club (BTC) after investing $4.5 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) to strengthen the club’s goals. RBFC) as a co-owner.
According to recent reports, the Winklevoss twins made the investment and acquisition through their investment firm Winklevoss Capital. statement.
McCormack told Cointelegraph that the funds will be used to establish the club’s Bitcoin vault, which will protect it “from long-term fiat currency deterioration.”
Mr McCormack said: “This investment will help build our infrastructure and we need to be ambitious to grow it.”
In addition, the funds will go toward the development of a new training center and continued support for women’s and youth soccer.
In 2021, Mr McCormack acquired RBFC, a local football club in Bedford with a population of just under 200,000.
He has ambitions to take RBFC, which accepts Bitcoin for matchday tickets, merchandise, sponsorship and drinks, into the same league as big-name English clubs such as Manchester United and Chelsea Football Club. .
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“We’re a long way from the Premier League, but that’s our ambition too and I’m taking it one league at a time,” McCormack said.
The Winklevoss twins share the same vision as McCormack to take RBFC into England’s top flight.
Cameron Winklevoss said: “We’re not just investing in a football club, we’re investing in the dream of bringing Premier League football to Bedford.
Tyler Winklevoss added: “We share Peter’s deep belief in Bitcoin and its ability to accelerate RBFC’s quest to enter the Premier League.”
It was recently revealed that the Winklevoss twins donated $4.9 million to the crypto-focused Fair Shake Super Political Action Committee (PAC) to support crypto-friendly candidates in the upcoming US election. This is in response to what was reported.
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