Blimey!!
Danny Fullbrook - BBC News, Bedfordshire
Published 12 April 2024, 20:29
A non-league football club has received an injection of $4.5m (about £3.6m) from a pair of cryptocurrency investors.
Real Bedford FC (RBFC) received the Bitcoin investment from Winklevoss Capital, an investment firm owned by Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.
Podcaster Peter McCormack bought the side, currently in the ninth tier of English football, in 2021 with the goal of turning it into a Premier League club.
Following the investment the twins will assume the role of co-owners of the club alongside the cryptocurrency podcaster.
Billionaire twins invest in ninth-tier football club
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss will become co-owners of the clubDanny Fullbrook - BBC News, Bedfordshire
Published 12 April 2024, 20:29
A non-league football club has received an injection of $4.5m (about £3.6m) from a pair of cryptocurrency investors.
Real Bedford FC (RBFC) received the Bitcoin investment from Winklevoss Capital, an investment firm owned by Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.
Podcaster Peter McCormack bought the side, currently in the ninth tier of English football, in 2021 with the goal of turning it into a Premier League club.
Following the investment the twins will assume the role of co-owners of the club alongside the cryptocurrency podcaster.
Real Bedford gets £3.6m cryptocurrency investment
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss will become co-owners of Real Bedford.
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