• Bitcoin

    Oakland A’s selling discount luxury suites for Bitcoin

    The price is set at one Bitcoin for a season six-person suite which costs $64,800—currently almost a $9,000 discount

    The team is pitching the offer as a gamble, with Kaval noting that suites’ prices will fluctuate with the price of bitcoin, which he said, “adds to the excitement.” Of course, that means if bitcoin rises past $64,800 by the season’s close on Oct. 8, purchasers will have overpaid—assuming they aren’t selling BTC to pay for the suite in the first place.

  • Bitcoin,  Ethereum,  Innovators,  People

    You’ll be able to buy NBA tickets with bitcoin next season

    Any team you want, as long as that team is the Dallas Mavericks

    Serial entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban tickled the crypto community at a time when many could use a laugh: on Monday night, Cuban revealed that Mavericks fans will be able to buy their tickets with bitcoin starting next season, October of this year. It’s hard to say how premeditated this decision is when word is coming via Cuban’s Twitter account. A pseudonymous crypto-trader persona named Batman Cash asked the A-list reality TV and business star,  “Mark, when will I be able to purchase Mavs tickets with bitcoin?” Cuban’s response was quickly to the point: “Next season.” He clarified things in a later comment to CoinDesk: “We will be…