
A non-league soccer membership has acquired an injection of $4.5m (about £3.6m) from a pair of cryptocurrency buyers.
Actual Bedford FC (RBFC) acquired the Bitcoin funding from Winklevoss Capital, an funding agency owned by Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.
Podcaster Peter McCormack purchased the aspect, at the moment within the ninth tier of English soccer, in 2021 with the purpose of turning it right into a Premier League membership.
Following the funding the twins will assume the position of co-owners of the membership alongside the cryptocurrency podcaster.

Evaluation: Shiona McCallum, ORIONEWS Senior Know-how Reporter
The Winklevoss brothers are fairly conversant in controversy. They famously accused Fb founder Mark Zuckerberg of stealing the thought for his web site from them once they had been all at Harvard collectively.
Following a prolonged lawsuit, finally the twins acquired a settlement that included a whopping $20m (£16m) in money and shares within the firm.
You may keep in mind all of it enjoying out within the 2010 Oscar-winning movie The Social Community. Properly, since then the pair have been carrying the flag for cryptocurrencies, and are two of the world’s first well-known Bitcoin billionaires.
Not solely do Tyler and Cameron personal an infinite variety of Bitcoins, additionally they constructed a crypto trade known as Gemini which is, basically, a inventory trade for crypto cash.
However that endeavour hasn’t been plain crusing, both; simply this 12 months they had been ordered to return greater than $1bn (£800m) to prospects resulting from a defunct lending programme and pay a big positive for unsafe and unsound practices.
It’ll be attention-grabbing to see how their fortunes fare relating to soccer however it’s actually not a nasty time for Bitcoin proper now. Its worth has risen to an all-time excessive in latest weeks.
‘Investing in a dream’
Gemini began its sponsorship of the membership in January 2022.
The funding can be used for the event of a brand new coaching centre, the launch of a soccer academy for brand spanking new expertise and to proceed supporting women and youth soccer.
The membership mentioned the funds would even be used to determine “a Bitcoin treasury to safe the membership’s long-term ambitions”.
Tyler Winklevoss mentioned he was excited to work alongside Mr McCormack as a co-owner.
“We share in Peter’s deep conviction in Bitcoin and its capability to supercharge RBFC’s quest to make it into the Premier League,” he mentioned.
His brother added: “We’re not simply investing in a soccer membership. We’re investing in a dream to convey Premier League soccer to Bedford.”
RBFC at the moment sit on the prime of the Spartan South Midlands Soccer League Premier Division.
Mr McCormack mentioned: “The backing from Tyler and Cameron will enable us to proceed investing in Bedford and the area people.”