📌 How Crypto Could Revolutionize Football Transfers ⚽💱

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Football has become a major partner of the crypto industry, with sponsorships reaching $213M in 2024 (43% of all sports crypto deals). But the bigger opportunity lies in blockchain-powered transfers.

Faster settlements: Transfers like São Paulo FC’s $6–8M USDC move for Giuliano Galoppo showed how stablecoins can bypass FX chaos.
Cheaper cross-border payments: No more weeks-long delays or costly intermediaries.
Transparency: A “Financial Fair Play Ledger” onchain could level the playing field and prevent devastating penalties.

From deadline day faxes gone wrong to fair play disputes, crypto rails could make transfers faster, fairer, and global.