Come 14th June 2018, the world's biggest sporting event, the FIFA World Cup, will kick off in Russia. People from all walks of life will travel to Russia to witness this unique event. To some, this is an opportunity to be there, irrespective of whether their country has qualified or not.
Russia, as we all know, is one of the prominent countries that accepts the use of cryptocurrencies. For this reason, many hotels, restaurants, bars, night clubs, camping sites, tourists sites etc, will definitely make bitcoin a means of payment.
So, could Russia 2018 be an opportunity for cryptocurrencies to spread further far and wide? Could this be an opportunity for cryptocurrency to be made known to those who currently have no idea?
And could this be considered as another turning point to the crypto-community?
As for Russia, I will say the following. I do not think that at the world championships someone will create the opportunity to accept payments in cryptocurrencies for a simple reason - the demand for services and goods will be high without it. But, of course, there will be exceptions.
As for the adoption of the crypto currency this is not so simple. If you read the bill, it does not have the concept of a crypto currency as we used to see it. The state wants wallets to be attached to individuals for control purposes. Regulator at its discretion can limit the number of tokens bought by people and much more.