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Here is Bitcoin Examiner’s newest weekly round up with the most important news from the past week.

SJ Earthquakes are the newest Bitcoin-friendly professional sports team

The San Jose Earthquakes have partnered with Coinbase in order to become one of the world’s first professional sports teams to accept Bitcoin payments in their stadium. The first crypto-experience happened this week when the American team plays against the Houston Dynamo.

The team’s fans will be able to use Bitcoin to pay for their tickets at the Buck Shaw Stadium, but the cryptocurrency will also be accepted at the merchandise store and concession stand.

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Arnhem Bitcoincity: the next Bitcoin Boulevard in the Netherlands

The Hague, Netherlands played center stage to one of the first Bitcoin boulevard events in the world two months ago, bringing together cryptocurrency users and businesses in spectacular fashion.

A group is hoping to continue this with Arnhem Bitcoincity, taking place in, well, Arnhem — in the east of the Netherlands. Taking place on the 28th of May, Arnhem Bitcoincity (or Bitcoinstad) has secured about 15 bars, restaurants, and cafés that will be accepting the digital currency for the day.

Source: NewsBTC

Bitcoin conquers Euro Pacific’s Peter Schiff and Julian Assange

It is indeed a great day for the Bitcoin community when a well-known expert in the investment world embraces cryptocurrency like Peter Schiff is doing. The leader of Euro Pacific Precious Metals, the largest precious metals dealer in the world, announced this week that his company is now accepting Bitcoin via the famous payment processor BitPay.

On a related note, another Bitcoin supporter also decided to share his thoughts about digital money. Julian Assange, the famous Australian journalist and Wikileaks editor-in-chief – who is still being granted asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London -, said that “Bitcoin is the most intellectually interesting development in the last two years”.

Roger Ver’s $20, 000 Bitcoin bounty makes hacker back off

Chief executive director at MemoryDealers, Roger Ver, has placed a bounty on a hacker who continues to attempt to infiltrate his accounts. However, since issuing the 37.6 BTC bounty for the arrest of the cyber criminal, the hacker has backed off. The bounty is equivalent to about $20, 000.