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U.S. Olympians Turn to Bitcoin to Fund Cost of Competing

"USA Luge started taking cryptocurrency donations in December in the run-up to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. As of Feb. 9, the day of the opening ceremony, the team had collected 0.673 Bitcoins, which at the time was worth about $5,400 based on CoinDesk’s Bitcoin price index."