{"id":91817,"date":"2025-12-04T15:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=91817"},"modified":"2025-12-04T16:13:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T13:13:30","slug":"crypto-payment-processor-apirone-sponsored-yacht-team-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/crypto-payment-processor-apirone-sponsored-yacht-team-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Payment Processor Apirone Sponsored Yacht Team in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Crypto payment processor <a href=\"https:\/\/apirone.com\/\">Apirone<\/a> signed a sponsorship deal with the Meigas Fora III yacht team, ForkLog learned from company representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crew, led by captain Ilya Vinogradov, competes on an X-99 class yacht representing Club N\u00e0utic Vilanova in Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-91820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/apirone.com\/\">Apirone<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Apirone-sponsored team <a href=\"https:\/\/goldencupbadalona.com\/custom\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GENERAL-ALTURA-2-VII-EDICION-GOLDEN-CUP-BADALONA.pdf\">placed<\/a> second at the VII Catalonia Golden Cup, held from October 31 to November 2, 2025 in Badalona. The crew competed in the ORC Altura Tripulaci\u00f3n Completa category (group 2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-91819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/apirone.com\/\">Apirone<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meigas Fora III also participates in other regional regattas, including MAPFRE competitions and Club N\u00e0utic Vilanova events. The team previously competed in the Barcelona Coastal Race 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crypto Companies in Sports<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Apirone&#8217;s partnership with the sailing team follows a broader trend of crypto companies sponsoring sports teams. OKX <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/okx-signs-multi-year-partnership-with-mclaren-f1-team\/\">became<\/a> a partner of McLaren in Formula 1, while Kraken partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/kraken-inks-partnership-with-williams-racing-in-formula-1\/\">Williams Racing<\/a>. Gemini founders <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/winklevoss-twins-invest-4-5-million-in-bitcoin-in-peter-mccormacks-football-club\/\">invested<\/a> in Peter McCormack&#8217;s Real Bedford football club, and Tether acquired a stake in <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/tether-expands-stake-in-juventus-football-club\/\">Juventus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apirone outlined several reasons for its interest in sailing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Brand awareness.<\/strong> Yacht regattas are media-friendly and prestigious elite sport. Brand presence in this context builds trust.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shared values.<\/strong> Apirone positions itself as an innovative, global, and lightweight tool. Yachting is also associated with technology, internationality, and mobility.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>New audience.<\/strong> Yacht owners, sponsors, and sailors form a niche but influential community, often connected to tech startups and entrepreneurs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Unique case.<\/strong> While other crypto companies focus on football, Formula 1, and other popular sports, participation in yacht regattas offers a fresher and more distinctive approach to sports sponsorship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apirone.com\/\">Apirone<\/a> is a team of crypto enthusiasts building tools for transparent and automated crypto payments. The product includes instant forwarding, recurring billing, segregated client addresses, and withdrawal from specific addresses. Apirone serves over 20 million addresses and processes around 2,500 transactions daily, providing businesses with reliable infrastructure for digital asset operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin&#8217;s price has <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-rebounds-above-93000\/\">risen<\/a> by 7.9% to around $93,800, recovering from a sharp drop to $84,500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto payment processor Apirone signed a sponsorship deal with the Meigas Fora III yacht team, ForkLog learned from company representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"2","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Crypto payment processor Apirone signed a sponsorship deal with the Meigas Fora III yacht team.","creation_source":"human_ai","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1198,1684,828],"class_list":["post-91817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crypto-payments","tag-payment-processing","tag-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"201","promo_type":"2","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Crypto payment processor Apirone signed a sponsorship deal with the Meigas Fora III yacht team.","is_update":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91817"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91827,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91817\/revisions\/91827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}