- I-Circle iba ngumlingani omkhulu we-Chelsea FC, kanti uphawu lwe-USDC lubonakala ezimpahleni zamadoda, zabesifazane, kanye neze-academy kusukela ngesizini ka-2026/27.
- Lobu budlelwano buqala eStamford Bridge bedlala neBrighton, okubonisa isikhathi esibalulekile sokwamukelwa kwe-stablecoin kwezemidlalo zomhlaba wonke.
- Lesi sivumelwano silandela isixwayiso esivela kwi-FCA yase-UK mayelana nabaxhasi be-crypto abangalawulwa, sigcizelela isimo se-Circle esilawulwayo njengesihlukanisi esibalulekile.
- Lesi sivumelwano sibonisa ukuvuthwa kwemboni ye-crypto, isuka ekushintshisaneni okuqagelayo iye kubahlinzeki bengqalasizinda yezezimali abasunguliwe.

Esinyathelweni esihlanganisa umhlaba webhola lomhlaba kanye nezezimali zedijithali, iChelsea Football Club imemezele ngokusemthethweni ukubambisana okuphawulekayo ne-Circle Internet Group, ipulatifomu ehamba phambili yezezimali ze-inthanethi. Lokhu kubambisana kuzobona uhlobo lwe-USDC, i-stablecoin elawulwayo evelele, ivele ngaphambili kwehembe leklabhu lamaqembu abesilisa nabesifazane, kanye namaqembu e-academy, kusukela ngesizini ka-2026/27. Lesi simemezelo siphawula umzuzu obalulekile, njengoba sibeka umhlinzeki we-stablecoin enhliziyweni yesinye sezigaba ezibonakala kakhulu kwezemidlalo zomhlaba, okubonisa inkathi entsha yokwamukelwa nokuhlanganiswa kwezimpahla zedijithali.
Lesi sivumelwano, esamenyezelwa ngoLwesihlanu, kulindeleke ukuthi siqale ukusebenza ngeSonto eStamford Bridge ngesikhathi somdlalo wokuqala we-Chelsea wePremier League neBrighton. Lesi sikhathi sithinta inhliziyo kakhulu, njengoba sifika ezinyangeni ezimbalwa nje ngemuva kokuba i-Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) yase-UK ikhiphe isixwayiso emaqenjini ebhola mayelana nezingozi zokubambisana nezinkampani zezezimali ezingalawulwa. Isimo sokulawula se-Circle ezindaweni eziningi, okuhlanganisa nelayisensi ngaphansi kohlaka lwe-MiCA lwe-EU, sibonakala siyisici esibalulekile ekuqinisekiseni lesi sivumelwano esidumile, esisihlukanisa noxhaso lwe-crypto lwangaphambilini, oluphikisana kakhulu kwezemidlalo.
Isinyathelo Esihlelekile se-Circle kanye ne-USDC
Ku-Circle, lobu budlelwano bungaphezu kakhulu kokuzivocavoca okulula kophawu. Bumelela isu lokuletha ama-stablecoins engqondweni evamile, okudlulela ngale kwezilaleli ezivamile zabathandi be-crypto kanye nabahwebi. Ngokuthola indawo ejezini elidumile laseChelsea, i-USDC ihlose ukukhombisa ukusebenza kwayo njengedola ledijithali elithembekile nelifinyelelekayo lokusetshenziswa kwansuku zonke. Ubuholi benkampani bugcizelele ukuthi lobu budlelwano bumayelana nokukhombisa ikusasa lezimali zomhlaba wonke, abacabanga ukuthi livulekile, alinamingcele, futhi lakhelwe wonke umuntu. Ukukhetha iChelsea, iklabhu enabalandeli abaningi bamazwe ngamazwe kanye nompetha weNdebe Yomhlaba yeFIFA Club, kunikeza ipulatifomu engenakuqhathaniswa yokufinyelela izilaleli ezahlukahlukene, zomhlaba wonke.
Ubambiswano luphinde lufinyelele eqenjini labesifazane beChelsea, elizodlala isizini yalo yokuqala eStamford Bridge. Lokhu kufakwa kugqamisa ukuzibophezela ekukhuliseni lo mkhiqizo kuzo zonke izici zekilabhu kanye nokufinyelela komunye wezithameli ezikhula ngokushesha kwezemidlalo. U-Aki Mandhar, i-CEO yeChelsea FC Women, uzwakalise injabulo ngokwazisa i-Circle ne-USDC kubalandeli beqembu, egcizelela umgomo ofanayo wokwakha ukuxhumana phakathi kwabantu. Le ndlela ebanzi iqinisekisa ukuthi uphawu lwe-USDC luzobonakala kuyo yonke imisebenzi yeChelsea, lukhulise ukudalulwa kwalo futhi luqinise umyalezo walo wokufakwa kwezezimali.
Umongo Wemakethe kanye Nokubuyiselwa Kwabaxhasi Be-Crypto

Lesi simemezelo sifika esikhathini esibalulekile emakethe ye-stablecoin, ebone ukukhula okukhulu kanye nokwanda kwesithakazelo sezikhungo. Ngokusho kwedatha ecashunwe yi-The Block , inani eliphelele lama-stablecoin afakwe idola lifinyelele cishe ku-$292.2 billion. I-USDC, enomkhawulo wemakethe ongaba ngu- $73.9 billion, iphethe isabelo esikhulu sale makethe, ilandela i-USDT ye-Tether kuphela. Lesi sikhathi sokwanda sihambisana nokululama okubanzi kokuxhaswa kwezemidlalo okuhlobene ne-crypto, okwamiswa ngemuva kokwehla kwemakethe ngo-2022. Ngokungafani nomjikelezo wangaphambilini, owawubuswa ukushintshana okuqagelayo njenge-FTX kanye ne-Crypto.com, leli gagasi elisha liholwa yizinkampani ezisunguliwe, ezilawulwayo njenge-Circle, okubonisa ukuvuthwa kwemboni.
Lolu shintsho lubalulekile ngokwesixwayiso sakamuva se-FCA kumaqembu ePremier League. Umlawuli weluleke amaqembu ukuthi aqaphele lapho esebenzelana nezinkampani zezimali ezingagunyaziwe, ecaphuna izingozi ezingaba khona zobugebengu bezezimali kanye nomonakalo wedumela. Isimo se-Circle njengenkampani ethengiswa esidlangalaleni kwi-NYSE kanye nokuhambisana kwayo nezinhlaka ezahlukene zomthetho kunikeza umehluko omkhulu ezinhlanganweni ezingalawulwa ezazibusa isikhala ngaphambili. Lo mehluko cishe yiwo owenza lesi sivumelwano sibe mnandi kwiChelsea kanye neligi, njengoba sihambisana nendlela ebophezelekile neqhubekayo yokuhlanganisa i-crypto kwezemidlalo ezivamile.
Imiphumela Yezezimali kanye Nomkhiqizo WeChelsea

Nakuba imigomo yezezimali yesivumelwano ingakadalulwa ngokusemthethweni, abantu abangaphakathi embonini basikisela ukuthi lesi sivumelwano sibiza cishe ama-£50 million ngesizini, okuzofanelana nenani lemakethe leChelsea lokuxhaswa kwayo ngehembe. Lokhu kuza ngemuva kwesikhathi lapho inani lokuxhaswa kweqembu lehla khona, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuntuleka komncintiswano waseYurophu. Isivumelwano sokugcina esikhulu sesikhathi eside sasiyi-Three UK, esaphela ngo-2023, salandelwa yizivumelwano zesikhashana ne-Infinite Athlete kanye ne-Damac. Lobu budlelwano obusha ne-Circle bubhekwa njengokunqoba okubalulekile kweqembu, kubuyisela ukuma kwalo kwezentengiselwano futhi kuhlinzeka ngomthombo wemali engenayo ozinzile nowesikhathi eside.
KuChelsea, lesi sivumelwano singaphezu nje kokuzuza ngokwezimali. Sibeka ikilabhu phambili ekuguqukeni kwedijithali kwebhola, indaba uMongameli uJason Gannon ayefisa ukuyigqamisa. Uchaze ubudlelwano njengomhlangano wezinhlangano ezimbili ezigxile esikhathini esizayo futhi ezisungula izinto ezintsha ngokungaphezi ukuze kube nempumelelo yesikhathi eside. Le ndlela yokucabanga ngekusasa yenzelwe ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kwekilabhu nokwethula abalandeli bayo bomhlaba wonke kubuchwepheshe obusha. Ukubambisana kuhlelwe njengohambo oluhlanganyelwe, lapho izinhlangothi zombili zifuna ukwakha okuthile okunenjongo ndawonye, kunokuba kube uxhaso olulula lwezentengiselwano.
Ekugcineni, lobu budlelwano bumele ingqophamlando ebalulekile ekulungiseni izimali zedijithali. Kubonisa ukuthi i-stablecoin elawulwayo ingazitholela indawo eyinhloko kwezemidlalo ethandwa kakhulu emhlabeni, incintisana nezikhungo zezimali zendabuko kanye nemikhiqizo yomhlaba wonke. Kubalandeli, uphawu lwe-USDC olusehembeni leChelsea luzosebenza njengesikhumbuzo samasonto onke sokuhlangana okukhulayo phakathi kwezezimali nobuchwepheshe. Emakethe, kuyisibonakaliso esinamandla sokuthi imboni ye-crypto isithuthukile, nabadlali abasunguliwe manje abafuna ukwakha ukwethembana nokuba semthethweni ngokubambisana okuphakeme, okunomthwalo wemfanelo. Impumelelo yalesi sivumelwano ingavula indlela yokuba amanye amakilabhu namaligi alandele, ahlanganise izimpahla zedijithali endwangu yezemidlalo nezohwebo zomhlaba wonke.
