wrTop 3 athletes paid in Bitcoin......
1.PANTHERS' RUSSELL OKUNG: In December 29, 2020
The Carolina Panthers offensive linemen agreed to have roughly $6 million of his salary diverted to mobile payment company Strike to purchase bitcoin investments.
The arrangement comes by way of Zap, the bitcoin startup founded by Jack Mallers. Zap’s Strike product enables traditional paychecks to be converted into BTC.
He said "Money is more than currency; it's power,” said Okung in a statement. “The way money is handled from creation to dissemination is part of that power. Getting paid in bitcoin is the first step of opting out of the corrupt, manipulated economy we all inhabit.” He is the first Player from a Major U.S league to be paid in bitcoin
2. PACKERS QB AARON RODGERS : In November 21,2021 Rodgers took part of his salary in Bitcoin
The Green Bay Packers quarterback is taking a portion of his salary from this season and converting it into Bitcoin, he announced on Monday.
“Bitcoin to the moon,” Rodgers said in a Twitter video on Monday while dressed as John Wick for Halloween. “That’s why I’m pumped to share that I’ve recently teamed with CashApp. They’ve enabled me to take part of my NFL salary in Bitcoin for the very first time.”
It’s unclear how much of that salary he is investing into Bitcoin. If he put 25% of it into Bitcoin, he’d have about 137 Bitcoin.
3. ODELL BECKHAM JR: Football star Odell Beckham Jr will accept his “new salary” on the Los Angeles Rams in Bitcoin, the latest high-profile athlete to signal enthusiasm for cryptocurrency. On November 22, 2021, LA Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. tweeted that he would be partnering with CashApp to receive his new full salary in Bitcoin.
The wide receiver said in a tweet Monday that he will accept his salary in Bitcoin as part of an arrangement with Square Inc.-backed mobile payments service Cash App.
