Odell Beckham Jr. is leading a new class of athletes getting paid in bitcoin. Here's are 7 high-profile athletes taking the high-upside risk of crypto pay.
Who is the first NFL player to get paid in Bitcoin?
Okung will officially be the first NFL player to get paid in Bitcoin, according to the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. An NFL first: #Panthers OT Russell Okung will receive half of his $13M in salary in Bitcoin.
Can you get your salary paid in Bitcoin?
By that standard, anyone can get their salary “paid in bitcoin” anytime they want: just go buy some bitcoin with your salary after it arrives, which is probably what the company that Okung is pumping — Zap — is hoping you’ll do when you see he’s repping it online.
How did the Panthers make money with Bitcoin?
The payment was possible by a new startup called Zap. The company acts as a middleman between employers’ pocketbooks and employees’ Bitcoin wallets. The Panthers pay around $6.5 million of Okung’s salary to Strike, which will then take a small fee and process bitcoin transaction for Okung.
