Chiefs Player Sean Culkin Plans to Convert Entire 2021 Salary into Bitcoin

“I’ve always had a lot of interest in and a passion for finance and economics from my days at Mizzou,” Culkin said, via ESPN. “Even before that, my dad was big, really bullish on gold. Early on, I was always exposed to his philosophies on what made gold an intractable investment looking at it from a macro perspective. There’s a lot of overlap between gold and Bitcoin. I really spent all of my time in the offseason the past year just hearing about this growing space in crypto. It just seemed like it was getting bigger and bigger.

“Through education and learning and having a level of conviction over the course of time, I just felt like I wanted to be compensated from my services in football in Bitcoin.”

I fully believe Bitcoin is the future of finance and I wanted to prove that I have real skin in the game — not just trying to make a quick buck. I will be converting my entire 2021 NFL salary to #Bitcoin.

— Sean Culkin (@culkin22) April 26, 2021

Culkin still has to make the Chiefs’ roster for his investment to pan out, but he’s looking at putting nearly $1 million into Bitcoin.

Culkin is set to be paid $920,000 this season. As of Monday afternoon, one Bitcoin was worth a little more than $53,000.

Enjoy the 17 bitcoins.

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