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

Players are starting to gamble a bit, and turn their small fortune into hopefully even more money. Cheifs Tight End Sean Culkin is one of those Bitcoin believers. The Kansas Chiefs tight end announced Monday that he plans to convert his entire salary into Bitcoin.

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“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.”

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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