Russell Okung Becomes first NFL player to Be Paid in Bitcoin

Russell Okung is a bitcoin millionaire. Back in 2019, Carolina Panthers tackle Russell Okung said he’d like to be paid in Bitcoin.  Fast forward a year later and his  wish has been granted. Thanks to an app called Strike, which allows paychecks to be converted into bitcoin, Okung was able to receive half of his $13 million dollar signing bonus in Bitcoin.


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Okung commented on the transaction:

Okung officially becomes the first NFL player to be paid in Bitcoin, and I doubt he’ll be the last.


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