More NFL Players Are Taking Their Salaries In Bitcoin
Defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers is taking the entirety of his salary in bitcoin. He joins Bitcoin Magazine Twitter spaces to discuss.This is a recording of a recent Twitter Spaces conversation about NFL player, Alex Barrett, taking 100% of his salary in bitcoin.Listen To This Twitter Spaces:AppleSpotifyGoogleLibsynOvercastTranscript[0:06] Bitwage: Can I get things started here? It's really cool to have everyone in the audience today. This was a big day for us. This was a big day for Bitcoin. It's a big day for Alex Barrett for him personally. Before we get into that and explain....
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Several months after becoming one of the first Poland-based businesses to accept payments in bitcoins, web developer and design company EL Passion made the news again when it offered its employees the chance to receive their salaries either partly or entirely in bitcoins. The EL Passion website states that: "After much interest in the company about bitcoin and crypto-currencies in general, we've decided to provide our employees with the choice of having their salaries paid in bitcoin. This makes EL Passion the first company in Poland to pay salaries in bitcoin. "Open source is a big part....
The Canadian Elite Basketball League will allow players to receive portions of their salaries in bitcoin, through a partnership with Bitbuy.
"The ability to have part of my salary go directly into an investment that I believe will appreciate greatly over the next 10-30 years is a no-brainer,” said Guelph Nighthawks guard Kimbal Mackenzie. The Canadian Elite Basketball League will be allowing players from its seven teams to accept a portion of their salaries in Bitcoin starting next week. According to a Thursday announcement, the Canadian Elite Basketball League, or CEBL, has partnered with Toronto-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitbuy to convert part of basketball players’ existing salaries from Canadian dollars to Bitcoin (BTC)....