Argo Blockchain CEO becomes first publicly-traded company exec paid in Bitcoin
The crypto miner CEO makes Bitcoin history by being the first exec of a publicly-traded company to take their full salary in Bitcoin On Wednesday, British cryptocurrency mining company Argo Blockchain revealed that Argo CEO Peter Wall is now the first executive of a publicly-traded company to take their entire salary in Bitcoin.In a February operational update, the company — which trades on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker ARB — said that as of March 1st Wall began taking his salary in the cryptocurrency, and that “any other Argo team members may choose to be paid in Bitcoin for....
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