Okung’s “Pay me in Bitcoin” Becomes a Reality with Strike
On Tuesday, NFL Tackle Russel Okung and Strike announced a partnership that will pay a sizable portion of Okung’s $13 million NFL salary in bitcoin. Last May, Okung lobbied his former and current NFL teams to pay him in bitcoin. After reaching out to Strike founder Jack Mallers and working with the Carolina Panthers front office, this is now a reality. Pay me in Bitcoin.— russ (@RussellOkung) May 14, 2019 Okung told Bitcoin Magazine last September that in a meeting with Ed McGuire, the Charger’s executive vice president of football administration and player....
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Okung’s $13 million salary is being split 50-50 between bitcoin and fiat by way of Zap’s Strike product.
Payments processor Strike has announced the launch of a new feature that will allow users to convert their paychecks to bitcoin. This feature brings workers one step closer to collecting their paychecks in bitcoin. Instead of the employer paying out wages and salaries in BTC, employees can take the paychecks they receive and convert them to cryptocurrency in one easy step. Receiving Paychecks In Bitcoin Strike is enabling users to convert all or some of their paychecks into BTC. Instead of cashing into fiat and then having to change back to BTC, users can directly convert to BTC using the....
HYPER, a Scrypt coin with a Space MMO. You can read up on a full features list of the coin here, as I did an interview the developer already. But today we are focusing on the new Counter Strike tournament they launched, where you can earn prizes in HYPER! The HYPER Monthly Counter-Strike Blitz is a way for anyone to play Counter-Strike on the HYPER Counter-Strike and HYPER Counter-Strike Global Offensive servers and compete to win a HYPER prize at the end of each month. Currently players earn cryptocurrency HYPER and points for fragging other players on the servers, and this monthly blitz....
Last week, ethereum options volume surpassed bitcoin’s for the first time on the digital currency derivatives exchange Deribit. Further, the trading platform recently introduced a $50k ETH strike for March 2022 and explained the $50k call is “gaining immediate buy traction.” Ethereum Options Volume Grows Exponentially, $50K Strike Flexes Muscle When it comes to bitcoin (BTC) derivatives, the trading platform Deribit captures the lion’s share of today’s options volume. The cryptocurrency exchange also features bitcoin futures and ethereum options as well.....
Lightning Network payments solution Strike is offering its services to more than 200 countries with support for additional currencies. The post Strike Is Bringing The Lightning Network To More Than 200 Countries appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.