American National Football League (NFL) player Odell Beckham Jr. joined the lineup of celebrities venturing into cryptocurrency. Odell Beckham Jr., who is widely known as OBJ, has partnered with Square’s Cash App to take his new salary in bitcoin. The star athlete recently signed a one-year deal to play for the LA Rams after he was released from the Cleveland Browns.
To commemorate the Cash App deal, and do his part to accelerate wide-scale adoption, OBJ has pledged to give out $1 million in bitcoin to his followers on Twitter. “It’s a NEW ERA & to kick that off I’m hyped to announce that I’m taking my new salary in bitcoin thanks to CashApp,” he wrote on Twitter.
Other American football players like Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers and New York Giants’ Saquon Barkley also made cryptocurrency payment announcements this year. NFL free agent Russell Okung was a first-mover for bitcoin pay. He took 50% of his $13 million salary in bitcoin from the Carolina Panthers last year.
OBJ signed a one-year contract and he is guaranteed $1.25 million with a chance for up to $3 million in incentives. In yet another news, the Los Angeles Staples Center to be renamed Crypto.com.
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