“Adopting bitcoin is supercharging your life”
– Russel Okung, Carolina Panthers.
Clubs on the Bitcoin Standard
Clubs that are transitioning towards the Bitcoin Standard.
“Pay me in bitcoin.”
December 29, 2020
Russel Okung
Carolina Panthers
The first professional athlete to receive bitcoin as payment for his labor on the field.
"Don't wait to buy bitcoin. Buy bitcoin and wait."
February 03, 2021
Ryan Babel
Galatasaray
The first football player to orange-pill his team members.
“The predictable supply of Bitcoin makes it resistant to inflation, and not in the control of any one entity or government body.”
October 15, 2021
Alex Crognale
Birmingham Legion
The first professional soccer player in the United Soccer League (USL) to get paid in Bitcoin.
“The rate of inflation is killing us [...]The more the U.S. prints money [...], the more it devalues our currency. So my family, when I send them money home, I send them bitcoin.”
February 2021
Ifunanyachi Achara
Toronto FC
The first football player to not only earn bitcoin, but use it to send money back to Nigeria to support his family.
“This is generational for me.”
2021
Sean Culkin
Kansas City Chiefs
The first athlete to take his entire base salary in bitcoin.
“I believe in Bitcoin & the future is bright.”
2021
Aaron Rodgers
Green Bay Packers
An NFL player to take a portion of his in bitcoin. Also gave away a total of $1M in bitcoin to his fans.
"The potential that Bitcoin has is just unlimited."
May 2022
Alex Barrett
San Francisco 49ers
NFL player taking 100% of his paycheck in bitcoin
“A lot of guys have problems with getting paid and the payment processing that goes on. You fight in Brazil or somewhere else, and it takes a few weeks before you get your check."
October 2015
Jon Fitch
UFC
The first MMA fighter to ever receive his purse in bitcoin.
"An athlete's career is short, we have to worry about the future and save, and Bitcoin is the best way to save."
March 21, 2022
Matheus Nicolau
UFC
The world's 1st Latin American athlete and the 2nd ufc fighter ever to be paid in bitcoin.
