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From first downs to crypto: A former NFL player gets into digital assets
6.10.2022
Lewis Neal went from playing professional football to trading various asset classes before he found out about Bitcoin
Tom Brady’s Autograph NFT Agency Gets $170 Million in Series B Funding Round
21.1.2022
Autograph, the NFT agency co-founded by famous NFL player Tom Brady, has raised $170 million in its series B funding round. The company revealed that the funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins, with the participation of other notable companies in the field. The funds...
Green Bay Packers Running Back Aaron Jones Joins Crypto Exchange FTX’s Ambassador Team
28.9.2021
On Tuesday, the crypto firm FTX Trading Ltd, announced that the Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones has joined the company as an FTX Ambassador in a long-term partnership. The collaboration with the NFL player follows the firm’s partnership with seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady...
NFL Player for Kansas City Chiefs Sean Culkin to Convert 100% of Salary to Bitcoin
26.4.2021
An NFL player for the Kansas City Chiefs, Sean Culkin, will convert all of his salary to bitcoin. A proponent of the cryptocurrency, Culkin said, “I believe we are in the beginning stage of bitcoin’s shift away from being extremely speculative, to a legitimate asset class viewed as...
NFL Player Gets a Myriad of Celebrities to Add the Bitcoin Hashtag to Their Twitter Profiles
1.2.2021
Following the day the Tesla founder, Elon Musk, added the Bitcoin hashtag to his Twitter profile, the popular Carolina Panthers offensive tackle, Russell Okung told his social media followers to put the Bitcoin hashtag in their bio. Okung has managed to get hundreds of people to do it, but more...
Pro Football Star Receives Half of His $13 Million Salary in Bitcoin
2.1.2021
Carolina Panthers offensive lineman Russell Okung said he has been paid in bitcoin after asking to be paid in the cryptocurrency for almost two years. The Panthers is reportedly diverting half of his $13 million salary to the Strike wallet, which converts the payment into bitcoin for Okung. Russell...
NFL player Russell Okung isn’t getting paid in Bitcoin; this is what he’s doing instead
30.12.2020
Various news outlets reported that a portion of Okung’s $13 million salary is being paid in BTC. It’s not true
Panthers’ Russell Okung Becomes First NFL Player to Be Paid in Bitcoin
29.12.2020
Okung’s $13 million salary is being split fifty-fifty between bitcoin and fiat by way of Zap’s Strike product
Former NFL Player’s Lawyers Seek to Withdraw From Crypto ‘Shadow Banking’ Case
10.11.2020
Lawyers of embattled former NFL player and investor Reginald Fowler have filed a motion to withdraw as his representative counsel