{"id":13912,"date":"2021-11-03T17:54:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/green-bay-packers-quarterback-aaron-rodgers-gets-paid-in-bitcoin-gives-away-1-million-in-btc\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T17:54:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:54:08","slug":"green-bay-packers-quarterback-aaron-rodgers-gets-paid-in-bitcoin-gives-away-1-million-in-btc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/green-bay-packers-quarterback-aaron-rodgers-gets-paid-in-bitcoin-gives-away-1-million-in-btc\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Gets Paid in Bitcoin, Gives Away $1 Million in BTC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is taking a portion of his salary in bitcoin. He also gave away $1 million in the cryptocurrency to his fans in collaboration with Square\u2019s Cash App. \u201cI believe in bitcoin,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cthe future is bright.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Green Bay Packers\u2019 Aaron Rodgers Takes Part of His NFL Salary in Bitcoin<\/strong><\/h2>\n

American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL), Aaron Rodgers, explained in a video he posted on Twitter Monday that he is taking a portion of his salary in bitcoin. In addition, he gave away $1 million in the cryptocurrency in partnership with Square\u2019s Cash App.<\/p>\n

Rodgers said:<\/p>\n

Bitcoin to the moon \u2026 That\u2019s why I\u2019m pumped that I recently teamed with Cash App. They have enabled me to take part of my NFL salary in bitcoin for the very first time.<\/p>\n

He also wrote: \u201cI believe in bitcoin & the future is bright.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Green Bay Packers and Rodgers signed a four-year, $134 million deal before the start of the 2018 season. According to reports, he\u2019s due to earn over $1.1 million in salary, with more than $22 million earned in signing and roster bonuses.<\/p>\n

Rodgers Gives Away $1 Million in Bitcoin<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Rodgers also announced Monday on Twitter that he was giving away $1 million in bitcoin to his fans. To receive free BTC<\/a>, fans had to reply to his tweet with their $cashtag and #Paidinbitcoin, and follow @Cashapp on Twitter.<\/p>\n

The quarterback explained:<\/p>\n

To make bitcoin more accessible to my fans I\u2019m giving out a total of $1M in BTC<\/a> now too.<\/p>\n

Rodgers\u2019 tweet was flooded with people wanting free BTC<\/a>. At the time of writing, the tweet has been liked 65.2K times and received 111.7K replies. Soon after the announcement, fans claimed to have received bitcoin from the quarterback, posting screenshots of what they received. The amounts varied. For example, some people received about $10 while others received about $100.<\/p>\n

A growing number of professional athletes and sports teams are asking to be paid in bitcoin, including Russell Okung<\/a>, Tom Brady<\/a>, Saquon Barkley<\/a>, and Sean Culkin<\/a>. On Tuesday, the mayor<\/a> of the U.S. city of Miami, Florida, also said that he is going to take 100% of his next paycheck in bitcoin.<\/p>\n

What do you think about Aaron Rodgers getting paid in bitcoin and giving away BTC<\/a>? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is taking a portion of his salary in bitcoin. He also gave away $1 million in the cryptocurrency to his fans in collaboration with Square\u2019s Cash App. \u201cI believe in bitcoin,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cthe future is bright.\u201d Green Bay Packers\u2019 Aaron Rodgers Takes Part of His NFL…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":13913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain-news","category-coin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}