NFL star Saquon Barkley to accept all money for future bitcoin approval

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Saquon Barkley is betting on BTCUSD bitcoin, + 0.51%.

The New York Giants running back claimed during the Best Business Show that he accepts all future marketing and endorsement deals he signs in bitcoin.

You see inflation and you see how high it is right now, and you learn that you can’t save your wealth, Barkley said. This is why I will take my marketing money in bitcoin.

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Barkley, 24, said he would use the Strike crypto app for future bitcoin payments and added that he wanted to build generational wealth off the pitch, like famous sports savvy investors Kevin Durant and Tom Brady.

Barkley has amassed an impressive endorsement portfolio with companies such as Dunkin Donuts, Nike NKE, -1.08%, Pepsi PEP, + 0.17%, Toyota TM, -0.57%, Visa V, -0, 22% and Hulu and he admitted in his interview that his annual sponsorship income is over $ 10 million.

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Barkley currently has a 4-year, $ 31.2 million contract with the Giants that ends after the 2022 season.

And the running back isn’t the only athlete interested in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In 2020, Carolina Panthers offensive tackle Russell Okung announced he would convert half of his $ 13 million salary into bitcoin, and NFL top draft pick Trevor Lawrence signed a deal with the Blockfolio crypto wallet application and was paid in a mixture of bitcoin, ethereum ETHUSD, – 0.95%, and Solana. Even Super Bowl champion and MVP Patrick Mahomes seems to have an interest in cryptocurrency.

NFL free agent Sean Culkin told MarketWatch earlier this year that he would convert his entire 2021 NFL salary into bitcoin because he was afraid of going down, like other professional athletes.

It wasn’t that long ago that everyone went bankrupt, Culkin told MarketWatch on his way home from off-season training. I see this new world with crypto starting to grow. I consider it to be GC00 gold, -1.01%, digital gold, only better.

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