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- NBA Champion Gets Salary in Bitcoin
- NBA and Cryptocurrencies: Long Road Ahead
Legendary basketball player Andre Iguodala is also a successful technology investor and partner of a well-known VC fund. Yet again, he decided to demonstrate the potential of disruptive technology with an outlandish decision.
NBA Champion Gets Salary in Bitcoin
Mr. Igoudala took to Twitter to share that starting January 2022, he will receive part of his salary in the form of Bitcoin (BTC). CashApp, a leading retail payments app in the US, has chosen beeb as the technical basis for these payments.
I am pleased to announce that I am receiving part of my salary in BITCOIN w. Cash App! Bitcoin is the future, @klaythompson and I’m both believers. To make bitcoin more accessible, we’re giving away $1 million in bitcoin to our fans today. Drop your $cashtag. #PaidInBitcoin & monitor @CashApp
– andre (@andre) January 10, 2022
Another NBA 3x champion, one of the greatest shooters in league history, Klay Thompson, followed in Igoudala’s footsteps in his decision. Both athletes “believe” in Bitcoin because it is “the future,” Igoudala added.
To celebrate these announcements, Mr. Iguodala and Mr. Thompson are hosting a Bitcoin (BTC) giveaway for all CashApp users. To be eligible for the airdrop since the NBA started, Twitter users need to remove their “cashtags” (a public, human-readable address on CashApp), follow the main Twitter account of the app, and add the hashtag #PaidInBitcoin .
In addition to the NBA 3x championship with the Golden State Warriors, Iguodala also won the 2010 FIBA World Championship and the 2012 Summer Olympics as a member of the United States National Basketball Team.
NBA and Cryptocurrencies: Long Road Ahead
Five-time NBA All-Star champion Klay Thompson joined Igoudala’s initiative as he returned to play after missing two seasons in the NBA due to an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury.
As mentioned by U.Today, Iguodala and Thompson are no longer alone in the NBA in their excitement about crypto. Two weeks ago, NBA champion Stephen Curry dropped the NFTs on Polygon (MATIC) to celebrate his 2,974th pointer.
Additionally, the NBA, NBA G League, Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and other related leagues have signed exclusive partnerships with leading US crypto ecosystem Coinbase. .
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