First was Russell Okung who was reportedly paid $6.5 million, half is salary...
Then Sean Culkin became the first player to convert his entire salary to Bitcoin...
At about the same time we have Trevor Lawrence partnering with Blockfolio where he will place his signing bonus into an account with them...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An NFL first: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Panthers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etf w">#Panthers</a> OT Russell Okung will receive half of his $13M in salary in Bitcoin. As part of a partnership with <a href="https://twitter.com/in_strike?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@in_strik e</a> and thanks to creative payroll solutions from the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Panthers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etf w">#Panthers</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/RussellOkung?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@russe llokung</a> will fulfill the goal he set when he tweeted “Pay me in Bitcoin!”</p>— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1343929946918543363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >December 29, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Then Sean Culkin became the first player to convert his entire salary to Bitcoin...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I fully believe Bitcoin is the future of finance and I wanted to prove that I have real skin in the game — not just trying to make a quick buck. I will be converting my entire 2021 NFL salary to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bitcoin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw ">#Bitcoin</a>.</p>— Sean Culkin (@culkin22) <a href="https://twitter.com/culkin22/status/1386664238861623297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >April 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
At about the same time we have Trevor Lawrence partnering with Blockfolio where he will place his signing bonus into an account with them...
..."When it comes to my crypto portfolio, I wanted a long-term partner in the space that I could trust," Lawrence said in a release...
