Bitcoin is not a new term to most of the investors or general public in whole and it's all over the news due to increase in prices,major companies making move to accept it as mode of payment or investing huge sums of money into it like Tesla with approximately 42k bitcoins and Microstrategy with 110k bitcoins in the balance sheet.We all know how much importance and recognition it has gained with time in the period of 13 years
There was time when many did not embrace it or didn't like to invest as government and media have potryed it in negative sense like it is used by criminals and all other illicit works are carried out by it.But with time when people came to know about the true use case of bitcoin and prices were increasing due to demand many people become interested in buying and investing in bitcoin.We heard many are accepting btc payments and recently El Salvador accepted it as legal tender which was turning point of btc.But now there are so many people who wants to accept it and here are some of the famous people joining the btc club.
Here i am listing some people,band, club, players accepting btc this year.
1) US Senate candidate
Katie Britt announced her campaign is now accepting btc donations through Bitpay app.She is accepting btc donations for election campaign and she has updated the page with that also and you could find out it here:
Britt is running for the Republican Party, which is the historically strongest party in Alabama. For example, in 2020 the Republican candidate for Senate in Alabama won with 60% of the vote, compared to 40% for the Democratic candidate.
Donations 2)
OneRepublic has signed a deal to accept bitcoin payment for the next show and they have become first major US artist to do so.
OneRepublic is an American pop rock band formed in Colorado Springs, Colorado,[5] in 2002. It consists of lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Tedder, guitarists Zach Filkins and Drew Brown, bassist and cellist Brent Kutzle, drummer Eddie Fisher and keyboardist Brian Willett.
One republic accepts btc 3) The latest NFL star
Odell Beckham Junior announced that he will take his 100% salary in Bitcoin through a partnership with Strike app and according to his salary he could make $4.5 million in one year.He has signed deal with Los Angeles Rams and here is his contract according to reports:
Beckham's contract is a one-year deal that contains a $750,000 base salary and a $500,000 signing bonus, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. The full value in which his contract can total includes $4.25 million with $3 million of the deal being incentives
ODL nfl Bitcoin deal 4)
Perth Heat the Australian baseball club is next one on the list to pay their employees in Bitcoin and also holds btc on their balance sheet
The Perth Heat is a baseball team in the current Australian Baseball League and a foundation member of the Australian Baseball League. It is now the most successful team in ABL, winning 15 Claxton Shields
Perth Heat paying employees in Bitcoin 5) Another NFL star
Russel Okung is also accepting Bitcoin and has demanded to be paid in Bitcoin for his pending salary.He has also converted his half salary of $13 million into Bitcoin.
Russel Okung btc demand 6)
Aaron Rodgers is the next on the list to take some portion of his salary into bitcoin.He has also tweeted about the same and also giving away $1 million in bitcoin to his fans while in partnership with cash app.
Aaron Charles Rodgers is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League
Aaron taking salary in btc 7)
Rapper Meek Mill has also recently announced that he is getting his next record deal paid in Bitcoin
Robert Rihmeek Williams, known professionally as Meek Mill, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he embarked on his music career as a battle rapper, and later formed a short-lived rap group, The Bloodhoundz
Meek Mill btc deal There are many more to the list which i have not listed yet but it's just a sign to show you all how the Bitcoin has moved from it's the worst to it's the best crypto and now all want it.The list is long and will continue the same way but at much faster pace.
The world is eagerly accepting Bitcoin due to it's usages, security and deflationary nature and we all know the supply cannot be increased and it's of 21 million only and that's why everyone wants to be part of it and this is clear sign of rising adoption curve.If you know you know it.