# @benzinga on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@benzinga/video/7439475185104866603
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/25293604-benzinga-tiktok
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/legacy-do/ecc863d32a2769b194fbc84ce68bec9abea2d39730660e387b31524888662083.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-11-20T21:23:22.000+00:00

## Caption

Former National Football League player Russell Okung wanted to be paid in Bitcoin back in 2020 and shocked many in the sports world, including teammates, agents and financial advisors, when he announced that half his salary would be paid out via the leading cryptocurrency. Once viewed as a joke to skeptics and members of the media, Okung could be having the last laugh, with his Bitcoin salary received from the NFL soaring in value in the past year. The price of Bitcoin has climbed in value since Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, hitting several new all-time highs. Many Bitcoin investors are celebrating, including Okung, who made headlines in the sports and cryptocurrency worlds when he became the first athlete of the four major North American sports leagues to announce that a portion of his salary would be paid in Bitcoin. “Normal is a trap. I dumped all our bonds because I believed. Financial advisors questioned me,” Okung recently tweeted about his Bitcoin decision. Okung also tweeted that the NFL teaches players how to avoid going broke but doesn’t educate them about Bitcoin. “Odd how the NFL spent millions teaching us not to go broke, but the billionaire owners never shared how to build wealth. All I did was buy bitcoin, now we make history.”

## Stats

- **Views:** 14,100
- **Likes:** 141
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 4

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| Benzinga | News That Moves | @benzinga | https://gondola.cc/benzinga | Brand |
| Jacob Shipley | @okcmayor | https://gondola.cc/okcmayor | Director of Social Media |

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