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NFL wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. is taking his new salary in bitcoin — and plans to give away $1 million worth of the cryptocurrency to his fans.
After changing teams, the football star plans to use CashApp to get paid in bitcoin, according to an announcement on <a href=«https://twitter.com/obj/status/1462836953888534528?ref_src=» https: markets.businessinsider.com target="_blank">Twitter
. CashApp, Square's mobile payments service, allows users to invest in stocks and crypto.«It's the start of a new era I'm looking forward to the future,» he captioned the video. «That's why I'm taking my new salary in bitcoin.»
For the cryptocurrency giveaway, fans who post their CashApp usernames in the comments
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