NFL superstar Aaron Rodgers offered a resounding endorsement of bitcoin on Monday, tweeting that “I believe in Bitcoin & the future is bright.”
- The longtime Green Bay Packers quarterback and three-time MVP revealed that he’s working with Square’s Cash app to receive an undisclosed amount of his salary in bitcoin for the first time.
- Rodgers signed a four-year contract worth $134 million with the Packers in 2018.
- Rodgers also said he’s giving out one million dollars to his fans who submit their cashtags on Twitter and follow Square’s Cash app.
- In the video accompanying his tweet, in which Rodgers is dressed as John Wick, he tells his fans that “we can go to the moon together.”
I believe in Bitcoin & the future is bright. That's why I’m teaming up with Cash App to take a portion of my salary in bitcoin today.
To make Bitcoin more accessible to my fans I’m giving out a total of $1M in btc now too. Drop your $cashtag w/ #PaidInBitcoin & follow @CashApp pic.twitter.com/mstV7eal04
— Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) November 1, 2021