{"id":32360,"date":"2025-06-17T22:16:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T22:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=32360"},"modified":"2025-06-17T22:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T22:16:37","slug":"if-you-invested-1000-in-bitcoin-when-nfl-star-saquon-barkley-took-endorsement-money-in-btc-heres-how-much-youd-have-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=32360","title":{"rendered":"If You Invested $1,000 In Bitcoin When NFL Star Saquon Barkley Took Endorsement Money In BTC, Here’s How Much You’d Have Today"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Several professional athletes have announced taking salary or endorsement money in Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: BTC<\/a>) in recent years, including NFL superstar<\/a> Saquon Barkley.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s a look back at his decision and how much investors could have made following the NFL star running back.<\/p>\n

What Happened: <\/strong>Barkley, who won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles <\/a>last season, made a surprising announcement on July 14, 2021, when he announced he would take 100% of his endorsement money in Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

The endorsement money was converted to Bitcoin via Strike<\/strong>, a Bitcoin payments company.<\/p>\n

“You see inflation. You see how high it is right now,” Barkley said at the time.<\/p>\n

After missing time the previous season with an injury, Barkley discussed the dilemmas of having enough money in case his career was cut short.<\/p>\n

“I’m gonna be taking my marketing money in Bitcoin,” Barkley\u00a0announced\u00a0<\/a>on “The Best Business Show With Anthony Pompliano<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

When he entered the NFL, Barkley said his\u00a0plan was to live off his marketing money and save his salary.<\/p>\n

“This is the smart thing to do, the right thing to do.”<\/p>\n

Strike CEO Jack Mallers<\/strong> joined the show and said he was proud of Barkley for taking the step to preserve his wealth for himself and his family.<\/p>\n

“His cash is going to be worth half as less in five years,” Mallers said, citing inflation.<\/p>\n

Mallers pointed out that the average NFL career is 3 1\/2\u00a0years, providing financial uncertainties for athletes.<\/p>\n

Barkley …<\/p>\n

Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several professional athletes have announced taking salary or endorsement money in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) in recent years, including NFL superstar Saquon Barkley. Here’s a look back at his decision and how much investors could have made following the NFL star running back. What Happened: Barkley, who won a Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-32360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}