The 32-year-old's contract had a base salary of $750,000, including a $500,000 signing bonus and three million in incentives he received after winning the Super Bowl with the team. In his tweet, OBJ showed how much Bitcoin had gone up and asked who was still having an issue with his decision.

One day after Russell Okung took a victory lap for getting a portion of his 2020 salary paid out in Bitcoin and turned $6.5 million into $20 million,

That was Miami Dolphins wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. on Wednesday reminding people that he took his 2021 salary in bitcoin BTCUSD. The Super Bowl champion converted his $750,000 salary into cryptocurrency in a deal with Block Inc.

Odell Beckham Jr. is taking a victory lap over something he did while with the Rams — and it's not winning the Super Bowl.

From a $750,000 Bitcoin salary deal in 2021 to enduring a downturn, Miami Dolphins' Odell Beckham Jr. sure seems to have silenced critics.

When Odell Beckham Jr. signed with the Los Angeles Rams in 2021, he decided to take his $750,000 salary in Bitcoin. It was a bold call by the star receiver, especially after the price of Bitcoin had doubled in the four months before he signed his contract.