Russell Okung will receive approximately half his 2020 salary in Bitcoin, becoming the first professional player to be paid by his team in this form of currency.

Okung was due $13 million in salary for the season and $6.5 million will be paid via Bitcoin.

The Panthers partnered with the Bitcoin platform Zap in order to split Okung's 2020 salary, per CoinDesk's William Foxley.