UFC Brazilian star to receive fight earnings in BTC

 

UFC fighter Matheus Nicolau is moving to the Bitcoin stipend to hedge against affectation and secure the value of his hard work Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Matheus Nicolau is the rearmost world-notorious athlete to conclude to admit his fight earnings in the largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC).

The eighth- ranked UFC cruiserweight fighter, Nicolau entered his first payment in Bitcoin on Monday through a deal supported by Bitwage payroll service, The Brazilian sportswoman has decided to take a stipend in BTC to hedge against the rising affectation. Nicolau said that earning Bitcoin will help him secure the value of his hard work and not to worry about his plutocrat going to waste, I make my plutocrat the hard way. I bleed for it. MMA is an violent sport that you put everything you have into. While I constantly fight on one hand, I've a feeling I'm constantly losing plutocrat on the other. Also it hit me Bitcoin is the result.

Alongside the Brazilian fighter, his director Vinícius Las Casas will also be using Bitwage to admit a portion of his payment in BTC. “ We're veritably bullish on Bitcoin and we're looking to spread the Bitcoin philosophy with this rearmost deal,” Nicolau’s director Vinícius Las Casas said.

According to the advertisement, Nicolau is the first Latin American athlete and the alternate UFC fighter to ever be paid in Bitcoin. In January, UFC heavyweight fighter Francis Ngannou blazoned that he'll take half of his UFC 270 prize bag in Bitcoin via Cash App We are thrilled to advertise the world's 1st Latin American athlete and the 2nd@ufc fighter ever to be paid in#bitcoin@NicolauMatheus.

He's securing his stipend He is fightinginflation.By starting to get paid in BTC, Nicolau joins the growing list of celebrities, politicians and athletes realizing the significance of holding Bitcoin lately.

In January, three- time NBA champion Andre Iguodala blazoned that he'd take a portion of his estimated$2.6 million periodic payment in BTC. As preliminarily seven NFL players, including Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady and Trevor Lawrence, decided to begin either getting their entire stipend in crypto or having a portion of payment converted to crypto in 2021 .