Key Takeaways
- In Tom Brady's opinion, digital technology holds the key to the future of football
- This isn't the first time the American football star has dabbled with cryptocurrencies.
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl winner and undisputed all-time great, is a staunch supporter of cryptocurrency.
His desire for digital assets rather than fiat currency was disclosed in a conversation with Jim Gray on the Let's Go SiriusXM show recently.
Aside from Bitcoin and Ethereum, which are the two most valuable cryptocurrencies by market capitalization,
Brady also expressed interest in one of the year's best-performing blockchain projects: Solana.
My preferred method of payment is Bitcoin or Ethereum or one of the Solana tokens," says the author.
It's a wonderful thing, in my opinion, to see the world become more digital.
Digital assets, according to the quarterback, are the way of the future because of the speed and transparency they enable in transactions.
Athletes will increasingly ask for bitcoin compensation, according to him.
"We have entered the digital era. We probably won't go back. We're tracking things a lot better now thanks to technology and knowledge.
The future of player compensation will very certainly be in cryptocurrency, as well.
Professional footballer Saquon Barkley has previously said that all future sponsorship money would be received in bitcoin.
When the economy begins to be shaken by inflation, the 24-year-old running back of the New York Giants says the main cryptocurrency is the best option for a store of wealth.
A non-fungible token (NFT) platform called Autograph was released in April by Brady to capitalize on the burgeoning NFT market.
Launching this program was part of his strategy to bring together well-known figures from a variety of fields, such as the entertainment industry, and athletes from a variety of sports leagues.
A number of well-known athletes have already jumped on board to show that his concept is a hit.
In the wake of that, the quarterback redoubled his efforts in the cryptocurrency space. stated that he and his wife, supermodel Gisele Bündchen, invested in the digital asset trading platform FTX.
Due to their position as ambassadors for the platform, the pair will be compensated in cryptocurrency.
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