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Title: Panthers’ Russell Okung Becomes First NFL Player to Be Paid in Bitcoin

Article: Okung is still being paid in fiat.

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"His $13 million yearly salary is being split 50-50 between bitcoin and fiat, Mallers said Monday in a phone interview with CoinDesk"

He is paid 100% in fiat and a service is used to convert half of it to btc.

Both of those are direct quotes.