{"id":56173,"date":"2022-01-19T11:38:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T09:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=56173"},"modified":"2025-09-04T05:06:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T02:06:36","slug":"ufc-champion-francis-ngannou-to-take-half-of-his-purse-in-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/ufc-champion-francis-ngannou-to-take-half-of-his-purse-in-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Champion Francis Ngannou to Take Half of His Purse in Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC heavyweight world champion Francis Ngannou will receive half of his purse for the bout scheduled on January 23, 2022 in Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I believe bitcoin can empower people everywhere. So I\u2019m excited to partner w\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CashApp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CashApp<\/a> to take half my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC270?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC270<\/a> purse in bitcoin. I want to make bitcoin more accessible to my fans, so I\u2019m giving out $300K in bitcoin! Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CashApp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CashApp<\/a> + drop your $cashtag w\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PaidInBitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PaidInBitcoin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8JEvJ1UYu1\">pic.twitter.com\/8JEvJ1UYu1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francis_ngannou\/status\/1483501508293320705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The payout will be made through Cash App, Block&#8217;s Cash App, the payment service from Block, Jack Dorsey\u2019s company.<\/p>\n<p>The athlete said he wants to make bitcoin &#8216;more accessible&#8217; to his fans and will give away $300,000 in cryptocurrency. To participate in the giveaway, you must follow Cash App on Twitter and post the hashtag #PaidInBitcoin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u00abAfter extensive study of Bitcoin, I truly believe that it is the future of money\u00bb, Ngannou said in the promo video.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His bout with Ciryl Gane will headline UFC 270. Under certain circumstances the fight could be Ngannou&#8217;s last in the promotion. Earlier the athlete expressed dissatisfaction with his earnings and said that he was no longer willing \u00abto fight for $500,000\u2013$600,000\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Since July 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/crypto-com-signs-sponsorship-deal-with-ufc\">a partner of UFC<\/a> has been the cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com. In November, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/crypto-com-announces-date-for-ufc-collectible-nft-drop\">released<\/a> the league&#8217;s first NFTs.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC heavyweight world champion Francis Ngannou will receive half of his purse for the bout scheduled on January 23, 2022 in Bitcoin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[828],"class_list":["post-56173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"9","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56175,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56173\/revisions\/56175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}