Bitwage now serves over 4,500 companies and 90,000 users that leverage its platform to pay employee salaries in Bitcoin and crypto. Bitwage is on track to process over $400 million in payroll transactions this year.
In partnership with Bitwage, Luana Pinheiro will become the first female UFC fighter and first Latin American athlete to receive her paycheck in bitcoin.
NFL player Alex Barrett from the San Francisco 49ers is taking his entire salary in bitcoin through a partnership with BTC payroll service provider Bitwage.
Bitwage has introduced a freelance marketplace, allowing people to create multiple bank accounts to more smoothly process payments for freelancing and to accept crypto assets.