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NFL cornerback Richard Sherman is a paid spokesperson for Cobinhood, a bitcoin [BTC] exchange with no trading fees. But Sherman’s involvement with bitcoin [BTC] started years ago when he started accepting bitcoin [BTC] for merchandise on his website. The following is a transcript of the video.
Richard Sherman: I’m Richard Sherman and here is why I believe in bitcoin [BTC].
Sara Silverstein: This is not the first crypto project that you’ve been a part of or interest that you’ve had. How did you first get involved and when did that happen?
Sherman: Well, honestly, and I hate telling this story because it’s frustrating … So I have like a merchandise website, you know, shirts and sweaters and things like that for people who want to support. And early on, I mean maybe like five, six years ago, some of the fans were reaching out like “Oh, man, we want to pay in bitcoin [BTC]. We’re going to pay in this digital currency. And I was kind of skeptical obviously … normal cash will do. But one of our managers for our website was from Asia and he had heard of bitcoin [BTC] and bitcoin [BTC] and so he was more informed than I was and was like “Yeah, just go for it, just allow it. I think you’re going to really this. I think it’s the future.” And so we allowed it. You know, for the most part, though, we just converted it back to cash, unfortunately. Um … yeah, so, you know, if I could go back in time and not convert that to cash then sure, I’d have a lot of bitcoin [BTC]. Probably, millions of dollars.
Silverstein: But is that regret that got you interested and started to research bitcoin [BTC] and get involved in the bitcoin [BTC]?
Sherman: I mean, not really regret. Just kind of like a missed op. You know, like I passed on an opportunity where I could have done more research. I could have really looked into it and … But I’ve made some money. You know, I’ve made $15,000 on it, but, it could have been a lot more.
