The New York Yankees and the bitcoin investment business NYDIG announced a multi-year collaboration on July 14 to become the team’s official Bitcoin Payroll Platform. As part of NYDIG’s workplace benefits package, the agreement will enable Yankees employees to convert a percentage of their salary into Bitcoin. This perk is known as the Bitcoin Savings Plan (BSP). Employees of the Yankees are exempt from paying transaction or storage costs due to BSP. Excited to announce that NYDIG is the official Bitcoin Payroll Platform of the New York @yankees. Using our Bitcoin Savings Plan, employees of the organization will be able to allocate a portion of their paycheck to #Bitcoin. For more information: https://t.co/26kITKNxXL pic.twitter.com/bCvoKxAkBT — NYDIG (@NYDIG_BTC) July 14, 2022 Employees Interested In Getting Paid in Bitcoin 36% of workers under 30 are interested in getting some of their pay in Bitcoin, according to NYDIG research. As stated by a study, 1 in 3 of these workers would choose to work for a company that enabled them to get payment in Bitcoin over another that offered comparable jobs. Kelly Brewster, chief marketing officer at NYDIG, said in the statement, “For employees of the Yankees and beyond, the opportunity to allocate a small slice of their paycheck to a Bitcoin Savings Plan can be one of the most efficient ways to save bitcoin, and the dollar-cost averaging can smooth out the bumps along the way.” A more in...
