Belgian MP Receives Bitcoin Salary for a Year
In January 2022, Belgian MP Christophe De Beukelaer interview became the first European politician to convert his salary to Bitcoin. The Brussels MP received his monthly salary of 5,500 euros ($6,140) in Bitcoin using the Bit4You crypto trading platform. Beukelaer said that his decision was a “political act” to defend financial freedom and economic opportunity, combat financial…