The Headquarters of Sequoia Holdings LLC / Getty Sequoia Holdings LLC has begun offering employees the option to receive a portion of their ...
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Under the new program, Sequoia employees may elect to defer a portion of their salary into Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, or the Ethereum platform's ether. The company is partnering with a third-party payroll processing firm to withhold taxes and convert the remainder into cryptocurrency, which will be held in a digital wallet administered by the payroll processor.
The mechanism is similar to how an employee would defer a portion of his or her salary toward a 401(k) retirement savings plan. In this case, though, the deferral is after tax.
Russell Okung, an offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League, recently made headlines for becoming the first professional football player to receive a portion of his salary in Bitcoin, in much the same way that Sequoia employees may elect to. "Cryptocurrency has emerged as an important alternative to traditional investments like stocks and bonds," Stroupe said. "We're proud to give the members of our team the ability to easily invest in cryptocurrency and build their savings."
About Sequoia
Sequoia is an award-winning, employee-owned provider of high-end software development and engineering services centered on improving the analytic, collection, collaboration, and sharing of data. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, we're a team of passionate, dedicated individuals who love collaborating to build exceptional software products and solutions. Sequoia provides engineering and analytic solutions to the national security sector, including the U.S. intelligence, defense, and homeland security communities. For more information, visit www.sequoiainc.com.