Cassill to be paid in cryptocurrency in deal with Voyager

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Landon Cassill will be the first NASCAR driver paid entirely in cryptocurrency in a sponsorship deal that begins Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway. Cryptocurrency brokerage platform Voyager reached a 19-race deal to sponsor Cassill in the Xfinity Series in his JD Motorsports entry. Voyager will transfer the funds in Litecoin to Cassill, who has been avid in the market for several years. Cassill first met Voyager CEO Steve Ehrlich at a crypto conference two years ago when Cassill was speaking on a panel. He’d been pitching the sponsorship idea ever since.