Christoph de Bueckeler is the first European politician who agreed to receive his salary not in euros, but in bitcoins. Throughout 2022, De Buekeler will convert his salary in the amount of €5.5 thousand into BTC.

The goal of the Belgian parliamentarian is to attract the attention of the Belgian people to the cryptocurrency industry. But De Buekeler notes that although he is the first in Europe, he is not the first in the world. He was beaten by the new mayor of New York, Eric Adams, who received a salary for three months in bitcoins.