Okung is also interested in the startup world and entrepreneurship.[58] Since 2019 he has been open about his support for Bitcoin. He and fellow NFL player Matt Barkley have requested their salaries be paid in Bitcoin but were denied at the time.[59][60][61][62] Okung has also launched his own Bitcoin brand and event series, "Bitcoin Is _", which had its inaugural installment on September 1, 2019, in Los Angeles.[63] As of December 2020, he was buying bitcoin with half of his NFL salary.[64]