All the famous people you know stand out for something: their talent, their charisma or their influence. Maybe that person you admire has done impressive things in his career or in his personal life, and maybe you think that, if he now buys, invests or simply talks about bitcoin, his way of being is complete.
You probably already know that bitcoin is on everyone’s lips and that no one on the planet ignores its importance. In any case, this list of artists, singers, actors, millionaires or television presenters will help you understand how bitcoin changed the lives of these celebrities and their influence.
Look who these celebrities are who think bitcoin is cool and brag about how everyone is now on the move of cryptocurrencies.
Jack Dorsey
“Yes I would need more help than Square or Twitter, I would drop it all for bitcoin, “said Jack Dorsey recently,” everything I can do, whatever my companies can do, to make Bitcoin accessible to everyone, is what I’ll do the rest of my life. ”
The CEO of Twitter and co-founder of the payment platform Square thinks that bitcoin solves the problems caused by the currencies issued by central banks. It basically refers to the constant devaluation of fiat money. In fact, Square Crypto, the crypto side of this payment processor, has left some money in the pocket of some Bitcoin developers, who do not receive any kind of salary for making better code on a daily basis.
Ashton Kutcher
How much s things could have gone wrong for Ashton Kutcher on his first dates with Mila Kunis? According to her, at least a couple of things struck her as suspicious. The first, that he tried to demonstrate how a taxi company in which he just invested worked, by getting on one of those taxis, which could literally be driven by anyone. Yes, it was about Uber, which in 2013 was a very new idea.
The second suspicious thing Ashton Kutcher talked about, as you can imagine, was about Bitcoin. “He sat me down and said, ‘Hey, honey, I have to explain this to you and tell me if I’m crazy.’ He followed: ‘There is one thing, it is like mining for money. It’s called Bitcoin ‘. This was more than eight years ago » , assured the actress in an interview.
It might not be a surprise to anyone that Ashton Kutcher be charming on screen, on your dates and buy bitcoin. But perhaps not many know that this Hollywood star has an investor profile for many years. He is a shareholder in Uber, Spotify, and Airbnb. He is also a Co-owner of two venture capital funds and has invested in tokens for gamers and at least a company that offers rewards in BTC called Lolli . In 2020 he donated $ 4 million in XRP to the Ellen Degeneres foundation. And, together with Mila Kunis, he has raised his voice, or rather, his tweets, in favor of bitcoin on the networks whenever he can.
Jay Z
Jay Z was interested in bitcoin probably long before he founded, together with Jack Dorsey, the investment fund known as Btrust. The founder of Twitter, and probably the richest rapper on the globe, invested 500 BTC to get his company to take the first steps. This is over 17 million today and over 24 million when BTC was at its best in early 2021.
This producer, businessman, CEO and founder of record labels auctioned an NFT -or non-expendable token- of the cover of his first album. Reasonable doubt was not only critically acclaimed, it sold 1,514,000 copies. The Sotheby’s gallery did not hesitate to include in its catalog this work in NFT format, created on the Decentraland platform that is developed on Ethereum.
Eminem
“Remember that everyone used to bite the nickel, now everyone is making bitcoin.” This was what sentenced a verse from Not Alike , a song that rapper Eminem published in 2018 and that is a kind of declaration of disagreement and a way of saying that everyone is talking about Bitcoin . Whatever the interpretation of that phrase, the truth is that that momentary appearance of bitcoin in an Eminem letter represented at that time a proof of how mass culture was already turning to look at cryptocurrencies as bitcoin.
In 2021 Eminem took a direct step towards cryptocurrencies. With the rise of NFT tokens, which allow the collection of unique digital works, Eminem auctioned off a series of collectible Ethereum tokens, created in collaboration with Nifty Gateway: “I wanted to give this launch the same vibe of ‘Oh man, I have to get just that or maybe the whole set! ‘ It has been a lot of fun coming up with ideas from my own passion for collecting ”, said the singer.
Elon Musk
The multiple world champion has not only delivered some of the fastest knockouts in history, he was also forceful when he became one of the first famous for seeing a promising future in bitcoin. In 2015 he lent his name to a chain of bitcoin ATMs in Las Vegas and a year later he unveiled a purse, whose logo is precisely the tattoo that Tyson has on his face.
A couple of years ago, Mike Tyson began his participation in Fight to Fame , a platform for fighters from all over the world world compete with each other for a place on a reality show . This platform will use blockchain technology, inspired by Bitcoin although not so similar, to produce events, action movies and even video games with fighters who aspire to be champions.
Mark Cuban
Katy Perry has been interested in bitcoin for a long time. Perhaps he started off on the wrong foot when he turned to Warret Buffet, an old-school investor and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, who hates bitcoin. But, despite Buffet’s wrong influence, Katy Perry leaned towards bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.
She never talked about how much she could have invested, after all, it’s about her life private, but he did show, whenever he could, that he is a fan of cryptocurrencies. For example, when he decided to post on Instagram photos of his nails painted with the logos of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero and a rocket that travels directly to the moon.
By the end of 2021 Katy Perry hopes to launch collectible NFT tokens together with Theta Network.
Kanye West
Kanye West said he started thinking about using bitcoin when he learned that Harriet Tubman, a woman who fought for the freedom of slaves in America in the 19th century, would be in the $ 20 bill. “Why don’t they put Michael Jordan on the $ 20 bill?” argued the rapper and music producer, who according to estimates owns more than $ 1.8 billion.
Either because he pursues controversy or because of his political ideas, the truth is that when Kanye West ran for president of the United States, the image of bitcoin resonated. Bitcoin was close to the presidency of the United States for many people, who probably had in mind the statement that West made a year earlier when he said that bitcoiners “have a perspective of what will be the true liberation of the United States and humanity ”.