The number of celebrities that have developed and shown interest for cryptocurrencies is growing daily. We all know that celebrities have this strong influence on people both online and offline, meaning that they can reach more people with knowledge about crypto. Apart from being strong influencers, celebrities are experts in talent management and their influence will also urge more celebrities to also join the bandwagon.
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This article will discuss several celebrities who have shown interest in cryptocurrencies. They are :
Floyd Mayweather
Just before his big fight with Connor McGregor, the boxing champion hyped a blockchain based project Hubii Network. To further show his love and support, he told his over 40 million followers on social media to call him; Floyd Crypto Mayweather. He also showed his support by announcing the third Initial Coin Offering (ICO) project by the network. We can be sure that his post made an impact and might have motivated some of his followers and fans.
Ashton Kutcher
Hollywood award-winning actor, Ashton Kutcher happens to be another celebrity that has also shown his interest in cryptocurrencies. In 2014, the actor tweeted about his love for Ethereum and he happens to be an investor in the cryptocurrency exchange BitBay. With over 40 million followers all on social media platforms, we can only imagine the total number of people his tweet and posts on Instagram will spur to start investing in cryptocurrencies as well.
Lionel Messi
Five times world best Lionel Messi is another celebrity that has shown his support for cryptocurrencies. He became a world brand ambassador for Sirin Labs which happens to be a developer of a blockchain technology for secure PCs and smartphones. Asides the fact that he has been called one of the greatest footballers of all time, Messi happens to be one of the most popular people on Earth. With over 200 million followers on social media, we can only imagine how many loyal fans would have been moved to invest or get adequate knowledge about cryptocurrencies.
Mike Tyson
The boxing legend entered into a partnership with Bitcoin Direct to develop and introduce Bitcoin Automated Teller Machine (ATM) which makes transactions faster than the time it takes Tyson to do a knock-out. During the launch of this ATM, Tyson said he was grateful to be a key member of the Bitcoin community, all this happened in 2015 when Bitcoin was cheap. We can only imagine the number of fans that joined Tyson to purchase Bitcoin at that time, right now they would be millionaires.
Donald Glover
Most people were surprised when the content creator publicly showed his interest in cryptocurrencies. While granting an interview, Glover mentioned that Bitcoin would become a great success. We are sure some of fans and followers on social media would have been motivated to invest in digital currencies.
Mel B
The talented singer happens to be one of the first females to accept digital tokens as a form of payment for her music. Although we are unsure she would accept BTC tokens for her next album but her interest in cryptocurrencies would definitely have spurred her fans to inve
In addition to the celebrities that you mention in your publication, there are also Snoop Dogg, Richard Branson, Akon, all of them manifest that the use of the cryptomoneda is going to revolutionize the financial world.
The interesting thing with all this is that yes, they are investing, it is because they will get benefits.
Great post. I had no idea crypto was so popular in Hollywood.
Nice compilation, I remember the day I read the Messi news. I was very surprised and happy that my favorite player was also into crypto.