TOP 10 Celebrities Who Own Bitcoin
Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency that is famous for its blockchain technology and Peer-to-Peer Network that uses a decentralized system so that it does not involve third parties such as banks or governments for every transaction. In its early years, Bitcoin had cool factors such as the public image saying that Bitcoin was a new technology used mainly by computer geeks and Dark Web criminals so very few people knew Bitcoin at that time.
The price of Bitcoin recently, in 2021 to be exact, has reached its highest peak of $62,964. This makes lots of investors who don’t want to miss the opportunity to make big profits by investing in this one crypto asset.
In 2021, international celebrities are among the top Bitcoin investors. Below are 10 celebrities who own Bitcoin. Some celebrities prefer to publicly advertise BTC-related businesses, rather than announcing how much Bitcoin they hold.
1. Elon Musk
Despite public skepticism about cryptocurrencies, Elon Musk has a strong influence in the Bitcoin community despite frequently cracking jokes on Twitter. Elon Musk as co-founder and CEO of the Tesla and SpaceX Companies is known for his scientific image and has a large following on Twitter. In January 2021, after adding “#Bitcoin” to his Twitter bio, the BTC price went up by 25%.
In addition, Elon Musk who is famous as the richest person in January 2021 has endorsed a public digital currency. Furthermore, Tesla said it would provide $1.5 billion in BTC, which makes up 7.7% of Tesla’s gross cash position and about 15% of its net cash position.
Previously, the public only knew that Elon had 0.25 BTC which his friend gave him a year ago. Not only with Bitcoin, Musk is also very fond of Dogecoin and often tweets about it. That is one of the main reasons why the price of Dogecoin will increase in 2021.
2. Jack Dorsey
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, is a Bitcoin investor. In 2018, when the crypto market crashed, Dorsey was undeterred, calling Bitcoin the currency of the future, even though the crypto is at its lowest for several years.
Apart from his personal BTC holdings, Square as Dorsey’s payment company owns 4,709 Bitcoins as of October 2020. Dorsey also runs his own Bitcoin node so he can mine and verify transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain.
3. Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson is a famous former boxer and social media star, he saw the potential of Bitcoin earlier than most celebrities, starting his support for cryptocurrency in 2015. That same year, he partnered with a Bitcoin ATM manufacturer. In addition, it collaborated with Bitcoin Direct to launch a mobile BTC wallet.
4. Maisie Williams
The actress from the movie series The Game of Thrones has invested in Bitcoin in 2020. This news came to light on her Twitter account, asking her followers for advice on whether to “go long on Bitcoin,” her tweet attracted over 900K people with more than half giving her advice. against it.
Finally, he appeared with his mind made up, saying “Thank you for the advice, I bought some anyway.”
5. Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban is an American billionaire entrepreneur, television personality, media proprietor, investor, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks Mark Cuban and has an estimated net worth of $4.2 billion. He seems to be sometimes pro and sometimes against Bitcoin because once he advised people to put at least 10% of their portfolio in Bitcoin but later admitted he preferred bananas to BTC. He once encouraged people to “buy everything with Bitcoin.” Cuban also only invests a large amount of his money into Bitcoin when it is possible to use cryptocurrencies without converting them to fiat.
In April 2020, he declared that his BTC was worth $130 (now worth around $635). However, later he clarified that he holds many other cryptocurrencies (not just Bitcoin).
6. Snopp Dogg
When Bitcoin first appeared, in 2012, the American rapper made his music available for purchase using BTC. Each album costs 0.3 BTC, currently the equivalent of $14,000.
Although it is not clear how many albums were sold or how much BTC he had. However, he remains supportive and has a passion for crypto.
7. Steven Seagal
Seagal has plunged into the cryptocurrency world. However, in 2020, Seagal was indicted by the US SEC for “unlawfully touting” his rival BTC. Therefore, this martial arts star agreed to pay USD $314K as a fine.
8. Kanye West
Kanye West supports Bitcoin and said that Bitcoiners are the true liberation of America. West also said that BTC created a new way to create the next frontier of humanity. Unfortunately, the amount of BTC that Kanye owns and stores still unknown.
9. Floyd Mayweather
Floyd as a famous professional boxer is one of the celebrities who own Bitcoin. In 2017, he tweeted about himself depleting his Bitcoin fortune.
10. Richard Branson
Richard Branson, the founder of the multi-billion dollar conglomerate Virgin Group, hasn’t declared the amount of his own BTC that he holds. He at one time recognized the potential benefits of Bitcoin’s development.
In addition to the 10 people above, it turns out that there are many other celebrities who own Bitcoin who are tweeting, sharing, and talking about Bitcoin such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Donald Glover, and others.
With all these famous personalities among celebrities, along with major companies and institutions, betting on Bitcoin, it seems that the revolution has existed. Although it’s unclear when cryptocurrency will actually be mass adopted or how long the price will be sustained, we know for sure that Bitcoin has value in the eyes of the most influential people on the planet.
source : f.a.s
