5 Celebrities That Support Bitcoin

December 13, 2013 By: David Mindich

Bitcoin has been (slightly) dropping in price, but with recent approval from the US Senate, and Coinbase’s raising of a record $25 million dollars from venture capitalists, it seems unlikely that the Cryptocurrency will be going anywhere anytime soon. With it currently hovering around $900 dollars, Payment Week looked into who else was supporting bitcoin, and dug up some interesting results. Here are 5 tech-savvy celebrities that support bitcoin.

Roseanne Barr (Cryptically) Heralds Bitcoin

Yes, everyone’s favorite working class woman turned presidential candidate supports bitcoin—or at least maybe. It’s hard to tell what this tweet actually means…

Leave your Narrow Corridors. Leave all limited thought. Dream the Dreams of poets and pirates. Ahoy me mateys! YE R WATCHIN' BITCOIN B BORN — Roseanne Barr (@TheRealRoseanne) March 26, 2013

If only she had won the election (she placed sixth by the way), the US could have swapped all its money for bitcoin and been out of the recession by now.

Drew Carey Laments That No One Is Accepting Bitcoin

While the points may not have mattered to Drew on Whose Line is it Anyway? (he gave over 50 billion to Wayne Brady alone), the Cleveland native seems to have put some stock into bitcoin, and is waiting for others to start taking the cryptocurrency more seriously.

Just tried to buy breakfast w bitcoins. Refused. #whenwilltheworldcatchuptomyhipness? — Drew Carey (@DrewFromTV) April 7, 2013

He should have went to Oxford Kitchen in Brooklyn.

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Now, while whether or not Drew or Roseanne actually own any of the cryptocurrency is unconfirmed, these next three celebrities that support bicoin are, rather literally, putting their money where their mouths are.

Snoop Dogg Is Accepting Bitcoin for His New Album

Snoop Dogg seemingly joked about accepting bitcoin for his newest album, saying that he would accept the cryptocurrecny, and that it would be delivered by drone– an obvious reference to the Amazon drone advertisements. But what happened next was interesting:

@SnoopDogg we could make the Bitcoin part a reality for you — Coinbase (@coinbase) December 2, 2013

In an impressive bout of social media marketing, Coinbase offered to help Snoop Dogg make this happen, and they are currently discussing how to go about it. Now, while no one can be positive Snoop Dogg’s interest in bitcoin originated from the Silk Road drug scandal, no one can say that it’s not why he’s into it, either.

Childish Gambino is Looking to Accept Bitcoin for Future Albums, Too.

Time Magazine recently sat down with Donlad Glover’s rap persona Childish Gambino (who is not Troy from Community’s alter ego, no matter how bad you want him to be) to discuss his new album Because the Internet. During their conversation, Gambino mentioned looking into currency on the internet, when asked about bitcoin, he replied:

“Yeah, I know a lot of people are skeptical, but I feel like if everything’s going to live online, why not bitcoins? Being backed by gold seems very old and nostalgic to me. Being backed to a bitcoin, which takes time to actually make and there’s this equation that has to be done, that feels realer to me and makes more sense.”

An interesting insight into the mindset of a new generation from the young rapper, and also a pretty clear indication that bitcoiners should expect to see a “pay with bitcoin” button in their shopping cart for Because the Internet or subsequent albums in the near future.

Ashton Kutcher’s Venture Capital Firm Invested in Bitpay

It’s tough to imagine Kelso from That 70’s show owning a venture capital firm, but Kutcher has come a long way since Dude, Where’s My Car? and is currently leading the pack of celebrities that support bitcoin by actually having put money into the system. He even tweeted about bitcoin Black Friday a few weeks back.

Bitcoin Black Friday https://t.co/tVGMevHAzi — ashton kutcher (@aplusk) November 28, 2013

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It may seem strange to talk about celebrities that support bitcoin as being monumental to the industry in any way. After all, other than Kutcher’s more or less non-existent role in Bitpay, none of these people have any real ties to the industry. But that is what makes this so interesting. Celebrities are supporting bitcoin not because they have anything to gain from it, but because they’re interested in it. Bitcoin isn’t underground anymore, people outside of the industry have heard about it, they’re interested in it, they —as Snoop Dogg says— want to make it happen.

Bitcoin has gone mainstream, and it’s a big deal.