FX.co ★ Bitcoin mania: celebrities investing in cryptocurrency

Ashton Kutcher

Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher has been investing in cryptocurrencies for over 10 years already. He took interest in the virtual assets in 2010 when the demand for bitcoin was relatively modest. The actor has repeatedly demonstrated his loyalty to BTC and promoted the idea of investing in this cryptocurrency. Mr. Kutcher has founded Sound Ventures fund to invest in Ripple. A few years ago, he made a generous donation in XRP to the World Wildlife Fund. The donation amounted to $4 million. Moreover, Ashton Kutcher put his money in the Lolli startup that allows its participants to get cashback in bitcoins.

Serena Williams

Serena Williams, a renowned American tennis player, also became one of the first celebrities to invest massively in digital assets. In 2014, she founded the Serena Ventures fund. Since then, she has invested in over 30 companies of different sectors including the Coinbase crypto exchange and the Lolli startup. This project offers its users an average cashback of 7% in bitcoins from such retail giants as Kroger, Microsoft, and Booking.com. Thus far, the total capitalization of Williams' portfolio is estimated at more than $12 billion.

50 Cent

As a matter of fact, famous American rapper 50 Cent did not aim to become a crypto investor. He happened to invest in bitcoins by chance. The thing is that in 2014 the rapper sold his album Animal Ambition for 700 virtual currency units and forgot about it. Three years later, BTC skyrocketed to historical highs, so the decision to put aside the digital assets turned out to be quite lucrative. At that time, bitcoin price was about $650, so 50 Cent managed to earn nearly $450K. However, we don’t know how the rapper used the money.

Maisie Williams

24-year-old star of “Game of Thrones" Maisie Williams is also known to be investing in cryptocurrencies. The actress got interested in bitcoin last fall amid a record rise in BTC price. She asked her fans on Twitter whether she should put her money in the digital asset. Though most subscribers turned against this idea, Macy still invested in bitcoin. By the way, one of the advisers who spoke in favor of investing was Elon Musk, the head of Tesla and SpaceX .

Lionel Messi

Argentine footballer Lionel Messi has repeatedly expressed his positive attitude towards cryptocurrencies in interviews. At the same time, he has never revealed information about the volume of his virtual assets. Presumably, the forward of Spanish “Barcelona” invests not only in bitcoin but also in ether. Besides, Messi was an ambassador for Sirin Labs, a blockchain company that improves smartphone security and payment processing.