The OC star Ben McKenzie on how crypto took over Hollywood

OC 明星 Ben McKenzie 讲述加密货币如何接管好莱坞

Pop Culture with Chanté Joseph

社会与文化

2024-08-01

26 分钟
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What’s the deal with celebrities promoting cryptocurrencies? This week, Chanté chats to actor and crypto-skeptic Ben McKenzie, star of The OC and Gotham, about how cryptocurrencies infiltrated Hollywood and his transition from actor to investigative journalist

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  • This is the Guardian.

  • I've got a question for you.

  • Why is actor Ben McKenzie star of Gotham and the O.C.

  • Who are you?

  • Whoever you want me to be.

  • Taking on the world of crypto.

  • In my opinion, the cryptocurrency industry represents the largest Ponzi scheme in history.

  • This week on pop culture with me, Shantae Joseph for the Guardian.

  • So last week, former president Donald Trump was the keynote speaker at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville.

  • I stand before you today filled with respect and admiration for what the bitcoin community has achieved.

  • It's incredible, actually.

  • That's a big deal.

  • Besides a random dig at Miley Cyrus.

  • Billy Ray Cyrus is here.

  • Where's Billy Ray?

  • He's a conservative guy.

  • Said, how did you get such a liberal daughter?

  • How did that happen, really?

  • Well, Trump's endorsement of bitcoin marks another moment in its very turbulent history where big public figures are telling us normal folk to believe in it.

  • So for those who don't know, bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, which I'm.