From Coindesk
Bitcoin had a decidedly mainstream moment this week: during a segment on the talk show hosted by comedian Ellen DeGeneres.Read more: https://www.coindesk.com/ellen-degeneres-bitcoin-either-worth-20000-nothing/DeGeneres took a few pot-shots at the cryptocurrency, joking to her audience that it's like "a plot twist in a confusing movie."
"Everybody is talking about bitcoin," she went on to say. "Nobody understands it."
If you want to know what bitcoin is, I learned about it. A bit. pic.twitter.com/txICiTXYgi
-- Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) February 15, 2018
She told her audience and viewers - which averages several million viewers per episode - to think of cryptocurrencies as a picture of a goat on the internet.
"Now it's adorable...and you want to pick it up and pet it. But you can't because it's not there, it doesn't exist except for on that internet right there, just like bitcoin is digital currency," she said.
DeGeneres added that she'd opt for the goat over bitcoin if given the choice, and said of investors:
"You'll either be a millionaire or you'll be totally broke."
You know your brand has hit mainstream exposure when Ellen is including it in a segment. Bitcoin FTW!
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You missed my favorite line that ellen said "who can explain what bitcoin is? ... liar"
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it's the next form of currency
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The fact that she has no clue, as stated by her own, should stop her from saying anything at all. Instead she tries to make jokes about something she doesn't understand just because it is a popular topic lately. Spreading wrong facts and completely dishonoring the technology and vision behind Cryptocurrencies. Shows once more that all is about viewing figures in the end.
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She's such a damn moron. She has no right to tell someone they're lying for saying they can explain what Bitcoin is when she herself doesn't even understand it.
You know damn well why she ran this bit: She was told to.
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