Celebrities Hot for Cryptocurrency in 2018!
50 cent and Katy Perry Repping Crypto
Rap mogul Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson in 2014 decided that for his Animal Ambition album he'd to put his faith in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin and receive his royalties in that form. He has of this date received 700 Bitcoins for his works, worth a whopping £7,000,000 that he is now holding. He announced his successful decision on Twitter the other day stating "not bad for a kid from the Southside".
Also Katy Perry has been making headlines for her "cryptoclaws", representing Monero, Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and Stellar Lumens on a backing of a Dollar bill. She released the picture of her Crypto themed nails on twitter today, but has everyone guessing as to why she chose the specific cryptocurrencies that she die. So what exactly is it with the celebrities going overtly public with their newfound interest in this new market?
Maybe it's the chance of profit, the pop culture trend building around it, or they may actually believe in and understand the technology and missions of blockchain based organisations? Well one things certain, some people have been anticipating such a breakout of celebrity interest, and have devised a new application upon the Ethereum blockchain that will allows celebrities to connect themselves with fans and advertisers like never before.
Tokenstars platform TEAM will allow established stars to communicate with their fans with extreme efficiency, and help to develop more communal relationships with them. And they can also use the platform to market and sell merchandise for tokens and develop more beneficial partnerships with advertisers. Also upcoming and aspiring talent can generate donations from their fans and also compete with others to achieve hard to get advertising contracts etc.
This new celebrity ecosystem being created upon the Ethereum blockchain is a first of its kind as it it the first truly entertainment based platform used in this way. However it is going to be hard to sell to some blockchain enthusiasts, as they see corporate and advertising influence within applications to be biasing and devaluing the decentralizational aspects of it. Many non corporational blockchain platforms like Steemit and Dtube have such devoted and vibrant communities because they are self reliant and totally community based, but Tokenstars is definitely going to be addressing a large gap within the blockchain market. And it already has 15 celebrities on it's list from sports, television and music, so it's sure to expand in interest.