‘It’s Emerging as a Huge Player’ – Featured Bitcoin News

Famous actor Ryan Reynolds says crypto is “emerging as a huge, huge player.” The Hollywood star added that “companies are doing a good job of bringing it into a sort of safer, more mainstream light.”

Ryan Reynolds views Crypto as a Big Player

Ryan Reynolds, a Hollywood actor shared his views on cryptocurrency during a Bloomberg interview Tuesday.

Reynolds is also chief creative officer at MNTN’s self-service ad platform. Reynolds claims his company is able to give clients Super Bowl-level attention when they need it.

Regarding cryptocurrency, the actor said: “I think companies are doing a good job of bringing it into a sort of safer, more mainstream light.” He added, “90% of the word ‘crypto’ is ‘crypt’ so I see why certain folks might be put off or intimidated by it.”

Nonetheless, Reynolds said:

I think it’s emerging as a huge, huge player.

He further opined: “It’s been emerging for a long time as a huge player so I’m not super surprised.”

Reynolds refused to say whether or not he was investing in crypto. “I don’t really want to comment on that,” the Hollywood actor replied when asked about whether he owns any crypto currently.

Commenting on Super Bowl ads by cryptocurrency companies and celebrities starring in many of them, he said, “I see that as enterprise companies looking to create and carve out space in their zeitgeist.” One of the crypto ads that caught attention at the Super Bowl this weekend was the Coinbase ad which did not feature a celebrity. Reynolds commented: “Sometimes, a great way to do that is to use celebrities. Sometimes a terrible way to do that is to use celebrities … [overall] they seem to be doing some things pretty well.”

The Hollywood actor further shared, “I enjoy the LeBron piece.” LeBron James stars in a commercial for cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com.

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Kevin Helms

Kevin is a graduate of Austrian Economics. He discovered Bitcoin in 2011, and has been an advocate ever since. His main interests are in Bitcoin security, open source systems, network effects and intersections between cryptography and economy.