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Kim Kardashian West posted an Instagram story to her 114 mln followers in which she staked physical Bitcoins at a charity poker game in LA.
Kim Kardashian West, the reality television starlet with 114 million followers on Instagram, staked what appeared to be physical Bitcoin (BTC) chips on a charity poker night out in LA yesterday, July 29.
Kardashian West, sisters KhloĂ© Kardashian and Kendall Jenner, and mom Kris Jenner hosted a table at yesterdayâs inaugural "If Only" Texas Holdâem Charity Poker in Los Angeles to raise funds for City of Hope, a nonprofit clinical research and treatment center for cancer.
Amidst her Instagram Storiesâ videos of betting with poker chips, the star posted a picture in which she bet with what appeared to be physical Bitcoin chips, accompanied by the jubilant byline âWe moved onto bitcoin!â
The idea of representing Bitcoin with a physical commodity has been around for several years â whether by minting gold coins or bespoke printed banknotes. One of the physical cryptos on Kimâs Instagram appears to closely resemble a Kialara-designed Bitcoin, which crypto entrepreneur Matt Roszak claims to have given her at the tournament earlier that day:
âBig fun at the First Annual @cityofhope Charity Poker Tournament â also gave @KimKardashian her very first #bitcoin â KardashianCoin, YeezyCoin?â
This May, the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star and beauty brand entrepreneur won the annual CFDA Fashion Awards first Influencer Award, with CFDA board member and designer Tommy Hilfiger saying at the time that:
âKim is the most important and powerful influencer in the world. Her reach extends far beyond her own brands. Every time she wears, posts or talks about a fashion brand, there is an immediate and significant increase in both awareness and sales.â
As of July 2018, Forbes has estimated Kardashian Westâs net worth to be $350 million.
Hip hop artist Kanye West, meanwhile, whom Kardashian married in 2014, revealed his own positive views of Bitcoin in an interview this May. Implying that the cryptocurrency is less fraught with problematic political and national overtones than fiat, he said:
âThat was the moment when I wanted to use Bitcoin, when I saw [former slave] Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Itâs like when you see all the slave movies, itâs like why you gotta keep reminding us about slavery. Why donât you put Michael Jordan on the $20 bill?â
Before the interview, Kanye had already made waves in the cryptosphere when he laconically but suggestively tweeted âdecentralizeâ this April.
Meanwhile, back in 2014, a smalltime altcoin dubbed Coinye had attempted to capitalize on the artistâs international fame by using his likeness as a mascot. The spoof was swiftly reined in by a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Westâs lawyers.
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