TD₿: Pro Athletes and the Bitcoin Revolution - (a Swan original video) with Ser Ulric
TL;DR: The professional sports industry may play an important low-key role in Bitcoin's path toward mass adoption.
Hey Bitcoiners,
Bitcoin's growth in professional sports is not to be ignored. A major platform of cultural influence will impact the way people see Bitcoin in a similar way society sees athletic shoes as a form of everyday wear.
Ser Ulric addresses the positives and negatives of athlete’s adopting the Bitcoin Standard. The parallel to the regular investor is uncanny!
Enjoy!
Tick tock next block,
Cory Klippsten
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