### Who Are the Crypto Celebrities?

#### [The Winklevoss Twins](https://www.workandmoney.com/s/winklevoss-twins-bio-bc28c09ffb074639)

Photo from [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/12/winklevoss-twins-are-bitcoin-billionaires-yet-one-drives-an-old-suv.html)

Remember the insufferable Harvard twins from [The Social Network](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB95KLmpLR4) movie who said Zuckerberg “stole their idea” and settled for [$65 million](https://www.geek.com/news/winklevoss-twins-decide-65-million-from-facebook-is-enough-after-all-1394663/)? Well, they have become major crypto celebrities and “ [Bitcoin Billionaires](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/12/winklevoss-twins-are-bitcoin-billionaires-yet-one-drives-an-old-suv.html).”

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss (aka “The Winklevii”) bought Bitcoin back in 2013 at $120 making their current holdings worth over a billion dollars. I know…this is infuriating to think about. Why the hell didn’t I buy Bitcoin in 2013 and why can’t these geniuses invent a time machine so I can do that?

On top of investing in Bitcoin, the Olympian rowers(yes, they do everything) also started one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, [Gemini](https://gemini.com/). These guys can’t catch a break! They have recently become notorious in the crypto industry for their bold prediction that Bitcoin will be worth [40 times its current value](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/07/winklevoss-twins-bitcoin-will-be-worth-40-times-current-value.html) in the relatively near future.

Why do they also have to be good looking? The brothers believe that Bitcoin is disrupting the precious metal industry and will eventually be a favorable replacement for gold.

##### You can say they are pretty, “bullish” on the whole crypto thing.

#### [Roger Ver](https://rogerver.com/)

Photo from [AMB Crypto](https://ambcrypto.com/roger-ver-thoughts-bitcoin-cash-bch-fork/)

Like the Winklevoss twins, Roger Ver invested in Bitcoin and other Blockchain-related startups at a very early stage giving him the nickname, “Bitcoin Jesus.” As you can imagine, he is an extremely modest man.

Roger is famous for being (almost weirdly) obsessed with [Bitcoin Cash](https://www.bitcoincash.org/), a hard fork of Bitcoin. He is hyper-critical of Bitcoin itself, [calling it “slow, expensive, and unreliable.”](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/15/why-bitcoin-jesus-is-so-bullish-about-bitcoin-cash.html) He claims Bitcoin Cash is built better than Bitcoin for transactions and is ultimately a more efficient currency. He infamously got in a defensive, viral argument about how to pronounce Bitcoin Cash with a trolling YouTuber.

If you ever see Roger, please call him “BCASH Jesus.” I think he might like that better.

#### [Brock Pierce](https://coincentral.com/who-is-brock-pierce-blockchain-capital-eos-the-john-oliver-takedown/)

Photo from [Fortune](https://coincentral.com/who-is-brock-pierce-blockchain-capital-eos-the-john-oliver-takedown/)

Ready to have your mind blown? Brock Pierce played fictional hockey coach, [Gordon Bombay](http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Gordon_Bombay) in the original [Mighty Ducks](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104868/) movie.

Who knew that the kid with the best triple deke on the planet was a future tech mogul genius. Unlike most childhood actors who turn to drugs…Brock Pierce turned to Bitcoin. I think we have established this was good move.

In 2013, Pierce joined Bard and Bradford Stephens in foundation of [Blockchain Capital](http://blockchain.capital/)(BCC), a venture interest firm for crypto related projects. He is also the Director of the [Bitcoin Foundation](https://bitcoinfoundation.org/) and is a consistent keynote speaker at tech enthused events. In February of 2018 he was estimated to have net worth of 1.1 Billion, making him one of the [top 20 richest](https://www.forbes.com/richest-in-cryptocurrency/#19e9cbd81d49) people in the crypto industry.

#### Vitalik Buterin

Photo from [Fortune 40 Under 40](http://fortune.com/40-under-40/vitalik-buterin-10/)

Vitalik Buterin, whose name sounds like he should be exactly who he is… IS a Russian-Canadian programmer who co-founded of [Ethereum](https://www.ethereum.org/). The name Vitalik is good for an extra 50 IQ points, so no surprise he has become one of the most important humans on the planet for tech innovation.

##### Alpha Token is based on Ethereum

Vitalik recognized that Bitcoin needed scripted language for application development. According to Vitalik, Ethereum is [a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts](https://www.ethereum.org/): applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud or third-party interference (language from [Ethereum website](https://www.ethereum.org/)). Since its inception in 2013, Ethereum has become the world’s second largest cryptocurrency in total market cap of just under $70 billion.

#### [John McAfee](https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/john-mcafee-6497.php)

Photo from [Crypto Coin News](https://www.ccn.com/john-mcafees-1-million-bitcoin-price-bet-just-hit-a-major-technical-hurdle/)

John McAfee is one of those guys who you always hear about, but never really know how. I still feel that way after just researching him! You may recognize his name from the famous anti-virus software, “ [McAfee](https://www.mcafee.com/us/index.html),” which was eventually renamed to Intel Security in 2011. He has made a splash in multiple industries, including political activism with a Libertarian nomination for the Presidency in 2016. He ended up losing to “ [Mr. Aleppo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOT_BoGpCn4),” Gary Johnson.

McAfee has become famous in the crypto space for his active, Altcoin shilling [Twitter account](https://twitter.com/officialmcafee?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) and outlandish [Bitcoin prediction](https://www.ccn.com/john-mcafees-1-million-bitcoin-price-bet-leaves-even-the-most-ardent-bitcoin-opponents-praying-that-hes-right/). Back in 2017, he famously stated that he would cut off his own (male appendage) and eat it on national television if Bitcoin did not reach $500,000 by the end of 2020. After the massive price spike toward the end of 2017, he changed his prediction to $1,000,000.

##### For everyone’s sake, I hope Bitcoin moons.

#### Warren Buffett

Photo from [CNBC Money](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/01/warren-buffett-bitcoin-isnt-an-investment.html)

Warren Buffet is the infamous 87 year old billionaire CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. His investment prowess is second to none. However, Mr. Buffett has become a thorn in the crypto industry since he claimed “ [Bitcoin will definitely come to a bad ending.](http://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-on-bitcoin-price-2018-1)” He followed that statement up by admitting he knows little to nothing about the industry. Just recently, he doubled down on his initial critique of Bitcoin and called it “ [rat poison](http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/07/investing/warren-buffett-bitcoin/index.html)” on May 7th. Because he is so highly respected, the market tends to act negatively when he makes these statements often resulting in a slight sell-off. Mr. Buffet, you are a legend. But pleeeassse stop scaring investors with your damning anti-crypto statements.