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Re:Cryptocurrency chaos as China cracks down on ICOs by gourou on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @09:57AM (#15238269)
It's true lots of celebrities are behind crypto-currencies and are attaching their brand to them. The same can be said for superstar VC firms ( Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures...) and Filecoin.

https://qz.com/1069515/paris-hilton-ico-the-hotel-heiress-jo...

https://www.coindesk.com/257-million-filecoin-breaks-time-re...

Also: > Paragon coin was pushing one of its rapper investors

It's The Game

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Re:Cryptocurrency chaos as China cracks down on ICOs by nylonstrung on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @11:01AM (#15238900)
The best example is probably Ja Rule working at Fyre and Nas' VC fund which from what I hear is pretty much a paper company that generates PR.

This isn't new- Bono's Elevation Partners has been around for a while

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