- McKenzie: Celebrities should leave financial advice to professionals
- Easy Money is about crypto visionaries, average traders, supporters, victims, whistleblowers
- Celebrities like Tom Brady and Lindsay Lohan promoted crypto in Super Bowl ads
Benjamin McKenzie, best known for his starring TV roles as Ryan Atwood on the teen drama The O.C., Ben Sherman on the crime drama Southland, and James Gordon on the crime drama Gotham, does not believe celebrities should be promoting crypto. He spoke to “TMZ Live” on Thursday about the earnings of celebs who were selling crypto during the Super Bowl.
“Easy Money”
Ben has written a book about crypto called “Easy Money” and says celebrities should leave financial advice to professionals. The book was cowritten by Jacob Silverman, an experienced journalist, and involves a “wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency.”
The idea for the book came during the pandemic, when Ben McKenzie found himself in the position of the perfect victim of cryptocurrency fraud. He was worried about his family, didn’t have much money, and heard people were getting rich off crypto.
He was lured in by FOMO, the prospect of taking power from banks, and contributing to democracy. His book is a “deep-dive” into Bitcoin, altcoins, the blockchain, and crypto exchanges.
The book tells the stories of crypto visionaries, average traders, staunch supporters, victims, anti-crypto whistleblowers, and regulators cracking down on digital assets.
Unregulated status
Celebrities like Tom Brady and Lindsay Lohan promoted crypto in Super Bowl ads, and Ben thinks they should have promoted water or soap. Crypto is unregulated and these celebs are not licensed financial advisors. The actor finds Hollywood contributed to misinformation surrounding the assets.
In related news, Kim Kardashian is back in court for a class action lawsuit, in which she and fellow celebs Floyd Mayweather and Paul Pierce were accused of improperly promoting EthereumMax (EMAX), a crypto token no longer in circulation. The pair was charged in a class action suit in January last year. Plaintiffs allege it was a “pump and dump” scheme.
