‘They didn't see it coming:’ Podcaster Joe Rogan sees Bitcoin as a viable form of currency

Popular podcaster Joe Rogan conscionable gets Bitcoin (BTC). In his astir caller podcast with Khalil Rountree, a renowned mixed martial (MMA) fighter, Rogan explained that BTC is thing that the “government didn’t spot coming.”

“I deliberation of Bitcoin the aforesaid mode I deliberation of the aboriginal internet. They [the government] didn’t spot it coming and present it’s a viable signifier of currency–you tin really bargain things with it.”

Rogan explained that determination volition beryllium a clip erstwhile “some government” volition instrumentality a “centralized currency that they tin control,” with the volition to “limit what you walk your wealth on.” Bitcoin is extracurricular of authorities control, arsenic it is simply a decentralized and permissionless outgo network. 

Rogan is simply a vocal Bitcoin supporter, having archetypal spoken astir the world’s largest cryptocurrency successful 2014. Rogan explained to Andreas Antonopoulos successful 2016 that helium was “all in” on squad Bitcoin erstwhile the terms was nether $1,000.

While 2021 was the twelvemonth that popular celebrities clamored for crypto, Joe Rogan’s condemnation for Bitcoin ossified and evolved.

Rogan has ventured deeper down the Bitcoin rabbit hole: In lone January this year, Rogan had anticipation for Bitcoin but explained it could inactive “fall apart.” In yesterday’s MMA podcast, Rogan’s condemnation shined. 

The Joe Rogan Experience is Spotify’s astir fashionable show, reportedly reaching implicit 11 cardinal listeners per episode. Anthony Pompliano claims that helium amusement is bigger than Fox News and CNN combined. 

His MMA podcast is portion of the “experience,” and Khalil Rountree has been a erstwhile guest. In the YouTube excerpt with focuses connected Bitcoin, Khalil Rountree shares his “Bitcoin awakening,” discussing however his household ne'er had “generational wealth” earlier BTC.

Rountree is an American mixed martial creator who presently competes successful the airy heavyweight part of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. While admitting he’s not a tech oregon concern guy, helium is “excited” astir the technology, and attended Bitcoin Miami 2022.

Rountree cited the North Korean defector china Yeonmi Park, a talker astatine Bitcoin Miami 2022 who escaped the authorities acknowledgment to Bitcoin and its state properties.

YouTube comments connected the occurrence are hopeful that Jack Mallers, the CEO of Strike, will beryllium featured soon, oregon failing that, different Bitcoin-maxi, Jack Dorsey, the erstwhile CEO of Twitter.

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For 1 Bitcoiner connected Twitter, Michael Saylor appearing connected the JRE would make the same hype arsenic a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF):

Exactly close - @saylor going connected the @joerogan podcast is the adjacent large catalyst for accrued consciousness and adoption of #Bitcoin arsenic the astir dependable wealth successful the world. Or the SEC allowing $GBTC to person to a spot ETF. @GaryGensler @BarrySilbert @Sonnenshein

— Dr. Ben Kim (@Ben_Kim) May 3, 2022

The “Bitcoin awakening” video has already been viewed implicit 100,00 times, portion Joe Rogan is inactive astatine the apical of the Spotify United States podcast charts.