- Brock Pierce, a self-made billionaire, is one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency advocates.
- Pierce is an unabashed bitcoin bull, but he still says bitcoin “maxis” are making a mistake.
- He shared three of his favorite investments besides the world’s largest digital token.
Unlike most self-made entrepreneurs, Brock Pierce was famous before he was wealthy.
The 41-year-old cryptocurrency billionaire became widely known before his 13th birthday thanks to his role in Disney’s “The Mighty Ducks,” but though that gig led to a handful of others in movies, acting wasn’t his calling. Pierce bid Hollywood adieu in the late 1990s and began to get involved in
streaming
video and digital currencies — over 10 years before they went mainstream.
In the two decades since, Pierce has become one of the biggest names in crypto. After co-founding Blockchain Capital, a crypto-focused venture capital firm, and Tether, the largest stablecoin on the market, Pierce is now one of the world’s most influential and vocal digital asset advocates.
Pierce has made educating world leaders about crypto one of his top priorities. Last fall, he led a delegation of 37 crypto industry veterans that helped guide El Salvador President Nayib Bukele as the country adopted bitcoin as legal tender. It was an unprecedented victory, but soon it may just be the first of many.
Leaders in “over 30 governments” have chatted with Pierce about following in El Salvador’s footsteps, he told Insider in a recent interview. And after working to convert politicians to crypto, Pierce is preparing for a transition of his own. He confirmed that he’s planning to take the fight for crypto-friendly regulation into his own hands by running for a US Senate seat in 2022.
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