A Girl Desires BTC: Game of Thrones Star Maisie Williams Asks Crypto Twitter About Bitcoin

Popular British actress, Maisie Williams, who made her name through the hit HBO series, Game of Thrones, asked her over 2 million Twitter followers for advice on Bitcoin, appears to have taken an interest in the crypto industry. As expected, a tsunami of comments from the crypto twitter community came her way.

Crypto Twitter Had a Lot to Say

Most of the respondents to the poll advised her against investing in the crypto asset. According to the press time statistics from the poll, over 54% of the 856,000+ votes were against buying Bitcoin.

On the bright side, one can safely assume, to some degree, that the majority of the GoT star’s followers are no-coiners who barely know anything about Bitcoin besides what mainstream media says. With that in mind, having nearly half the votes in favor of buying Bitcoin could be interpreted as a positive occurrence.

And as expected, Maisie’s tweet has also generated boatloads of comments from Bitcoin enthusiasts who were quick to proffer their opinion.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz simply said, “Duh!!” and that the “network effect” is already at full speed. The Moon, a crypto YouTuber, gave his personal advice, stating that Bitcoin could reach “over $100,000 within 2 years.” 

Some of the respondents could be seen to be paying homage to her role in the GoT series. Most of them were making reference to her role and offering her explanation on how the industry works while Elon Musk only joked around.

Other Celebrities Supporting Bitcoin
Award-winning writer of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling, had asked a Bitcoin reporter last May on how the crypto asset works. However, upon the hundreds of explanations offered to the author about the coin, she was still unable to grab the cusp of how it operates.

The inability of the author to understand the coin operation method has left some wondering if the coin is actually difficult to understand or if the author is just not technically inclined.

Unlike Maisie and Rowling who were merely asking questions, many popular figures have already thrown their weight behind the cryptocurrency.

Gwyneth Paltrow, an Academy award-winning actress, once shared an article on how to invest in Bitcoin on her blog.

Hip hop rapper, Snoop Dogg has also made an appearance at a crypto party, which shows that he is also an adherent of the crypto industry. Others include Paris Hilton, Ashton Kutcher, Hugh Laurie, and many more.

Ethereum 2.0 Smart Contract Deposit Surpasses 300,000 ETH

Ethereum 2.0 appears to be gaining momentum as more investors are staking their ETH in the deposit smart contract. At the moment, the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract has reached 55% (302,848 ETH) of its target with the bulk of deposits taking place over the weekend.

Major Milestone for Ethereum

BTCManager had reported earlier in November, Ethereum launched a deposit contract for Ethereum 2.0. According to the information provided, the deposit contract would be required to hit a minimum milestone of 524,288 ETH for the Ethereum 2.0 genesis chain to launch and go live.

Since then, there has been a slow response from major Ethereum holders towards filling the deposit contract as the launch period has coincided with an extended bullish run in the market. This was evident as there was an increased flow of Ethereum from major wallets into crypto exchanges in recent weeks. This slow pace had caused a major worry within the Ethereum community as it looked increasingly unlikely for the smart contract to launch on its expected date.

However, the past four days have witnessed an increased surge with more than 30% of the total deposits staked during this period. At the moment, 302,848Erh ETH has already been staked in the ETH 2.0 Deposit contract representing an increase of 10% in the last 24 hours

Despite the surge in ETH staked, it is already late for the launch of the ETH 2.0 Beacon Chain initially scheduled for December 1. Given the current momentum, it likely that the deposit contracts will be filled within the next seven days and the ETH 2.0 phase 0 launch may happen by mid-December.

Buterin Hints at 2022 Launch Date 

Hitting the halfway mark in deposits is a major milestone for Ethereum as it looks to begin Phase 0. Ethereum 2.0 is regarded by many as a crucial update for the popular smart contract network. Ethereum has been plagued by scalability problems and rising gas fees on its blockchain network.

This has largely been due to the success of the DeFi industry with major DeFi protocols built on its protocol. Ethereum 2,0 promises to fix these problems with its expected switch to the Proof-of-Stake protocol. However, the delays that have characterized the project has dampened expectations in recent months. This is further compounded by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin hinting in a recent AMA that he expected full deployment of Ethereum 2.0 to occur by 2022.