Netflix Star Drives Bitcoin Adoption With Porsche Flying El Salvador Flag
Scottish-Salvadoran driver Sebastian Melrose made his Porsche Carrera Cup championship debut. The 25-year-old, who starred in a popular Netflix TV series last year, drives a Bitcoin-branded 911 that displays the flag of cryptocurrency-friendly El Salvador on its roof.
Bitcoin Racing Team Joins Porsche Carrera Cup with Netflix Celebrity In Car
British racing team Bitcoin Racing joined the Porsche Carrera Cup together with Richardson Racing to not only win prizes in one of the biggest racing championships in the UK, but also to promote cryptocurrency. The tandem has hired a rookie in the category, the Scottish-Salvadoran driver Sebastian Melrose, who made his debut last weekend at the Donington Park circuit.
Melrose, who owes much of her fame to her appearance on the Netflix dating show “Too Hot to Handle,” sat behind the wheel of a “Bitcoin Porsche,” a 500-horsepower 911 GT3 sporting the Bitcoin logo. bitcoin on door panels. and on the roof, the flag of El Salvador, the Latin American nation that leads the adoption of cryptocurrencies as legal tender in the world.
“Bitcoin Racing is proud to announce that we will be driving bitcoin adoption at the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, and we are doing this with the help of our Salvadoran driver and Netflix star, Seb Melrose… As a team, we believe in the power of bitcoin and are using the Porsche championship to promote its adoption,” the team said in a series of tweets.
The Championship consists of eight racing weekends across the UK and is broadcast live on ITV. “With a television audience of 2.2 million and over 400,000 live viewers per season, we are taking the bitcoin message to millions outside of the industry,” Bitcoin Racing said.
“This mission, to accelerate the adoption of bitcoin, will be promoted by our pilot Sebastián, who has almost 1 million followers,” the team explained, adding that they are also proud to promote El Salvador in hopes of improving the perception of bitcoin. country.
“I am super excited and very motivated to be taking part in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB this season with Bitcoin Racing powered by Richardson Racing,” said Melrose. Richardson Racing will be in charge of the technical and mechanical maintenance of his car, which is the winner of last season.