The latest episode of’Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ includes a massive bitcoin reward.
Is it due to the price of Bitcoin, or is it simply because of the mainstream ubiquity of constantly increasing assets? This could be a spoiler that could happen in the future.
According to Cointelegraph, a cryptocurrency media outlet on the 2nd (local time), the Marvel Cinematic Universe show’Falcon and the Winter Soldier’, which is newly introduced on the’Disney+’ streaming platform, has incorporated a bitcoin (BTC) bounty into the latest episode.
In episode 3, “Power Broker”, one of the characters receives a text message that reads “Selby’s death”. And “₿1K BARUNTY to her killers.” is added. This scene, which appears in the middle of the story, was timely given Bitcoin’s ongoing bull market. As of 5 p.m. on the 5th (domestic time), 1,000 BTC at that time was equivalent to about 58 million dollars.
Reddit user’Okitraz1986′, a popular American community site, found a bitcoin reference in such a work, and posted his finding (screen shot) on Reddit’s r/bitcoin forum on Friday, saying:
“I thought it was cool, and I thought I could share the bounty. It’s nicer than when I first entered the bitcoin world five years ago, and it’s still nice to see me moving towards a cultural touchstone.”
Unfortunately, however, this story still shows that Bitcoin is being used in the same way as the underground world, not as an asset of public investment. This is far from thematic, but it is probably a more appropriate use case. Despite the years that Bitcoin has become more legitimate as a store of gold-like value, it has made it difficult to shake its rumored connection of criminal activity.
Meanwhile, at the end of 2020, another TV show’Shamelessness’ also included Bitcoin and Ethereum references in one episode.