Ben McKenzie Would Like a Word With the Crypto Bros [telecom]

The actor, best known for his starring role in "The O.C.," has become an outspoken critic of a volatile market driven by speculation. Who's listening?

By David Yaffe-Bellany

ROCKDALE, Texas -- Ben McKenzie was driving his father's silver Subaru through Texas farmland, talking in breathless bursts about money: who has it, who needs it, what makes it real or fake. He detailed the perils of cryptocurrency exchanges, the online brokers that sell Bitcoin and Ether to speculators, then delivered a glowing endorsement of "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," a 700-page book by the economist Thomas Piketty about income inequality and the power of wealthy capitalists.

"If they can make money on it, they'll do it," Mr. McKenzie, 43, said as he sped past cattle farms and run-down gas stations one morning in March.

Mr. McKenzie was on his way to Whinstone U.S., a crypto mining operation about an hour outside Austin, where rows of energy-guzzling machines generate new Bitcoins. Over the last six months, as A-list celebrities have shilled for digital currencies and NFTs, Mr. McKenzie, a TV actor best known for his starring role in "The O.C.," has become an outspoken skeptic. He's written critically about the #ad for little-known coins that Kim Kardashian posted on Instagram and earnestly asked Reese Witherspoon to stop proselytizing about the metaverse, all while acknowledging that he's not a financial expert.

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