{"id":60689,"date":"2025-11-27T11:31:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T11:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=60689"},"modified":"2025-11-27T11:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T11:31:58","slug":"paris-hilton-bitcoin-wallet-tumbles-to-60k-did-secret-og-bitcoin-wallet-save-hiltons-bullrun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=60689","title":{"rendered":"Paris Hilton Bitcoin Wallet Tumbles to $60K: Did Secret OG Bitcoin Wallet Save Hilton\u2019s Bullrun?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s celebrity era is over as Paris Hilton\u2019s Bitcoin wallet and overall crypto portfolio have dipped to $60k.<\/p>\n<p>Four years ago, Paris Hilton and Neil deGrasse Tyson gave a shoutout to <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-1000x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">Web3 <\/a>and bought into the hype. Oh, how things have changed!<\/p>\n<p>This time around in 2025, we didn\u2019t even have mass shitcoin celebrity euphoria. Everyone I talk to is bearish. All the <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/crypto-presales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">YouTube creators<\/a> are bearish.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson learning about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">#Bitcoin<\/a> from the best <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f64c.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude4c\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EEasTKcStP\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/EEasTKcStP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitcoinMagazine\/status\/1510267231032254470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">April 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Their posts bookended something that now looks like the final flare of Bitcoin\u2019s celebrity-hype era, so what went wrong?<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-crypto-to-explode\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">20+ Next Crypto to Explode in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Paris Hilton\u2019s Bitcoin Wallet Is Broke? Bull-Market Cameo Was Peak 2021<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313400\" style=\"width: 2368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313400\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-27-165809.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2368\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-27-165809.png 2368w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-27-165809-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-27-165809-1024x181.png 1024w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-27-165809-768x136.png 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-27-165809-1536x272.png 1536w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-27-165809-2048x362.png 2048w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-27-165809-50x9.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2368px) 100vw, 2368px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Source: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/opensea.io\/0xb6aa5a1aa37a4195725cdf1576dc741d359b56bd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">OpenSea<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So let me get this straight:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"unkfunc\">A prominent public figure, known for his money, notices there\u2019s a lot of money in alts or NFTs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"unkfunc\">Lightbulb.jpg<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"unkfunc\">Celebrity launches their own alt and advertises it<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"unkfunc\">Rugs, the alt, and the c<\/span><span class=\"unkfunc\">elebrity are able to leverage his celebrity status for colossal profit<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All jokes aside, or maybe not really a \u201cjoke,\u201d Hilton\u2019s appearance on CNBC in April 2021 was perfectly timed. Bitcoin had just broken $60K, NFTs dominated headlines, and she had allegedly been in the game since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Now her entire NFT portfolio is worth $60k.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYes! I\u2019m very, very excited about [NFTs] as well. It\u2019s definitely the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure style=\"width: 1264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfepv6FxDo2ZEuiZjviCCEfGqxnRIv8ZEKi6CxRMAeCSbf2ABTNNv4d7E1_GpOCCD07knPDtSJc8DUIbKkMx5fAu9e4nJNnITEy-kwGBN3YOw_rRtOmcl4AgDBFP34BWYDT9obk3A?key=PVNMjxZsbdy0xg6DokwMECCn\" alt=\"\" width=\"1264\" height=\"944\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Paris Hilton with the founders of the failed Ethereum project The DAO | Source: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blockworks.co\/news\/paris-hilton-bitcoin-celebrity-indicators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The DAO<\/a> (2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her comments landed when one BTC was nearing its first major mania peak. But Hilton wasn\u2019t bluffing. She began buying BTC and ETH when they traded near $1,000 and $10, respectively. Or at least she alleges.<\/p>\n<p>Hilton embraced <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/new-cryptocurrency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">NFTs<\/a> just as aggressively. She minted her first in 2019, sold it for charity, and later won <strong>\u201cBest Charity NFT\u201d<\/strong> at the 2020 NFT Awards. To her, NFTs weren\u2019t a gimmick but a new medium for artists.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI see NFTs as the future of the creator economy.\u201d \u201cArtists getting paid on secondary sales\u2026 it is mind-blowing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-crypto-to-buy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">Top 20 Crypto to Buy in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Neil deGrasse Tyson\u2019s Bitcoin Curiosity Marked the Cultural Peak<\/h2>\n<p>One year after Hilton\u2019s cameo, Tyson appeared in a rooftop photo with Bitcoiners Saifedean Ammous, Alex Gladstein, and Dan Held. The market was wobbling. Inflation was spiking. Macro conditions were shifting.<br \/>\nYet Tyson\u2019s questions showed a deeper curiosity:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhat if aliens come to Earth with much more computing power, couldn\u2019t they mine all the bitcoin?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_313401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-313401\" style=\"width: 1708px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-313401\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1708\" height=\"888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-3-1.png 1708w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-3-1-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-3-1-1024x532.png 1024w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-3-1-768x399.png 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-3-1-1536x799.png 1536w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-3-1-50x26.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1708px) 100vw, 1708px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-313401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Source: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/pro\/i\/bitcoin-active-addresses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CoinGlass<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinglass.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CoinGlass<\/a>, the number of BTC\u2019s retail-owned addresses has declined by 14 per cent since 2021, replaced by growth in institutional cold storage.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s Next For Celeb Crypto Endorsements?<\/h2>\n<p>Unironically, the only jobs that are left are becoming an internet celebrity. Everything else is automated. Regardless, the Hilton-Tyson moment aged into a historical marker.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, it looked like celebrity adoption. In hindsight, it served as a cultural bridge between crypto as fashion and crypto as infrastructure. But for now, these kinds of endorsements are dead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXPLORE: <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/singapore-denies-do-kwons-14m-refund-demand-for-stolen-penthouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">Singapore Denies Do Kwon\u2019s $14M Refund Demand For \u2018Stolen\u2019 Penthouse<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/B7Uk6agkqj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Join The 99Bitcoins News Discord Here For The Latest Market Updates<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways\">\n<h2 class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__title\">Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list\">\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n        Bitcoin\u2019s celebrity era is over as Paris Hilton\u2019s Bitcoin wallet and overall crypto portfolio have dipped to $60k.    <\/li>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n         In hindsight, it was a cultural bridge between crypto-as-fashion and crypto-as-infrastructure. But for now these kind of endorsements are dead.    <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/paris-hilton-bitcoin-wallet-tumbles-to-60k-did-secret-og-bitcoin-wallet-save-hiltons-bullrun\/\">Paris Hilton Bitcoin Wallet Tumbles to $60K: Did Secret OG Bitcoin Wallet Save Hilton\u2019s Bullrun?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin\u2019s celebrity era is over as Paris Hilton\u2019s Bitcoin wallet and overall crypto portfolio have dipped to $60k. Four years ago, Paris Hilton and Neil deGrasse Tyson gave a shoutout to Web3 and bought into the hype. Oh, how things have changed! This time around in 2025, we didn\u2019t even have mass shitcoin celebrity euphoria. 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