2024-02-21 19:14:11
Popular journalist Tucker Carlson recently blew up the internet with his interview with Vladimir Putin. The American editor and media personality, famous for his divisive views, now wanted to interview the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, but he would only do it for $1 million, gold or Bitcoin.
The next interview will cost a lot
Tucker Carlson, a 54-year-old American editor, journalist and host, has interviewed many media personalities and politicians. Known for his paleoconservative views, Carlson has already conducted interviews with Viktor Orbán, Andrew Tate and Vladimir Putin, among others – the last one was viewed by more than 200 million people on Twitter, despite the fact that Russia has been in a military conflict with neighboring Ukraine for almost two years.
Tucker Carlson He has 12.4 million followers on X, the former Twitter account, where he said he was traveling to Russia to interview Vladimir Putin. Carlson is known to have divisive values: he condemns abortion, supports gun control, sympathizes with Russia and demonizes immigrants.
The next guest of the journalist was the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson. The adviser of the former prime minister contacted Carlson a few days ago, who said that Johnson would agree to the interview, but it would cost a million dollars. Carlson compared Johnson’s situation to Putin’s and replied that the Russian head of state did not ask for a million dollars for the interview. Time will tell if the Johnson-Carlson interview will happen.
Why does the UK’s ex-prime minister want Bitcoin?
Despite the divisiveness and volatility of the crypto industry, Bitcoin is the best-performing asset of the past decade. The price of Bitcoin has risen from a low of $0.003 in 2010 to $69,000 by 2021. Even though Bitcoin is currently hovering around $51,000 and is roughly 25% off its previous high, it is very likely to make new highs soon.
Boris Johnson is likely aware of Bitcoin’s past performance and potential, it is possible that he expects similar growth in the coming years. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the first US Bitcoin spot ETF in January 2024, which has a balance of $5 billion in more than a month despite $7.1 billion in GBTC outflows.
Boris Johnson’s successor, Rishi Sunak, is outspoken supports the rise of cryptocurrencies and digital currencies, in August 2023, the former hedge fund manager stated that the rise of blockchain technology might be the next rocket of the national economy. At the same time, Sunak must be careful with such statements, since the next election will be held in January 2025. In the United Kingdom, 12% of the population dealt with cryptocurrencies in 2023, which, although double the 6% in 2019, falls dangerously short of the world’s leading cryptocurrency holding countries.
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