{"id":20417,"date":"2023-07-30T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/crypto-community-reacts-to-barbie-star-saying-bitcoin-talk-exudes-ken-energy\/"},"modified":"2023-07-30T10:00:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T10:00:53","slug":"crypto-community-reacts-to-barbie-star-saying-bitcoin-talk-exudes-ken-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/crypto-community-reacts-to-barbie-star-saying-bitcoin-talk-exudes-ken-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto community reacts to Barbie star saying Bitcoin talk exudes Ken energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Australian actress Margot Robbie, who plays the lead role in the new Barbie<\/em> movie, has caused a stir within the crypto community after stating that talking about Bitcoin (BTC) reflects similar traits to Barbie\u2019s companion, Ken.<\/p>\n

In the last 24 hours, the crypto community on X (Twitter), including MicroStrategy\u2019s Michael Saylor and social media influencer Layah Heilpern, had a mixed response to Robbie\u2019s statement about Bitcoin in an interview with Fandango on June 22. <\/p>\n

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#Bitcoin<\/a> is Big Ken Energy. pic.twitter.com\/ExFOGXsuJ9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Michael Saylor\u26a1\ufe0f (@saylor) July 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Robbie revealed that every time she overheard her husband, Tom Ackerley, and television producer, David Heyman,\u00a0discussing Bitcoin on set, it brought to mind the traits of Ken, the fictional co-star character in Barbie<\/em>, played by Ryan Gosling.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen David and Tom would start talking about Bitcoin or something, Gretta and I would be like, you\u2019re being such Kens!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Along with Saylor declaring that Bitcoin is, in fact, \u201cBig Ken Energy,\u201d several other prominent figures in the crypto industry shared their thoughts on Robbie\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

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Crypto influencer Lea Thompson, better known to her 225,000 Twitter followers as Girl Gone Crypto, stated that she is \u201cso bullish\u201d after hearing Robbie talk about Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

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Bitcoiners last week: yah haven’t seen the Barbie movie, whatever, looks dumb <\/p>\n

Bitcoiners today: MARGOT ROBBIE SAID THAT BITCOIN IS BIG KEN ENERGY, SO BULLISH<\/p>\n

\u2014 Girl Gone Crypto (@girlgone_crypto) July 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, Layah Heilpern perceived Robbie\u2019s remarks differently, suggesting that she interpreted it as an insult toward men who talk about Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

On July 30, Heilpern explained to her 621,400 Twitter followers that Robbie implied male Bitcoin enthusiasts are \u201cweak and pathetic.\u201d<\/p>\n

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When Margot Robbie said you\u2019re a Ken if talk #bitcoin<\/a><\/p>\n

She meant you\u2019re weak and pathetic. This was not a good thing <\/p>\n

\u2014 Layah Heilpern (@LayahHeilpern) July 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, Mark Travers, lead psychologist at Awake Therapy, suggested that having Ken\u2019s energy could be a sign of someone who is selfless and can adapt to different situations.<\/p>\n

Travers stated in a July 13 Forbes\u00a0report\u00a0that the character of Ken challenges traditional gender stereotypes. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn a universe which revolves around Barbie, Ken has only a supportive role to play, and he plays it gladly,\u201d Travers stated, adding:<\/p>\n

\u201cBarbie is and comes before everything, we see male counterpart Ken relegated to the uni-dimensional and purely aesthetic role that women have often been confined to in the past, in a flippant and parody-like manner.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Robbie stated in the interview that it is hard to define what makes a Ken or what gives off Ken energy, as it can be subjective.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not something you can define; it is just something you can sense,\u201d Robbie stated.<\/p>\n

With a sense of optimism, Steven Lubka, a managing director at Swan Bitcoin, perceived Robbie\u2019s comment as a positive for the crypto community.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lubka told his 20,200 Twitter followers on July 29 that \u201cwe are so back.\u201c<\/p>\n

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Barbie said we are all Ken’s<\/p>\n

We are so back<\/p>\n

\u2014 Steven Lubka (@DzambhalaHODL) July 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Robbie\u2019s comments on Bitcoin were brief and neutral, taking place as there are ongoing legal actions against celebrities who have recently promoted crypto.<\/p>\n

Most recently, NBA Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler\u00a0sought to be removed from a $1 billion class-action lawsuit alleging the promotion of unregistered securities by cryptocurrency exchange Binance.<\/p>\n

In a July 24 filing, Butler\u2019s lawyers argued that the tweets he appeared in did not promote the named securities, and, therefore, could not have helped promote them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Binance CEO Changpeng \u201cCZ\u201d Zhao, as well as YouTubers Ben Armstrong (BitBoy Crypto) and Graham Stephan, are also challenging similar allegations in the same lawsuit.<\/p>\n

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