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Netflix Star Drives Bitcoin Adoption With Porsche Under El Salvador Flag – Bitcoin News
Scottish-Salvadoran driver Sebastian Melrose has made his debut in the Porsche Carrera Cup racing championship. The 25-year-old, who starred in a hit Netflix TV series last year, drives a Bitcoin-branded 911 that has the flag of crypto-friendly El Salvador on the roof.
Bitcoin Racing Team joins Porsche Carrera Cup with Netflix celebrity in the car
British racing team Bitcoin Racing has joined the Porsche Carrera Cup together with Richardson Racing, not only to win prizes in one of the UK’s biggest racing championships, but also to promote crypto. Tandem hired a newcomer to the series, Scottish-Salvadoran driver Sebastian Melrose, who made his debut last weekend at the Donington Park track.
Melrose, who owes much of her fame to her participation in the Netflix dating game show “Too Hot to Handle,” was behind the wheel of a “Bitcoin Porsche,” a 500-horsepower 911 GT3 that features the bitcoin logo on the door panels, and on roof, the flag of El Salvador, the Latin American nation leading crypto adoption as legal tender in the world.
Good morning #bitcoin! As we ride in the UK’s most popular motorsport package, we are excited to use this platform to spread positivity and education about the power of bitcoin. Let’s come together to share the beauty of bitcoin and the amazing things happening in El Salvador 🇸🇻 pic.twitter.com/yHKxw7ANVv
— BitcoinRacing (@bitcoin_racing) 25 April 2023
The racing team has started to introduce cryptocurrency to a wider audience through motorsport and has been supported by El Salvador for this initiative. It expressed its intentions on social media earlier this month.
“Bitcoin Racing is proud to announce that we will be driving bitcoin adoption in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB and we are doing so with the help of our Salvadoran driver and Netflix star, Seb Melrose… As a team we believe in the power of bitcoin , and we’re using the Porsche Championship to promote its use,” the team said in a series of tweets.
The championship consists of eight race weekends across the UK and is broadcast live on ITV. “With a television audience of 2.2 million and over 400,000 live spectators per season, we are taking the message of bitcoin to millions outside the sector,” Bitcoin Racing stated.
“This mission, to accelerate bitcoin adoption, will be reinforced by our pilot Sebastian, who has almost 1 million followers,” the team elaborated, adding that it is also proud to promote El Salvador with the hope of improving the perception of the country .
“I’m super excited and really motivated to take part in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB this season with Bitcoin Racing powered by Richardson Racing,” said Melrose. Richardson Racing will take care of the technical and mechanical maintenance of his car, which is last season’s winner.
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