Animal Ambition

Ten years ago, Grammy-winning rapper 50 Cent made a groundbreaking decision to accept Bitcoin as payment for his album “Animal Ambition.” This move, which initially appeared experimental, has resulted in substantial financial gains for the artist over the past decade. In 2014, 50 Cent,...

50 Cent ain’t a value buy. The rapper is worth nearly 16 million times that in cryptocurrency alone. Back in 2014, the prescient businessman bet on bitcoin and became the first to accept it as payment for his album. “Animal Ambition” drew about 700 bitcoin in sales, a total beyond...