Netflix Star Driving Bitcoin Adoption With Porsche Flying El Salvador Flag

Scottish-Salvadoran driver Sebastian Melrose has made his debut within the Porsche Carrera Cup racing championship. The 25-year-old, who took half in a well-liked Netflix TV collection final 12 months, drives a Bitcoin-branded 911 that options the flag of crypto-friendly El Salvador on its rooftop.

Bitcoin Racing Group Joins Porsche Carrera Cup With Netflix Celeb within the Automotive

British racing crew Bitcoin Racing has joined the Porsche Carrera Cup along with Richardson Racing, not solely to win prizes in one of many U.Ok.’s greatest racing championships but in addition to advertise crypto. The tandem employed a newcomer to the collection, Scottish-Salvadoran driver Sebastian Melrose, who debuted final weekend on the Donington Park circuit.

Melrose, who owes a substantial amount of his fame to his participation within the “Too Scorching to Deal with” relationship recreation present on Netflix, sat behind the wheel of a “Bitcoin Porsche,” a 500-horsepower 911 GT3 that’s sporting the bitcoin emblem on its door panels, and on its roof, the flag of El Salvador, the Latin American nation spearheading crypto adoption as authorized tender on the planet.

Good morning #bitcoin! As we race within the UK’s hottest motorsport bundle, we’re excited to make use of this platform to unfold positivity and schooling concerning the energy of bitcoin. Let’s come collectively to share the great thing about bitcoin and the wonderful issues taking place in El Salvador pic.twitter.com/yHKxw7ANVv

— BitcoinRacing (@bitcoin_racing) April 25, 2023

The racing crew has launched into acquainting a wider viewers with cryptocurrency by automotive sport and has been endorsed by El Salvador for that initiative. It expressed its intentions on social media earlier this month.

“Bitcoin Racing is proud to announce that we’ll be driving bitcoin adoption within the Porsche Carrera Cup GB, and we’re doing it with the assistance of our Salvadoran driver and Netflix star, Seb Melrose … As a crew, we imagine within the energy of bitcoin, and we’re utilizing the Porsche championship to advertise its adoption,” the crew mentioned in a collection of tweets.

The championship consists of eight race weekends throughout the UK and is aired dwell on ITV. “With a TV viewers of two.2 million and over 400,000 dwell spectators per season, we’re taking the message of bitcoin to thousands and thousands exterior of the sector,” Bitcoin Racing said.

“This mission, to speed up bitcoin adoption, can be amplified by our pilot Sebastian, who has virtually 1 million followers,” the crew elaborated, including that it’s additionally proud to be selling El Salvador with the hope of bettering the notion of the nation.

“I’m tremendous excited and actually motivated to be coming into the Porsche Carrera Cup GB this season with Bitcoin Racing powered by Richardson Racing,” Melrose was quoted as saying. Richardson Racing will care for the technical and mechanical upkeep of his automobile, which is final season’s winner.

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