According to the plot, during the TV program, a creeping line with quotes of some assets appears on the screen. The change in the bitcoin rate is shown as a green infinity sign. Alongside, GameStop (GME) shares are up 1 trillion and immediately lose 2 trillion. Thus, the authors noted the high volatility of the video game store chain that has gained popularity among retail traders.
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Financial markets is at the heart of the latest episode of The Simpsons. Without disclosing all the details, let’s just say that Marge has developed an addiction to the game on changes in stock prices and she invests in Mr. Burns’s company selling fast food, counting on the money raised to buy Homer new pants.
This is not the first mention of cryptocurrencies in The Simpsons. So, in February last year, in one of the episodes, Jim Parsons from “The Big Bang Theory” revealed to viewers an extremely detailed description of the principles of blockchain functioning for this kind of series. In 2014, the clown Krusty announced that he had gone bankrupt because “he was unlucky at the rates and even less fortunate in the bitcoin markets.” A year later, Jimbo Jones, one of Springfield Elementary School’s hooligans, announced that he was accepting bitcoins as payment for peer-mocking services. Also, a separate quest line was dedicated to cryptocurrencies in the mobile game “The Simpsons: Tapped Out”.
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