Kim Kardashian promotes Bitcoin (available on Coinbase): Reality television star Kim Kardashian-West announced to her 114 million Instagram (IG) followers that she staked a physical Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) (BTC) in a charity poker event in LA last night.

West’s sisters, Kendall Jenner and Khloe Kardashian, along with their mother Kris Jenner, hosted a table at yesterday’s ‘If Only’ Texas Hold’Em Charity Poker event. This charity event was geared towards raising funds for the City of Hope, a nonprofit clinical research and treatment center for cancer.

Kim Kardashian Promotes Bitcoin (available on Coinbase)

During the poker event, Kim Kardashian West video recorded all of her poker chips showing how much she had put into the event. The next video showed that she had “moved onto Bitcoin (available on Coinbase).”

Source: InstagramCrypto entrepreneur Matt Roszak attended the City of Hope event and claimed that he gave Kardashian-West the physical Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) shown in Kim’s IG pictures above.

Big fun at the First Annual @cityofhope Charity Poker Tournament — also gave @KimKardashian her very first #Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) — KardashianCoin, YeezyCoin? — check out #tokenizationofthings: https://t.co/hvWphu6Wxm pic.twitter.com/fOdxDe4jO7
— Matthew Roszak (@MatthewRoszak) July 30, 2018

Obviously, Kim Kardashian isn’t actually using Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) (BTC) as a poker chip, as BTC is a form of digital currency, rather than a physical coin. Still, she holds 114 million followers on Instagram that have potentially just been introduced to Bitcoin (available on Coinbase) for the very first time.

The rest of the TV star’s IG story, however, had nothing to do with cryptocurrency and more to do with how “skinny” she looked—figures. We should see this as a win for crypto, despite the short mention and zero explanation.