🎬 Bitcoin in Movies & TV

Every time Bitcoin appeared on screen

From Hollywood blockbusters to The Simpsons predicting infinity

🍩 THE SIMPSONS PREDICTED IT 🍩
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"Frinkcoin" Episode - Bitcoin Price Shows INFINITY

In Season 31, Episode 13 (2020), Professor Frink creates "Frinkcoin" and when the gang checks Bitcoin's price on their phone, it displays as ∞ (INFINITY). The Simpsons strikes again with another legendary prediction!

Episode Details:
Season: 31
Episode: 13
Title: "Frinkcoin"
Air Date: Feb 23, 2020
BTC Price Then: ~$9,600
Status: 🔮 Predicting the future
💡 Why It Matters:
The Simpsons has accurately predicted dozens of events (Trump presidency, Disney-Fox merger, etc.). If Bitcoin hits infinity... well, The Simpsons called it first! 🚀

📊 Bitcoin in Pop Culture Stats

60+
TV Episodes
30+
Movies
20+
Documentaries
15+
Music References
2012
First Major Mention

2024-2026

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Grand Theft Auto VI
2025 • Video Game
Rockstar Games confirmed Bitcoin and cryptocurrency will play a major role in GTA VI's economy. Players can trade crypto, run mining operations, and experience realistic market volatility.
"The most realistic crypto economy ever seen in gaming"
Gaming Highly Anticipated
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Succession (Final Season)
2023 • HBO
The Roy family briefly discusses Bitcoin as part of their portfolio strategy. Tom Wambsgans makes a joke about "magic internet money" before checking the price.
TV Series
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Kalshi Bitcoin Prediction Markets
2024 • Gaming/Finance
Kalshi became the first CFTC-regulated exchange to offer Bitcoin event contracts. Users can bet on whether BTC will hit specific price targets, bringing Wall Street-style derivatives to everyday traders.
Regulated Betting

2020-2023

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The Simpsons - "Frinkcoin"
2020 • Season 31, Episode 13
Professor Frink creates his own cryptocurrency. When checking Bitcoin's price, the screen displays ∞ (INFINITY). The most famous Bitcoin prediction in TV history!
"Bitcoin Price: ∞" - The Simpsons, Feb 23, 2020
TV Series ⭐ LEGENDARY PREDICTION
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Billions (Multiple Seasons)
2020-2023 • Showtime
Bobby Axelrod and Mike Prince discuss Bitcoin strategy multiple times. Season 5 features a major plot point around cryptocurrency manipulation and regulatory challenges.
"In the future, there's Bitcoin. And then there's everything else."
TV Series
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Crypto (2019)
2019 • Film
Starring Kurt Russell and Beau Knapp. A banker investigates money laundering through cryptocurrency in upstate New York. Shows the dark side of crypto adoption.
Feature Film
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Squid Game (Netflix)
2021 • Netflix
While the show itself doesn't feature Bitcoin, it inspired the infamous Squid Game token ($SQUID) — a rug pull that went from $2,800 to $0 in minutes, becoming one of crypto's most notorious scams.
"The real Squid Game was the friends we rugged along the way"
TV Series ⭐ INFAMOUS SCAM
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Elon Musk's #Bitcoin Bio Tweet
2021 • Social Media / Markets
On January 29, 2021, Elon Musk changed his Twitter bio to simply "#bitcoin" and BTC surged 20% in hours. One word from the world's richest person added $100B+ to Bitcoin's market cap overnight.
Twitter bio: "#bitcoin" — That's it. That's the tweet.
Social Media ⭐ MARKET-MOVING TWEET
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Elon Musk Hosts SNL
2021 • NBC / Saturday Night Live
Elon Musk hosted Saturday Night Live on May 8, 2021. During the Weekend Update segment, he discussed cryptocurrency and called Dogecoin "a hustle." The crypto market crashed during the live broadcast — Bitcoin dropped 4% and Dogecoin fell 30% while the show aired.
"What is Dogecoin?" — "It's a hustle." — Elon on SNL
TV Series ⭐ LIVE MARKET CRASH
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"The B Word" Conference
2021 • Virtual Conference
Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, and Cathie Wood appeared at "The B Word" conference on July 21, 2021. Musk confirmed he personally owns Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin. He also revealed SpaceX holds Bitcoin. BTC rallied 8% during the live panel.
"I own Bitcoin, Tesla owns Bitcoin, SpaceX owns Bitcoin." — Elon Musk
Conference
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Line Goes Up (YouTube Documentary)
2022 • YouTube
Dan Olson's viral 2-hour documentary 'Line Goes Up: The Problem with NFTs' became one of the most-watched crypto critiques, earning 14M+ views. It explores the broader crypto ecosystem through the lens of NFTs.
Documentary
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Eminem — 'Without Me' Bitcoin Parody
2021 • Music/Culture
Multiple viral Bitcoin parodies of Eminem tracks flooded YouTube and TikTok during the 2021 bull run. Eminem himself bought a Bored Ape NFT for $462,000, embracing the crypto culture.
Music 🎤 NFT Collector

2015-2019

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Mr. Robot
2015-2019 • USA Network
Bitcoin plays a central role throughout the series. Elliot uses Bitcoin for anonymous transactions, and E-Corp's entire plot involves cryptocurrency and financial systems.
"Democracy has been hacked. The world is run by the 1%. Bitcoin is our way out."
TV Series ⭐ Technical Accuracy
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Silicon Valley
2014-2019 • HBO
Multiple episodes reference Bitcoin and blockchain. Season 4 features "PiedPiperCoin" and the team debates creating their own cryptocurrency to fund development.
"We're not just building a platform. We're building a new internet on blockchain!"
TV Series
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Dope
2015 • Film
A high school student accidentally becomes involved in drug dealing and uses Bitcoin to launder money. One of the first mainstream films to feature Bitcoin transactions prominently.
Feature Film
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The Big Bang Theory
2017 • Season 11, Episode 9
"The Bitcoin Entanglement" - The gang discovers they mined Bitcoin years ago and forgot about it. They search for Sheldon's old laptop to recover the fortune.
"We could be millionaires! If only we could remember where we put that laptop..."
TV Series
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Banking on Bitcoin
2016 • Documentary
The first major documentary exploring Bitcoin's origins, technology, and potential. Features interviews with early adopters, developers, and skeptics.
Documentary
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SNL — 'What is Bitcoin?' Sketch
2018 • NBC
Saturday Night Live ran a Weekend Update segment explaining Bitcoin to confused viewers. The sketch perfectly captured mainstream America's confusion about cryptocurrency in 2018.
"It's everything you don't understand about money combined with everything you don't understand about computers."
TV Series 😂 VIRAL MOMENT
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Black Mirror — 'Hated in the Nation'
2016 • Netflix
While not directly about Bitcoin, this Black Mirror episode explores surveillance technology and features cryptocurrency-like anonymous payment systems. The show's dystopian themes mirror concerns about CBDC surveillance.
TV Series
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The Bitcoin Standard (Book)
2018 • Book
Saifedean Ammous's influential book became the Bible of Bitcoin maximalists. It argues that Bitcoin is the best form of money based on Austrian economics. Michael Saylor credits this book with his Bitcoin conviction.
"Bitcoin is the hardest money ever invented."
Book ⭐ MUST READ
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Digital Gold (Book)
2015 • Book
Nathaniel Popper's definitive history of Bitcoin's early years. Profiles key figures including the Winklevoss twins, Charlie Shrem, and Roger Ver. A New York Times bestseller that brought Bitcoin's story to mainstream readers.
Book
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Lil Wayne — Bitcoin References
2018 • Music
Lil Wayne referenced Bitcoin in 'Dedicate' from Tha Carter V: 'Had to get my money right, paper or Bitcoin.' He later invested in crypto and spoke about it on multiple podcasts.
"Paper or Bitcoin, I'm gettin' it"
Music

2012-2014 (The Beginning)

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The Good Wife
2012 • Season 3, Episode 13
"Bitcoin for Dummies" - The FIRST major TV show to feature Bitcoin! The law firm takes on a case involving Bitcoin and cryptocurrency regulation.
"It's a currency that only exists online. No government controls it."
TV Series ⭐ FIRST MAJOR TV APPEARANCE
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Almost Human
2013 • Fox
Sci-fi series set in 2048 where Bitcoin has become a standard payment method. Characters casually reference paying for things in BTC.
TV Series
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The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin
2014 • Documentary
The first feature-length Bitcoin documentary, following the journey of a programmer discovering Bitcoin. Covers Mt. Gox, Silk Road, and early adoption. Was the first film to accept Bitcoin for ticket purchases.
"I realized I was witnessing something that would change the world."
Documentary ⭐ FIRST BTC FILM

🔥 Bitcoin Memes & Viral Moments

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'This is Fine' Dog Meme
Ongoing • Culture
The 'This is Fine' dog sitting in a burning room became THE meme of every Bitcoin crash. Crypto Twitter floods with this image whenever BTC drops 10%+. KC Green's 2013 comic found its perfect audience.
⭐ ICONIC MEME
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'Laser Eyes' Profile Pics
2021 • Culture
In February 2021, Bitcoin supporters started adding laser eyes to their profile pictures to signal bullishness and a price target of $100K. Politicians, CEOs, and celebrities joined in. Bitcoin hit $100K in December 2024.
"#LaserEyes until $100K" — It worked.
⭐ MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
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Matt Damon — 'Fortune Favors the Brave'
2021 • Ad Campaign
Crypto.com's Super Bowl-adjacent ad starring Matt Damon compared crypto investors to explorers and astronauts. The 'Fortune Favors the Brave' tagline became a punchline when crypto crashed in 2022.
"Fortune favors the brave" — followed by a 70% market crash
Feature Film 😬 AGED POORLY
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Larry David — FTX Super Bowl Ad
2022 • Ad Campaign
Larry David starred in an FTX Super Bowl ad where he dismissed every major invention throughout history. The punchline: 'Don't be like Larry.' Months later, FTX collapsed. Larry was right all along.
"I don't think so. And I'm never wrong about this stuff."
Feature Film ⭐ LEGENDARY IRONY

🏆 Honorable Mentions

📺 Family Guy

Peter Griffin briefly mentions "internet money" and shows a Bitcoin logo in Season 16 (2018).

📺 Grey's Anatomy

A patient's medical bills are paid in Bitcoin (Season 15, 2019). The doctors are confused.

🎬 The Lego Batman Movie

A brief visual gag shows a "Bitcoin Mining" building in Gotham City (2017).

📺 The Orville

Set in the 25th century, characters reference "ancient Bitcoin" as a historical curiosity (2019).

📺 Parks and Recreation

Tom Haverford mentions trying to pay for something in Bitcoin and being rejected (2014).

🎬 Horrible Bosses 2

A quick throwaway line about "paying the kidnappers in Bitcoin" (2014).

📺 South Park

Season 22 (2018): The kids attempt to mine Bitcoin in the school computer lab. Butters loses his Bitcoin savings.

⚖️ Law & Order: SVU

Season 22 (2021): A kidnapping case demands ransom in Bitcoin. Detectives trace blockchain transactions.

📺 How I Met Your Mother

2013: Marshall mentions Bitcoin as an investment opportunity. Classic Ted talks him out of it.

🛸 Rick and Morty

2020: Rick dismisses Earth currency in favor of 'galactic crypto' in a throwaway gag.

🎭 Fun Facts About Bitcoin in Media

📊 Most Accurate:

Mr. Robot wins for technical accuracy. The show's creators consulted actual cybersecurity experts and Bitcoin developers.

😂 Most Ridiculous:

CSI: Cyber (2015) featured hackers "visually mining Bitcoin" with 3D graphics and completely made-up technology.

🔮 Best Prediction:

The Simpsons showing Bitcoin at ∞ (infinity). Given their track record... we'll see! 🚀

💰 First Movie Payment:

In 2014, documentary "The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin" became the first film to accept Bitcoin for tickets.

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