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A caller crypto world amusement debuting successful September has 16 contestants facing disconnected for a six-figure prize.
Judges and impermanent stars see crypto personalities Brian D. Evans, Layah Heilpern, George Tung and "BitBoy Crypto."
Take “The Apprentice,” adhd a dash of “Shark Tank,” and flip successful 16 crypto enthusiasts competing for a six-figure prize bundle and you’ve got “The Next Crypto Gem,” a caller contention world amusement debuting successful September.
The amusement volition pit contestants against 1 different successful challenges to triumph a prize bundle estimated to beryllium worthy $150,000 and features well-known crypto influencers Brian D. Evans, Layah Heilpern and George Tung arsenic judges arsenic good arsenic impermanent stars including archetypal “Shark Tank” formed subordinate Kevin Harrington and infamous crypto property YouTuber Ben Armstrong, amended known arsenic “BitBoy Crypto.”
Executive Producer Jett Tang said the bosom of the amusement is to bring crypto to a “mainstream assemblage for the archetypal time. The teamwork; the rivalry; the larger-than-life characters and the out-the-box ideas.”
One important facet of the show, Tang told CoinDesk, “is to bring successful mainstream adoption and to truly amusement crypto marque crypto absorbing and entertaining.”
Tang shared that the archetypal episode’s situation involves radical who were “the slightest apt to recognize crypto and the astir unfriendly to crypto.” The contestants are past breached into 4 teams that request to beryllium they tin explicate the basics of blockchain to these “no coiners” to triumph the challenge.
The acquisition constituent continues passim each of the six weeks of challenges, with what Tang called “The Big Short” moments passim wherever the judges interruption successful to explicate a cardinal crypto word oregon concept.
While the acquisition constituent is important, the show’s absorption is connected capturing crypto civilization and the eclectic characters recovered wrong the unsocial industry. This brings america to however immoderate of the much arguable figures came to beryllium progressive with the show, specified arsenic BitBoy Crypto, who has faced backlash for promoting definite crypto projects connected his fashionable YouTube channel, astir notably for hyping now-bankrupt lender Celsius.
Tang told america that helium wanted to person diverseness successful the challenges and “big personalities” to spot however the contestants handled that facet of crypto culture. Tang has besides tapped non-crypto personalities arsenic impermanent stars, specified arsenic nonrecreational high-stakes poker subordinate Tom Dwan who regularly appears connected “High Stakes Poker” and precocious won $3.1 cardinal dollars successful the largest televised currency cookware successful history.
“The Next Crypto Gem” volition statesman airing connected September 7, 2023, connected Insight TV and crossed large organisation platforms specified arsenic Amazon Prime and Pluto TV arsenic good arsenic hardware platforms similar Samsung, Vizio LG and others.
It is not the lone entrant successful the crypto world amusement game. CoinMarketCap announced their amusement “Killer Whale,” a amusement with a “Shark Tank” format wherever entrepreneurs transportation ideas for caller Web3 projects, successful May. Meanwhile, Web3 animated amusement “Krapopolis” volition besides debut successful September and has already been renewed for a 3rd season.
Edited by Rosie Perper.
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