$XRP #SIMPSON The cult series The Simpsons has long become a “visionary” series. Episodes often feature various predictions that eventually come true.
The Simpsons’ writing team has predicted numerous world events, including Disney’s purchase of Fox and the presidency of Donald Trump. The topic of cryptocurrencies has not escaped the attention of the series’ creators. Let’s explore what The Simpsons has to say about cryptocurrency and whether we can trust their predictions.
The Simpsons predicted the emergence of cryptocurrencies
In Episode 17 of Season 8, which first aired on March 2, 1997 — more than ten years before the advent of Bitcoin — the creators of the cartoon first introduced a place called the Crypto Barn. On the store, you can find various inscriptions, “place for codes”, “secret code,” and “many codes”.
Episode 13 of Season 31 also includes an eighty-second educational video that explains how blockchain and cryptocurrencies work to Lisa Simpson. The animated distributed ledger dances and sings a song, where it says that cryptocurrency is very convenient, allowing you to send money from Shanghai to Grenada.
The Simpsons predict the future of XRP cryptocurrency
One episode of America’s longest-running animated series predicted that the value of the XRP coin would be just under $600. However, this screenshot turned out to be fake. At the time of writing, XRP is trading at $0.6927, and during its heyday, its value reached $3.84. If we think about it, putting aside emotions, we are more likely to come to the conclusion that the probability of the coin reaching $589 is quite small, at least in the foreseeable future.
There were other episodes that intrigued XRP enthusiasts. In one scene, Homer’s manager is handed a card that looks exactly like modern credit or Visa cards. The card comes in a fancy box, which some enthusiasts interpret as a prediction that digital assets like XRP will eventually have their own credit cards.
