Bitcoin has captured the zeitgeist. Someone who invested $10,000 in bitcoin in January 2013 would now be able to cash out over $1 million. The rapid rise in the value of this cryptocurrency has created as many legends as it has millionaires. This series of blogs will look at some of the quirkier impacts that bitcoin has had on popular culture.

The Virtual Currency Girls

Post-war Japan developed its own particular form of popular music. While the rest of the world was listening to the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Duran Duran, Japan was business creating J-Pop, its own brand of high energy music. 2017 saw the creation of the Virtual Currency Girls, a pop band which sing songs about cryptocurrencies.

Much like how the Spice Girls pretended to be Posh, Sporty and Scary, etc. about 20 years ago, each member of the Virtual Currency Girls has taken on the identity of a different cryptocurrency. The band consist of Ripple, Ethereum, and Bitcoin and many more. By entertaining the youth of Japan and possibly the world with songs such as \"The Moon and Virtual Currencies and Me\", the band hopes to promote what they describe as a \"wonderful technology that will shape the future.\"