Tiger King star Carole Baskin launches cat-themed cryptocurrency: $CAT
- The digital currency allows fans to buy merchandise or online experiences from the animal right activist’s Big Cat Rescue sanctuary
- Prices start at US$5 for what is described as a ‘fan token’
Carole Baskin has a purr-fect idea to continue cashing in on the Tiger King craze.
The animal rights activist and zoo owner, who gained notoriety as a sensational subject of Netflix’s wildly popular 2020 documentary Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, has launched her own cryptocurrency.
Baskin’s new digital currency, called $CAT, allows fans to buy merchandise or online experiences from her Tampa, Florida-based Big Cat Rescue animal sanctuary. Prices for what is described as a “fan token” start at US$5.
“I’m purring like a bobcat rolling in catnip,” the Dancing with the Stars castoff wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.
In a statement on the Big Cat Rescue website, Baskin said she was investigating cryptocurrencies due to concerns about the volume of US dollars being printed and distributed “with nothing to back them up”.