Is April Fools still a thing? For the crypto-verse, it sure is. From fake announcements to random celebrities embracing Bitcoin and other coins, the whole of crypto Twitter gets on with pranking the community. Last year, prominent children’s show Teletubbies, e-commerce giant, Flipkart, and several others went on a pranking spree. Let’s see what the community had scheduled for April 1st, 2022.
FUD is something that the crypto community despises. However, this year certain entities were letting loose. British television presenting duo, Ant & Dec played a major prank on the community.
The duo took to Twitter and told their 6.8 million followers that they had jumped onto the crypto revolution. Not just by embracing a certain cryptocurrency but by rolling out Toon Coin. They even shared an article about the coin where Ant explains,
“We actually started developing Toon Coin back in the early 90s as a way of simplifying PJ and Duncan gig ticket sales. We were on the brink of something back then, but it had to take a back seat when we released our Psyche album.”
The crypto community grew suspicious when Ant said,
“It’s not commonly known, but Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto was actually a Boom operator on Byker Grove, back in the day!”
Dec took it too far by saying,
“Ant and I often discussed Toon Coin during breaks from filming…” And eighteen years later, Bitcoin appears… Coincidence?!
However, the in next tweet the duo suggested that they were playing a prank.
The Crypto community is on a pranking spree
An array of countries came forward this year and went on to embrace and legalize Bitcoin. Taking advantage of this, prominent YouTuber, That Martini Guy decided to prank the community by suggesting that the UK would start accepting Bitcoin as a currency from June.
Furthermore, by saying “April Fools” he pointed out that governments across the globe hate the fact that their citizens have invested in Bitcoin.
Tesla x Bitcoin reignited?
Elon Musk broke the internet with the integration of Bitcoin into Tesla. However, this soon came to an end after he decided to bid adieu to the asset citing environmental damages. Banking on this, theweeknd.eth took to Twitter to reignite the Tesla and Bitcoin love story.
The crypto-verse loves Elon Musk. Ergo more Musk-related jokes were on the way.
YouTuber, DustyBC Crypto News was taking a long shot with this one. The world knows the love Musk has for Dogecoin [DOGE]. Steering away from this, the YouTuber further suggested that Musk had purchased XRP.
Please stay away from Rutter’s cows!
Further jumping onto the trend, Rutter’s a convenience store chain had an announcement for its crypto fans. Like Ant & Dec they were going to roll out Cow Coin. After urging the community to start mining for Cow Coin, the firm went on to say “April Fools!”
While it’s all fun and games, the Indian crypto investors on the other hand were hoping that the 30 percent tax on crypto was a prank.
Unfortunately, the Indian government was in no mood for jokes and as we speak, Indian investors are currently calculating a 30% tax spread on top of a 1% TDS. Well, the jokes are not funny when you are losing money, right?