'The O.C.' Star Lambasts Bitcoin on American TV

utoday04-24 20:19

Actor Ben McKenzie, who rose to global fame after starring as Ryan Atwood in the massively popular 2000s teen drama "The O.C.," is now taking his anti-crypto crusade to mainstream American television....

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