At $35,000 Value, Family Guy Predicted The Rise Of Bitcoins Over 14 Years Ago

When it comes to crazy coincidental predictions in the real world, nothing can beat Simpson¡¯s track record. Whether it was the prediction of Trump becoming the President of the United States of America or the prediction of the COVID-19 pandemic, the show has managed to come real close to reality, in an eerie fashion.

However, it looks like it's not just the Simpsons that have the knack to predict the future, another popular animated show by the name of Family Guy does too.

Fox/ Reuters

ALSO READ: Indian Government Could Soon Charge 18% GST On Bitcoin Transactions

While browsing through Twitter, I stumbled upon a post by Twitter user @SamRo who was actually retweeting a video from his own profile, published in June 2017.

This eight-second Family Guy video clip (from Season 4, Episode 11) basically shows a conversation between Lois Griffin (voiced by Alex Borstein) and her husband Peter Griffin (voiced by Seth McFarland) where they¡¯re having a discussion about their family¡¯s finances and how their savings are in a rut.

Four years ago, Peter Griffin suggested going long Bitcoin at $440 to rescue the family finances https://t.co/cmybCoTnSg

¡ª Sam Ro ? (@SamRo) January 6, 2021

Lois says, ¡°Peter, every day our savings get smaller and smaller. We¡¯ve really got to figure out a better way to budget for this family,¡± to which, Peter instantaneously responded ¡°Bitcoins¡±.

And at the time it might seem like a funny Peter thing to do, but today, we can truly see that Peter wasn¡¯t wrong. At the time of writing this, a single bitcoin is valued at over $35,000 (over Rs 25 lakhs) and that¡¯s the value of a single bitcoin. This spike was witnessed just within three days of setting a record high rate of $34,792 on January 3.

Reuters

This recent spike could also be the outcome of the statement made by financial institution JP Morgan Chase & Co. (reported first by Bloomberg) where it stated that the cryptocurrency has a potential to go as high as $146,000 in valuation in the long term as it currently competes with gold as an asset class.

ALSO READ: How To Invest In Bitcoin And Cryptocurrency In India, Here's Some Expert Advice