The stars cashing in on the craze

As with all fashion crazes, Bitcoin has attracted a number of famous faces eager to cash in, writes Jamie Nimmo. Lingerie mogul Michelle Mone was an early investor in the cybercurrency. Ms Mone, right, told the Mail on sunday that she expected the price of Bitcoin to rocket to $100,000 – five times the value it hit at its peak last week. she is even marketing a €218million property development in Dubai by allowing potential purchasers of the luxury apartments to pay in Bitcoin.

Paris hilton has tweeted her support for Bitcoin and boxer Floyd Mayweather has taken to social media to promote another cryptocurrency.

Last week, soccer star Lionel Messi, left, became the latest celebrity to climb aboard the Bitcoin bandwagon.

he was revealed as brand

ambassador to Sirin Labs, which is launching a new smartphone that it says will allow users to send and receive digital currencies. It is hoping to raise $100million of funding this week.

And artist Lincoln Townley, described as the new Andy Warhol, is accepting Bitcoin for his latest collection, thought to be a first for the art world.

Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, is another to have benefited from the Bitcoin boom.

He claimed that after the US Government allegedly blocked credit card companies from making payments to WikiLeaks in 2010, it was forced to accept Bitcoin instead.

Assange said back in October that WikiLeaks was sitting on a huge 50,000% profit, which will now have become even greater.