A viral video circulating on social media claims to show North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering an “emotional” speech about Bitcoin. In the video, Kim looks like he’s ordering people to buy Bitcoin at all costs. He seems to be saying: “Take all your money, buy Bitcoin, then take all your time, figure out how to borrow more money to buy more Bitcoin.”
Is North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Urging People to Buy Bitcoin?
However, this is not an authentic clip of Kim Jong Un. The video is a deepfake that mismatches visuals of the North Korean leader with audio from a speech made by Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor.
“There is no second best crypto asset,” the voice says in the video. The video adds, “There’s a crypto asset, it’s called Bitcoin, right? There is no second best, okay?”
The original audio comes from a widely shared clip of Saylor promoting Bitcoin as the superior digital asset. In this speech, he also declares: “Go mortgage your house and buy Bitcoin with it.”
The mismatch between the lip movements and the audio in the video, combined with the known source of the speech, confirms the clip is fake. It’s most likely that Deepfake technology used to overlay Saylor’s words onto the footage of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
This video is a clear example of misinformation in the crypto community. Thus, viewers are urged to verify sources before sharing sensational content. Hence, it’s important to note that the actual speaker in the video is Michael Saylor, not Kim Jong Un.
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