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Nine of the Best Cryptocurrency Tattoos

CoinDesk takes a look into the emerging world of crypto ink and finds nine of the best.

Updated Sep 11, 2021, 10:51 a.m. Published Jun 8, 2014, 11:15 a.m.
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Are you so devoted to dogecoin you'd like to see a Shiba Inu adorning your body? Is bitcoin even ... sexy? Some people think so, it seems, as a trend for digital currency tattoos is materializing.

Of course, there are a lot of wallet QR codes and bitcoin logos out there, but some people are taking a more original line with their ink.

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CoinDesk has taken a look into the emerging world of crypto tattoos and found nine of the best.

1. The bitcoin logo

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2. The merchant: Bitcoin Accepted Here

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3. The bitcoin lifer

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4. Space rockers: father and son

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5. The Sean's Outpost supporter

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6. Encryption matters

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7. Security issues

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8. Much craziness, such tattoo

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9. Retro doge

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