Selling Sunset Star Christine Quinn Is Leaving The O Group To Go All-In On Crypto
According to Quinn, the recent crash in crypto is good for her business. Crypto volatility motivates real estate purchases, she explained. Most clients have opted into our volatility hedge product, and are therefore not exposed [to getting in over their heads with the crash].
Real Open isnt the only company bringing crypto to real estate. Hoseki is a startup that offers a proof-of-funds letter, and other new companies like Ledn and Milo have mortgage offerings that will put up cash when you have crypto as collateral.
But these competitors will have to go up against Quinn, who knows that her celebrity status as the villain of Selling Sunset is an asset to the company. After all, as Dumontet points out, if his famous wife wasnt involved in the business, It would cost $10 million to get the marketing out. (This is certainly true I wouldnt be writing this article if the most compelling villain in reality television wasnt a cofounder.) This isnt something that my husband made and Im just promoting, Quinn said. This is something that weve been working on feverishly for a year and a half.
Over a Zoom interview, Quinn appears differently than the larger-than-life character she plays on TV. Dressed down without makeup or extensions and in a hoodie (OK, a Balenciaga hoodie), she is a lot more knowledgeable about the history of bitcoin than youd expect from a reality star. She joked about how the early bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox was from the wizard game, referring to Magic: the Gathering. She had gone through a phase of being interested in NFTs, but you cant live in an NFT, Quinn said.
Fans of Selling Sunset can rest easy: Quinn told BuzzFeed News that although shes quit the Oppenheim Group, she isnt quitting the show, and will appear on Season 6 shes just no longer promoting her old boss. Itll be an interesting new season! she told BuzzFeed News.
Its so nice to be in an environment where I’m in control of the people I’m working with, and theres no noise in the background, Quinn said. Everyone who calls me, theyre enthused about crypto it’s such a great thing to have people so excited.
