Shannon Sharpe wishes he had invested in Bitcoin earlier. Back in 2015, when he “could’ve bought a coin for $2500.” To be fair, most people wish they had bought into the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Since Bitcoin was introduced to the market, its value has increased manifold, to the point that it has turned early investors into multi-millionaires.
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That’s what bites Sharpe, who revealed that he wouldn’t still be working if he had invested in Bitcoin and made his investment multiply by at least 10 times by now. Bitcoin is now trading between $85,000 and $100,000 per coin, so he would be living a life of leisure instead.
“I’m looking back now, I could have taken $800,000 and brought me some bitcoin,” Sharpe said on Nightcap. “If I bought 800,000 worth of Bitcoin in 2015, Ocho, I ain’t even gonna lie to you, I wouldn’t be working. There would have been no Unc & Ocho.”
One might argue that he still doesn’t need to work, having acquired a net worth of around $14 million over his many years as a tight end in the league and later establishing a successful broadcasting career. However, if you quickly calculate that $800K investment in 2015, it would have turned into over $27 million at the lowest trading price of $85K. That thought would keep anyone up at night. But that’s not the only investment blunder Sharpe has made.
In October 2024, the former tight end told business giant Mark Cuban on Club Shay Shay that he had the perfect opportunity to make a lucrative investment in Google. Sharpe was considering it as well, but the price opened a little higher than expected—not at $85 but at $115.
His financial advisor advised against it, saying it wouldn’t be wise to buy overpriced stocks. Fast forward to today, and Google is valued at $2.26 trillion. That’s trillion—with a ‘T,’ not billion. Just imagine how rich Sharpe would be right now with that kind of return.
Even so, Sharpe is doing well in life after football. He has built quite a career in sports analysis. “Unc and Ocho” are now staples of the NFL commentary space.
He started off his broadcasting career with a stint for CBS, eventually making his way to the infamous “Skip and Shannon: Undisputed,” where his career really took off. Now, he is running his own successful media company, with “Unc and Ocho” being staples of “Club Shay Shay” and “Nightcap,” with millions of viewers across platforms.
“Ocho and I have had many debates off-camera throughout the years,” Sharpe had said in a release when Nightcap was announced. “We’ve decided to bring those on camera with Nightcap. Looking forward to debating my good friend Chad ‘Ochocinco’ Johnson.”
No analyst has seen the kind of independent success Shannon Sharpe’s commentary has seen since he parted ways with the big networks to venture on his own. Safe to say, if Sharpe had invested in Bitcoin, we would’ve missed out on some serious fun without “Unc and Ocho.”
