Chris PanCourtesy of OSUAn ayahuasca-inspired commencement speech didn't go too well at Ohio State University.Alum and jewelry entrepreneur Chris Pan lauded bitcoin and sang songs. He got booed.Pan said he was surprised by the hate and wants to talk to his critics.A commencement address at Ohio State University (OSU) over the weekend took a wild detour.Speaker Christopher Pan lauded the benefits of bitcoin — prompting groans and boos from the college students gathered in the stadium.But Pan tells Business Insider he was surprised and pained that his well-intentioned speech became overshadowed by a "bitcoin rabbit hole," and that he's talking with angry detractors on social media in order to grow from the experience.During his remarks on Sunday, Pan — an OSU grad who founded the inspirational jewelry brand MyIntent — called the cryptocurrency "a very misunderstood asset class," as the audience booed, according to a video posted on Reddit.The boos could even be heard on the school's livestream of the speech, which featured Pan putting up a slide comparing bitcoin's value to that of a home.He then did a magic trick on stage — calling up the university's president and turning quarters into a golden physical bitcoin.He then tried to lead sing-a-longs and sang "What's Going On?" by the 4 Non Blondes and "This Little Light of Mine."During the speech, he promised audience members free bracelets from MyIntent as an apology for the bitcoin remarks.

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