Trading and investing in digital assets are synonymous with all traders in the financial market, save for many of them. Even though Bitcoin has suffered a volatile fate in recent days, enthusiasts are still showing support for the digital assets. The previous was Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who put Bitcoin up on his bio on his owned platform, Twitter.
The last few days have seen various people put Bitcoin in their bio on Twitter, with the most influencing one coming in the last few days after the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, put up Bitcoin in his Twitter bio. After Elon Musk, the third richest man in Mexico, Ricardo Salinas Pliego has just changed his Twitter bio to Bitcoin.
Pliego is not the only person entering the Bitcoin space
Going by recent happenings and information mentioned above, Pliego is on a long list of influential people who have shown their unwavering support for the digital asset. Asides from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Microstrategy boss Michael Saylor, Skybridge CEO Anthony Scaramucci has recently shown support for the digital asset. According to Forbes, Pliego is presently the 106th richest person in the world, tying with Lui Che-woo from Hong Kong, with his net worth estimated to be around $13.2 billion.
Salinas is the boss of a group of companies in the country that boasts of TV Elektra, a media company, and Grupo Elektra, a company that produces appliances used in the home setting. Pliego has been said to be a big fan of Bitcoin as the billionaire previously recommended “The Bitcoin Standard” as a must-read book in October 2021. Pliego also said that it was a good move for investors to diversify their portfolio after an attack on fiat money in the Latin American banking system.
Pliego wants his followers to invest in Bitcoin
In a recent tweet, the billionaire posted an interview where he said that his followers should be interested in pooing their funds into the leading digital assets. He also advised them to follow the account of Bitcoin analysts and specialist, Dan Held. Yesterday, Both Pliego and Held were on a tweet that talked about Bitcoin hitting a new price figure of $40,000.
Pliego seems to have been having a sweet relationship in the last few years as he has always talked about the asset. The crypto community will be ecstatic towards this new development, with the Bitcoin community looking to welcome the billionaire into the fold.