Mexico's 3rd Richest Man Included Bitcoin in His Twitter Bio

by in DeFi News

Salinas adding BTC to bio

Mexican entrepreneur Ricardo Benjamín Salinas Pliego added BTC to his Twitter account.

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Salinas ranks third among Mexico's wealthiest person with over $13 B estimated net value. He is the creator and director of Grupo Salinas, which provides retail and financial services.

Following the tweet, the price of the cryptocurrency surpassed $40.000 first time in 23 days. The businessman told that he has 10% of his liquid portfolio invested in crypto assets.

According to old tweets, the first time Salinas invested in BTC was four years ago.

Many billionaires show interest in crypto. Among them are Elon Musk, Anthony Scaramucci, Ray Dalio, and others. Elon Musk has been supporting Dogecoin actively. On February 6, he suggested his Twitter followers choose between DOGE and other crypto assets as the Earth's future currency.