Billionaire Dell CEO shows interest in Bitcoin, could he be buying? – DiarioBitcoin
By Hannah Perez
Dell CEO and founder Michael Dell shared a funny meme referencing the scarcity of Bitcoin, a nod to his interest in the cryptocurrency? Michael Saylor appears to be responsible.
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- Dell Founder and CEO Michael Dell Shares Meme About Bitcoin Scarcity
- His comments seem to demonstrate some interest in the largest and oldest cryptocurrency
- It seems MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor is partly responsible for his opinion
Bitcoin continues to reach the ears —and pockets— of billionaire businessmen. On this occasion, the founder of one of the largest technology companies has winked in support of the flagship cryptocurrency.
Michael Dell, the billionaire businessman who runs the company Dellwhich manufactures computers, publicly demonstrated its interest in Bitcoin through a seemingly innocent publication of a meme on social networks.
It all started on Thursday, when Dell posted a message on its Facebook account. x (previously Twitter) what did he say: “Scarcity creates value“. The businessman did not add context to his comment or specify if he was referring to something specific, but a well-known defender of Bitcoin The industry was quick to respond by drawing a direct bridge to the digital currency.
“Bitcoin is digital scarcity“, responded Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategyone of the largest corporate whales in Bitcoin of the world. The comment refers to the limited supply of the flagship cryptocurrency, which is designed to hold a total of 21 million coins, a feature thanks to which it has earned the nickname “digital gold“.
The founder of Dell He did not remain silent and shortly after uploaded a following publication with the image of the fictional character Cookie Monster, the cookie-eating monster from the iconic television series “Sesame Street”( “Sesame Street“). Although the image is digitally altered to show bitcoins instead of cookies, so the famous children’s character is seen devouring bitcoins instead of the sandwich that characterizes it.
This is a great account to follow @MeCookieMonster. Very entertaining 😂 pic.twitter.com/RJFcNpCXrN
— Michael Dell (@MichaelDell) June 21, 2024
The same image had been shared an hour earlier by Saylor on x next to the question “New logo?“, possibly in reference to his company’s aggressive strategy to accumulate large sums of Bitcoin.
Thursday, MicroStrategy announced a new purchase of Bitcoin worth almost USD $790 million, which raised its treasury to more than 226,000 BTC, valued today at more than USD $14 billion. The investment is part of a broader company strategy that Saylor implemented in 2020 to convert Bitcoin in the treasury’s main store of value asset.
It would come as no surprise that Saylor had a hand in Dell’s apparent renewed opinion on Bitcoinsince in the past the founder of MicroStrategy has advised other companies to follow the same example, and has managed to convince several businessmen to do so (including Elon Musk, who still maintains bitcoins in the balance of tesla).
The owner of Della company with a market capitalization of more than $100 billion, has remained silent on Bitcoin in the past, refusing to share his opinion on cryptocurrency; although he has indicated that “If I were a teenager right now, I’d probably be completely interested” on things like NFTs and digital assets, while also speaking in favor of its underlying technology, Blockchainensuring that “is probably underestimated“.
Bitcoin has become a favorite of other reputed businessmen and billionaires, including the founder of TwitterJack Dorsey, technology investor Chamath Palihapitiya, hedge fund veteran Paul Tudor Jones, and Mexican businessman Ricardo Salinas.
Article by Hannah Estefanía Pérez / DailyBitcoin
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