American tech entrepreneur Elon Musk revealed last Friday the extent of his holdings in digital currency Bitcoin - which turned out to be a particularly modest volume, certainly for anyone considered one of the world's richest people. Musk, whose $ 40 billion private equity, is one of the founders of PayPal and SpaceX and serves as CEO of electric car company Tesla.
The extent of Musk's Bitcoin holdings was revealed in a tweet posted on Twitter in response to a question from British author JK Rowling, author of the popular Harry Potter fantasy book series. "I don't understand what Bitcoin is, please explain it to me," Rowling tweeted last Thursday in response to Coindesk website reporter Lee Cohen. The famous author's short tweet managed to inspire the Bitcoin community on Twitter and tow more than 2,000 comments and tweets over the weekend.
Then, the reaction that probably received the most attention from the thousands of responses is that of Tesla billionaire CEO. A short tweet: "I still only hold 0.25 Bitcoin, by the way." Musk's tweets also garnered thousands of comments and shares on Twitter over the weekend.
Last Saturday, the Bitcoin rate moved around $ 9,400, according to data from the CoinMarketCap website. Thus, the amount of 0.25 Bitcoin held by Musk is worth a total of about $ 2,300 - a rather modest amount, certainly for one of the richest people in the world, who has often expressed a sympathetic attitude to Bitcoin. "So how do you pay for things in Mars?" Commented on a tweet by Tyler Winklews, founder and CEO of the US cryptocurrency exchange Jimmini.
My opinion that this is a great surprise, a millionaire who holds 0.25 BTC is actually not Millinor isn't it?