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Mexican Billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego Encourages Twitter Followers to Invest in Bitcoin

Amy Liu

Summary: Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego recently encouraged followers in a holiday Twitter greeting to avoid fiat and invest in bitcoin. "Stay away from fiat money," Salinas said in a video posted to Twitter. "The central banks are producing more money than ever. Invest in Bitcoin."  This isn't the first time that Salinas has promoted the ...

Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego recently encouraged followers in a holiday Twitter greeting to avoid fiat and invest in bitcoin. "Stay away from fiat money," Salinas said in a video posted to Twitter. "The central banks are producing more money than ever. Invest in Bitcoin." 

This isn't the first time that Salinas has promoted the use of bitcoin. Salinas tweeted on Dec. 16 that retailer Grupo Elektra, one of the companies belonging to his conglomerate Grupo Salinas, would accept bitcoin as payment. 

By Amy Liu

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