{"id":49043,"date":"2021-09-07T15:34:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T12:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=49043"},"modified":"2025-09-02T10:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:39:25","slug":"nba-star-stephen-curry-shows-interest-in-cryptocurrencies-community-recommends-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/nba-star-stephen-curry-shows-interest-in-cryptocurrencies-community-recommends-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA star Stephen Curry shows interest in cryptocurrencies; community recommends Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The three-time NBA champion Stephen Curry asked Twitter users for advice about cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just getting started in the crypto game\u2026y\u2019all got any advice??<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenCurry30\/status\/1435047716950667264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just getting started in the crypto game\u2026 Do you have any advice?\u201d, the athlete wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Several well-known figures in the crypto industry responded to the tweet. MicroStrategy chief Michael Saylor said he had spent a lot of time thinking about the question, \u201cand chose Bitcoin.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Steph, I spent more than a thousand hours considering this question and chose bitcoin. So far, I have purchased more than $3 billion in BTC because I think it\u2019s the future of digital property. I have posted tons of free <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bitcoin<\/a> education on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kZl3k7Tm4h\">https:\/\/t.co\/kZl3k7Tm4h<\/a> (or DM me).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Saylor\u26a1\ufe0f (@michael_saylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michael_saylor\/status\/1435066881749274625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI bought Bitcoin for more than $3 billion because I consider it the future of digital property,\u201d wrote Saylor.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He also recommended to Curry an educational portal about Bitcoin and offered to message him for further assistance.<\/p>\n<p>On August 24, the Nasdaq-listed MicroStrategy<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/microstrategy-buys-an-additional-177m-worth-of-bitcoin\"> purchased additional 3,907 BTC<\/a> for about $177 million. The provider\u2019s holdings of the first cryptocurrency stood at <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcointreasuries.net\/\">108 991 BTC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Block analyst Larry Cermak<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lawmaster\/status\/1435080129630322689\"> noted<\/a> that he has given \u201cfree crypto consultations to a few guys from the League.\u201d He offered Curry help in finding resources and getting started.<\/p>\n<p>The Human Rights Foundation&#8217;s chief strategy officer Alex Gladstein <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gladstein\/status\/1435081517839970312\">reached out<\/a> to the basketball player with the idea of making Bitcoin donations to charitable organizations. Financial columnist and crypto skeptic Frances Coppola reacted negatively.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 (((Frances \u2018Cassandra\u2019 Coppola))) ??? (@Frances_Coppola) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Frances_Coppola\/status\/1435052427405844487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t do this,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Curry plays for the Golden State Warriors and the United States national team. At the end of August he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblockcrypto.com\/post\/115911\/nba-icon-stephen-curry-buys-bored-ape-nft-for-180000\">bought<\/a> a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT for 55 ETH ($180,000 at the time of the deal).<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Golden State Warriors<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/nba-team-releases-series-of-nft-rings-and-ticket-stubs\"> unveiled a series of digital rings and ticket stubs<\/a> in the form of non-fungible tokens.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, tennis star<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/tennis-star-naomi-osaka-eyes-dogecoin-and-cryptocurrency-investments\"> Naomi Osaka<\/a> released her own NFT collection and showed interest in cryptocurrencies, notably Dogecoin.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog\u2019s channel on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC9FnXTC8_ENzaNSO5cHQ6g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three-time NBA champion Stephen Curry asked Twitter users for advice about cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1415,828],"class_list":["post-49043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-celebrities","tag-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"74","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49044,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49043\/revisions\/49044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}