• Former NBA player Scottie Pippen posted a statement endorsing Bitcoin on Twitter, which is signified as X.

  • Using #BeLikeSatoshi appealed to Pippen's audience, who looked up to the name of Bitcoin's unknown creator.

  • Pippen humorously interacted with Michael Saylor's post of him purchasing $13 million worth of Bitcoin, where he mentioned that he saw Satoshi Nakamoto in his dream.

The latest public figure to enter the cryptocurrency discourse was the former NBA star Scottie Pippen, who confidently endorsed Bitcoin in a single tweet. In X Twitter, the platform called Twitter, Pippen wrote "Bullish on Bitcoin" with the hashtag #BeLikeSatoshi, a reference to Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin.

https://twitter.com/ScottiePippen/status/1834004053749367039

Despite its brevity, the statement elicited comments from many key personalities in Bitcoin and the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange based in the United States of America.

Bitcoin Bold Endorsement 

This brief tweet by Pippen has sparked many debates among this star's crypto enthusiasts and followers. The hashtag #BeLikeSatoshi appeared to catch his eye, which resonated well with Bitcoin's faithful fans, who admire the anonymous founder of the coin and its libertarian philosophy of Fintech to the hardcore fans. 

Kraken's official Twitter account responded to Pippen: "Bulls will always be bulls, right Scottie?" This conversation shows that the ex-basketballer increasingly engages in cryptocurrencies as people discuss digital assets.

Saylor's $13 Million Skeptical Prediction

Pippen recently trended on the internet by interacting with MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor's Bitcoin projection. Recently, Saylor, one of the most active Bitcoin promoters, joined CNBC's Squawk Box show to speak about Bitcoin. He predicted the cryptocurrency could hit as much as $13 million per coin in the next 21 years. Saylor thinks this could happen if Bitcoin gets 7% of the global money supply.

In response, Pippen jokingly asked Saylor if the latter got his prediction from Satoshi Nakamoto through the latter in his dream. This tweet referred to an earlier interview by Pippen in which he said Nakamoto appeared to him in a dream and told him that Bitcoin would reach $84,650 on November 5.

Crypto Community Engagement 

The conversation between Pippen and Saylor focuses on the latter's involvement in the crypto industry as a commentator. Pippen, whose tweet was more of a joke, has continued to spark more debates on the future of Bitcoin. They have encouraged those interested in his thoughts on altcoins and other cryptocurrencies beyond Bitcoin to give their opinions to the investor.

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