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Trader hints that Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey might want to convert $10 billion to Bitcoin

By calvin
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A prominent trader, Willy Woo, hints that Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey might want to convert $10 billion in cash from his companies to Bitcoin. He explains that the conversion may help to prevent the money from losing value.

Could Twitter CEO Convert Company Cash to Bitcoin?

Woo made comments on Twitter about a recent podcast on which Microstrategy’s acquisition of Bitcoin and Dorsey was discussed. 

35,000 companies hold approximately $5 trillion of capital that is unused and accruing negative returns. According to Woo, the market cap of Bitcoin could be significantly increased (up to $2 trillion) if such companies chose to convert even one percent of the unused capital to BTC. 

“1% of $5 trl of spare capital funds enough to push BTC cap to $2 trl”

Woo believes that it would take the average publicly listed company nine to twelve months to gain all internal approvals needed to execute the processes necessary for conversion of cash to Bitcoin.

“The average publicly listed company may take 9-12 months for the same process. (start your timers, 2021 will be interesting).”

The Best Internet Currency

Earlier in the month, Dorsey stated that Bitcoin is “the best” internet currency. He told Reuters that there needs to be a global native currency for the internet. 

“We believe there needs to be a global native currency for the internet. Just as everyone should be able to participate in the economy and have access to the same tools and services, so too should everyone be able to participate in cryptocurrencies and have access to its underlying innovation,”

While Twitter continues to embrace Bitcoin, some social media platforms such as YouTube take a different approach. At least six cryptocurrency YouTube channels reported that their content was removed. The removals were made under the site’s “harmful and dangerous” policy. One Youtuber stated that Youtube tagged his video as “sale of regulated goods”. Some YouTube channels have reported bans.

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