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According to NBA legend Pippen, this could be a game-changing token.
Legendary basketball player Scottie Pippen, best known for winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls in the 90s, recently asked his X followers a crypto-related question. Pippen wondered which of the top two digital assets, the Ripple-related token XRP, would be the game changer in 2025. “ETH vs. XRP…Who will change the game in 2025?” he wrote in the X post. It remains unclear what sparked Pippen's interest in cryptocurrencies. Remember, back in 2022, he joined a broader trend among celebrities getting involved with NFTs. Earlier this year, Pippen suddenly started posting unusual price predictions on social media, and said that Satoshi himself shared the predictions in a dream. As reported by U.Today, Pippen claimed that Satoshi told him that Bitcoin would reach $84,000 by early November, a prediction that turned out to be surprisingly accurate.
Former Binance CZ issues important warning about Bitcoin, Michael Saylor responds
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (also known as CZ) issued an important warning regarding Bitcoin on his X page. CZ said that approximately 19.8 million Bitcoins have already been mined, highlighting the limited supply of 21 million coins programmed by King Crypto creator Satoshi Nakamoto. “Math rules,” CZ concluded his post, noting that once the total supply reaches 21 million, no central bank can mint more Bitcoins, making Bitcoin no longer a fiat currency. He hinted that he was superior. The post by the former Binance CEO caught the attention of MicroStrategy founder and Bitcoin advocate Michael Saylor. Saylor responded to CZ's statement by reiterating the urgency of limited Bitcoin supply. In the comments, he wrote, “#Bitcoin (shortage) is happening.” Meanwhile, on Monday of this week, Saylor's company MicroStrategy made a major Bitcoin acquisition, purchasing 21,550 BTC for $2.1 billion, bringing its total holdings to 423,650 Bitcoins (valued at over $41 billion).
144.5 billion SHIB in 1 hour – what’s going on?
According to a recent report by the Spotonchain X account, a prominent crypto whale has acquired approximately 150 billion SHIB tokens. Earlier this year, the investor had already realized significant profits from and appears to have decided to return to the asset as a strategic investment. In addition to SHIB, the whale purchased hundreds of billions of PEPE tokens and 500,000 NEIRO tokens, spending a total of $12.8 million in DAI stablecoins on this massive acquisition. The transaction took place within an hour using nine different digital wallets, and the whales currently have just over $7 million in DAI, indicating that their purchasing activity is likely ongoing. On March 31 this year, the same entity sold 533.6 billion SHIB, making a profit of $8.24 million in less than a month.
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