Mexico’s third richest man, Ricardo Salinas, said in discussions with the directors of Blockchain Land that 10% of his assets are Bitcoin. He stated that all the advantages of Bitcoin make it eligible to be a modern form of gold, which is easy to carry and enjoys high liquidity internationally. Most importantly, the supply of Bitcoin is limited. In addition, he is not optimistic about altcoins and believes that altcoins do not have the potential to surpass Bitcoin
According to Forbes, Ricardo Salinas’ net worth is $15.2 billion, so that means the 10% he has in Bitcoin is likely to be anywhere around $1.5 billion. If I’m right , then that’s not a small amount of money. It’s good that there are people like this who believes in Bitcoin and it shows that there will be more of them like this supporting Bitcoin as time goes on. He wouldn’t be the only one who would be interested, he has friends who will develop interest if he tells them.
And as for what he thinks about altcoins, I don’t think he’s wrong about that. Everyone always have this same thought that altcoins can’t beat bitcoin. But that doesn’t mean that there are no good altcoins, there are many of them that are good.