Do you think Michael Saylor is a bit dodgy?

[pixie85]

We could make a list of people who said contradicting things over the years.

Mark Cuban, John McAfee, Elon Musk, Kevin O'Leary... Some were positive and turned negative, some the other way round.
I don't find Saylor to be dodgy at all. He saw real profits, Bitcoin helped him build his company, so he became bullish.

And what are your thoughts on Mark Cuban, John McAfee, Elon Musk, Kevin O'Leary?

Do you think they're dodgy?

Or do you think they just saw the potential for real losses and became bearish?

Musk touched a nerve because he used a straw man argument to explain his bearishness. He knew how much energy Bitcoin consumes and still chose to buy. He's like a child that gets bored with a toy and throws it out.

Cuban was negative when he was first asked about bitcoin, he thought it was a scam. Then he bought BTC and ETH and is still bullish on them. He said that BTC is still far from it's top price.
He lost money on some shitcoin but it was a small part of his portfolio.

O'Leary called Bitcoin garbage a few years ago and now owns bitcoin and some defi projects. He said in an interview that cryptocurrencies are better than stocks.

I don't think they're dodgy. They see an opportunity that obviously is there. Even musk sees it, despite all the criticism.

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[mk4]

Of course you understand that the correct answer is pumping.

We can speculate all we want all day, but in the end there's really no way to know the true intent. He could surely be pumping it for MicroStrategy's sake, but at the same time he could really just be a lot bullish than a typical Bitcoiner.

[Ararbermas]

Give a person a chance, there are lots of huge names that changes their perspective after they realized they were wrong. He's one of the biggest asset on this community imo. Without his company investing bitcoin I doubt that bitcoin will reach such current price at this early. He really understood what bitcoin is.

or maybe a technique also like what elon's doing? Because i really had doubts that once bitcoin made a good improvement because of his words and positive views,  I'm sure he will give a negative feedback afterwards, wherein like what he just said way back 2013 that " bitcoin days were numbered"..especially if they gained enough because it will be another chance for them to manipulate the market..this is the common way of some whales indeed.. So what we are expecting?

[boyptc]

We would always say to anyone to 'buy bitcoin' just as what he's saying. It's actually a clear winner that bitcoin is of the best assets but it's not alone as there are others too.

When a prominent guy is bullish on bitcoin, two things, yeah for his company to nourish and for his own thought being a bitcoin maxi.

[brainactive]

We really have no right to judge someone because that person changes in everything, indeed humans always make mistakes. it's something that
can happen to anyone. People are free to do anything as long as they don't violate the law. I know Michael Saylor is only doing what he thinks will
benefit him. So it's a normal thing that happens to humans, he can change drastically if he sees opportunities that are in his favor. This is nothing
to worry about and nothing new to anyone.

Nothing wrong with change or learning from one's mistakes. Just pointing out that Michael's behavior over the last year seems a bit strange to me.

He makes 5 posts about bitcoin everyday without fail, most of them littered with odd sounding metaphors and exaggerations.

Whenver someone asks him something that doesn't allow him to give his usual spiel, he just ignores the question and goes on his usual spiel anyway, talking about the granite of Manhattan, the Bitcoin dragon defeating the Gold knight, pushing someone off the edge of a cliff, holding bitcoin for a hundred years, the gun and bow and arrows....

Watch this interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1LvKmW_lXk

[Poker Player]

Of course you understand that the correct answer is pumping.

We can speculate all we want all day, but in the end there's really no way to know the true intent. He could surely be pumping it for MicroStrategy's sake, but at the same time he could really just be a lot bullish than a typical Bitcoiner.

Probably a bit of both. It is not a problem for me to change my mind either, rather it is a sign of intelligence. What I don't like either, and I have said it in other posts, is this insistence on borrow to go all in. I think it can lead to problems. Anyway, we must recognize that he has done a good job of popularizing Bitcoin.

[WNTRjon]

I think (almost) every rich person is a bit dodgy. It's rare to find someone who climbs to the levels these guys do without being dodgy. I personally wouldn't take his word on much, but I don't mind listening and doing follow-up research myself.

[Chato1977]

dodgy it is ..

I think (almost) every rich person is a bit dodgy. It's rare to find someone who climbs to the levels these guys do without being dodgy. I personally wouldn't take his word on much, but I don't mind listening and doing follow-up research myself.

\Exactly , that is part of their strategy and this made them not just Dodgy but also stupid but rich