Mexican Billionaire Pliego Is Suggesting Buying Bitcoin

Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego is suggesting investors and followers to buy Bitcoin in the new year.

Ricardo Salinas Pliego, one of the richest business people in Mexico and has companies serving in many fields from telecommunications to media, from financial services to retail shops, advised his followers and investors to buy Bitcoin in his new year message. Pliego, who has about 1 million followers on Twitter, told his followers to stay away from fiat money and shared the following:

"Stay away from fiat money, be it dollars, euros or yen. Because fiat is fake money made of paper and lies. Central banks are printing more money right now than they have ever printed in history. Invest in Bitcoin."

Pliego has recently become one of the names that have come to the fore with such statements. Especially before the 2021 bull season, he announced that 10% of his liquid portfolio was in Bitcoin. At that time, Pliego announced that the rest of its liquid assets were in precious metals. It is known that Pliego, who is both chairman and founder of the Salinas group of companies, has a fortune of approximately 14 billion dollars. Pliego is known as the 173rd richest business person in the world and the 3rd richest business person in Mexico. In a previous statement, 65-year-old Pliego stated that he first bought Bitcoin in 2013.