Mexican billionaire encourages Twitter followers to invest in Bitcoin
Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego recently encouraged followers in a holiday Twitter greeting to avoid fiat and invest in bitcoin. “Stay away from fiat money,” Salinas said in a Spanish-language video posted to Twitter on Dec. 24. “The dollar, the euro, the yen, the peso — all are the same story. It’s fake money [made] of paper lies, and the central banks are producing more money than ever. Invest in Bitcoin.” This isn’t the first time that Salinas, Mexico’s third-richest …