Mark Cuban announces the Dallas Mavericks will accept Bitcoin starting next season!

in #bitcoin7 years ago

Which means at least one person thinks that bitcoin, among others, will still be around a year from now.

Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks announced they will accept bitcoin and ethereum as a form of payment for tickets.

His quote to coindesk was as follows:

"We will be adding a crypto payment ability. We will accept BTC, Eth, possibly some other currencies. [That's] to be determined."

(Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/17/mark-cuban-nbas-dallas-mavericks-will-accept-bitcoin-next-season.html)

The Dallas Mavericks will be adding support for bitcoin, ethereum, as well as possibly a couple other cryptocurrencies as a means of payment?

That is a far cry from where Cuban was less than a year ago when he went on twitter saying that bitcoin was in a bubble and due to crash at any time.

Some of his more popular tweets at the time:

"I think it's in a bubble. I just don't know when or how much it corrects. When everyone is bragging about how easy they are making $=bubble"

"Anyone anywhere can buy a stock. #crypto is like gold. More religion than asset. Except of course gold makes nice jewelry. #crypto notsomuch"

"Everyone always thinks that this time is different."

(Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-price-is-a-bubble-mark-cuban-says-2017-6)

Keep in mind that bitcoin was around $2k per coin at that time.

So, on a day when those around you are losing their heads, keep in mind that some out there are building for the future.

This announcement from a well connected billionaire gives some insight as to his thoughts on where he sees things a year from now.

Sounds like he thinks there might be some demand from customers to purchasetickets via crypto.

Stay informed my friends.

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Nice! Cool shot Mark! This will become more and more normal as the time passes

If bitcoin still exist then

nice

He could be trying to influence the market by announcing this during the slide which is even more positive because it probably means he scooped up a bunch of Bitcoin today!

Haha now there is some positive thinking! :)

Whoa great news for crypto! I hope they support Bitcoin Cash too!

I met him in Vegas at the Wynn for my bachelor party (I'm on the left, Mark obviously in the middle, and my friend Mike). Super cool dude!!!

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That's really cool! Thanks for sharing!

no problem @jrcornel! I actually just literally created a post because of this LOL, I thought it would be cool if everyone shared their celebrity pics...here's a link to the post:

https://steemit.com/photography/@geoffreydemars/famous-celebrity-encounters-reply-with-your-picture

...and on the same weekend I met Jimmy Kimmel LOL (not trying to steal thunder from your post, really just wanted to share the pic with Mark).

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Just be cautious; tough to trust those crafty CUBAN (s). 😎

This dude is super cool, he is the only reason why I watch shark tank!

its good news amidst the current situation of bitcoin and cryptocurrency dip, lets hope the market bounces back soon

I like your post @jrcornel, very good.
@racoo

Wonder if this will be adopted across the NBA?

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