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In plain words
As bitcoin crossed $50,000, a few accounts added red laser beams to their profile pictures with the rule: keep them until $100K. Soon members of Congress, Saylor and much of Bitcoin Twitter joined; El Salvador's president followed.
Origin story
As bitcoin crossed $50,000, a few accounts added red laser beams to their profile pictures with the rule: keep them until $100K. Soon members of Congress, Saylor and much of Bitcoin Twitter joined; El Salvador's president followed. Bitcoin first crossed $100,000 on 5 December 2024.
See also
- HODLDuring a crash, a BitcoinTalk user admitted he was a bad trader, a little drunk, and simply holding. He misspelled “holding” in the title.
- Michael SaylorMichael Saylor is the co-founder and executive chairman of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), the company that holds more bitcoin than any other. Since 2020 he has been bitcoin's loudest corporate advocate, known for his quotes and memes.
- Orange pillA riff on the red pill from The Matrix (1999), in Bitcoin orange: the moment someone “gets” Bitcoin, or the act of explaining it to a friend (“I orange-pilled my dad”). We built a whole page for doing it kindly.
References
- Bitcoin Magazine bitcoinmagazine.com
- Know Your Meme knowyourmeme.com
- CNBC, 5 Dec 2024 cnbc.com
- @saylor #NewProfilePic, 10 May 2021 x.com