Apple finally bought more than $ 2 billion in Bitcoin? Here’s what Bitcoiners are saying

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Apple would be the second largest public holder of Bitcoin if the alleged rumor turns out to be true. (Image: Reuters)

Apple certainly has a soft spot for cryptocurrencies now. Its co-founder Steve Wozniak is already a Bitcoin fanboy. Additionally, the company launched a job posting in May this year to hire a business development manager to lead its alternative payments partnerships with experience in alternative payment providers, including cryptocurrency. Now, the rumor mill recently on Twitter was churning out Apple’s alleged purchase of billion-dollar Bitcoins. The microblogging platform was heated this week by tweets around Apple’s possible announcement of the mega buy. One of them was from the founder of crypto news portal ChainLeaks, Joshuwa Roomsburg. Rumor has it that #Apple announces today that they have bought $ 2.5 billion in #Bitcoin.

Rumor has it that #Apple announces today that they bought $ 2.5 billion in #Bitcoin

If this happens, I will buy the latest #iPhone TODAY! I won’t use it, I will just keep it as a souvenir for when #BTC started it climbs to $ 100,000. Imagine what the alts will do! pic.twitter.com/YyNWSuzz7V

Joshuwa Roomsburg ???? (@JoshRoomsburg) July 12, 2021

GalaxyTrading was another Twitter account that sparked rumors of a more than $ 2 billion Bitcoin purchase by the iPhone maker.

Rumors that #Apple bought more than $ 2 billion in #Bitcoin ????

GalaxyTrading ???? (@GalaxyTraging) July 12, 2021

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However, Apple has not posted any official comments to refute or accept this claim. Nonetheless, the market seemed to have taken the news with a pinch of salt as the price of Bitcoin continued to fall without even a momentary surge. Bitcoin was trading at just over $ 34,000 on Monday when the tweets came out and slipped below $ 31,000 on Wednesday morning, according to CoinMarketCap. Bitcoiners had in fact denied the rumor outright.

Apple just bought $ 2.5 billion worth of Bitcoin !!!

The Moon (@TheMoonCarl) July 13, 2021

The rumor that Apple is buying $ 2.5 billion worth of #Bitcoin is just that.

A rumor.

David Gokhshtein (@davidgokhshtein) July 13, 2021

David Gokhshtein is the founder of New York-based crypto news portal GokhshteinMedia and CEO of blockchain network solutions provider PAC Protocol. The largest state-owned companies in terms of their Bitcoin holdings, according to data from BitcoinTreasuries.org, were MicroStrategy (105,085 BTC worth $ 3.3 billion) followed by Tesla (42,902 BTC for 1.3 billion dollars). billion), Galaxy Digital Holdings (16,400 BTC valued at $ 521 million), Voyager Digital (12,260 BTC for $ 389 million) and Square (8,027 BTC for $ 255 million). If the alleged rumor turns out to be true, then Apple would be the second largest public holder of Bitcoin.

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