We knew the Bitcoin (BTC) aficionados, who are numerous and still in the majority today. However, little by little, other cryptocurrencies and blockchains are making their nest. This is the case of Solana (SOL), which saw its price explode in the year 2021. Former boxer Mike Tyson has come out on the subject and implicitly announced that his crypto wallet is composed solely of SOL and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from the Solana blockchain.
Mike Tyson, a fan of the Solana blockchain (SOL)
Former boxer Mike Tyson, also known for starring in a few successful movies, seems to have found a new hobby with cryptocurrencies. However, he has not taken the easy way out like many others by advertising BTC. Indeed, in a series of tweets, Tyson announced that he was “all in” on the Solana ecosystem.
It is of course not possible to know if Tyson is telling the truth. However, it is known that Iron Mike not only has SOLs in his wallet, but also NFTs from the Solana blockchain that can be traded on the Solanart platform.
All in on Solana… Just copped a Catalina Whale… pow pow! pic.twitter.com/97voS15B8y
– Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) January 12, 2022
Tyson has also launched his own collection of NFTs, “The Mike Tyson NFT Collection” on OpenSea, which is however a platform built on the Ethereum blockchain. The former boxer would also like OpenSea to open up to Solana.
Do you think Sol is coming to OpenSea?
– Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) January 13, 2022
Mike Tyson is not the first media person to publicise Solana. A few weeks ago, Melania Trump, wife of former US President Donald Trump, launched her own collection of NFTs on the Solana blockchain. This did not please the company Solana Labs, which refused to be associated with this project.
Mike Tyson, a good advertisement for Solana (SOL)
Unlike Melania Trump, Mike Tyson is a person who should not pose any particular problems for Solana Labs. In fact, the Solana ecosystem needed it because of the recent setbacks experienced by the blockchain of the same name.
Last September, Solana went offline for several hours. Too many transactions had saturated the network, which had to be restarted. A similar problem, albeit on a much smaller scale, occurred this month.
Despite these difficulties, the Solana ecosystem remains very trendy and promising. For Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the US and one that takes a positive view of digital assets, Solana could even become the Visa of cryptocurrencies.
As a wise investor, Mike Tyson may not have chosen Solana at random. In fact, he asked his community how high the SOL price would go…
How high do you think Sol will go?
– Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) January 15, 2022
