{"id":16325,"date":"2025-03-05T16:32:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T16:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=16325"},"modified":"2025-03-05T16:32:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T16:32:36","slug":"nba-legend-shaq-never-held-bitcoin-or-xrp-but-theres-one-other-trump-crypto-reserve-coin-he-bought-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=16325","title":{"rendered":"NBA Legend Shaq Never Held Bitcoin Or XRP, But There&#8217;s One Other Trump Crypto Reserve Coin He Bought In 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/personal-finance\/25\/03\/44068159\/nba-legend-shaq-says-his-net-worth-quadrupled-once-he-took-note-from-jeff-bezos-and-started-investing-in-things-that-change-peoples-lives\">Shaquille O&#8217;Neal<\/a><\/strong>, the NBA legend turned business mogul, has consistently voiced skepticism about cryptocurrency, yet evidence reveals he dipped into the market with a $20,000 <strong>Ethereum <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>) purchase to acquire NFTs in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t understand it, so I will probably stay away from it until I get a full understanding,&#8221; O\u2019Neal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/12\/15\/shaq-on-crypto-ftx-post-collapse-i-was-just-a-paid-spokesperson.html\">told<\/a> CNBC in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>His actions show a complex relationship with the crypto space, marked by transactional use rather than investment belief, alongside significant legal fallout from promotional roles.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Neal&#8217;s crypto journey lacks evidence of direct purchases of <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) or <strong>XRP <\/strong>(CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/xrp\/usd\">XRP<\/a>), but his engagement with Ethereum surfaced in September 2021 when he bought Creature World NFTs.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from DappRadar and Clutchpoints confirm he spent approximately 6.5 Ethereum (ETH), valued at around $20,000 at the time, on &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/03\/44145022\/nba-legend-shaq-never-held-bitcoin-or-xrp-but-theres-one-other-trump-crypto-reserve-coin-h\" alt=\"NBA\" legend shaq never held bitcoin or xrp but there one other trump crypto reserve coin he bought in>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaquille O&#8217;Neal, the NBA legend turned business mogul, has consistently voiced skepticism about cryptocurrency, yet evidence reveals he dipped into the market with a $20,000 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) purchase to acquire NFTs in 2021. &#8220;I don&#8217;t understand it, so I will probably stay away from it until I get a full understanding,&#8221; O\u2019Neal told CNBC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-16325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}