{"id":30493,"date":"2025-06-05T20:47:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T20:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=30493"},"modified":"2025-06-05T20:47:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T20:47:17","slug":"if-you-invested-1000-in-bitcoin-when-chamath-palihapitiya-had-his-best-call-of-all-time-heres-how-much-youd-have-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=30493","title":{"rendered":"If You Invested $1,000 In Bitcoin When Chamath Palihapitiya Had His &#8216;Best Call Of All Time,&#8217; Here&#8217;s How Much You&#8217;d Have Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Venture Capitalist <strong>Chamath Palihapitiya <\/strong>has realized many strong returns from investments over the years including <strong>Facebook, Slack,<\/strong> the NBA&#8217;s Golden State Warriors and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/20\/09\/17492732\/social-capital-ceo-chamath-palihapitiya-plans-spacs-from-ipoa-to-ipoz\">many SPAC mergers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Palihapitiya recently highlighted what he calls his &#8220;absolute best call of all time,&#8221; a tweet about <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong>(CRYTPO:BTC).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened:<\/strong> Along with being an early investor in many emerging trends, Palihapitiya was an early supporter of Bitcoin, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/23\/06\/32694893\/if-you-invested-1-000-in-bitcoin-when-chamath-palihapitiya-said-to-allocate-1-heres-the-st\">Benzinga previously shared.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The venture capitalist said he bought $1 million in Bitcoin in 2012 after a recommendation from a friend. He said he would later add to that investment after learning more about the cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>A study of cryptocurrency and realizing its potential long-term benefits led Palihapitiya to write an op-ed in Bloomberg on May 30, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The original\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2013-05-30\/bitcoin-the-perfect-schmuck-insurance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">piece\u00a0<\/a>from Palihapitiya shared many catalysts for Bitcoin and laid out the investment thesis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The opportunity here is to think constructively about a world in which money flows are more transparent (Bitcoin), easy (Bitcoin), cheap (Bitcoin) and secure (Bitcoin).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Palihapitiya cited the 2008 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/25\/06\/45803114\/if-you-invested-1000-in-bitcoin-when-chamath-palihapitiya-had-his-best-call-of-all-time-heres-how-much-you\" alt=\"If\" you invested in bitcoin when chamath palihapitiya had his call of all time here how much have now>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venture Capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya has realized many strong returns from investments over the years including Facebook, Slack, the NBA&#8217;s Golden State Warriors and many SPAC mergers. Palihapitiya recently highlighted what he calls his &#8220;absolute best call of all time,&#8221; a tweet about Bitcoin (CRYTPO:BTC). What Happened: Along with being an early investor in many emerging [&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-30493","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\/30493","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=30493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}