$BTC

Notable figures openly supporting Bitcoin include:

1. Cameron Winklevoss: Head of Winklevoss Capital, co-founder and president of the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange, who believes Bitcoin will become a haven against inflation and a substitute for gold.

2. Paul Tudor Jones: Founder, Chief Investment Officer, and Co-Chairman of Tudor Investment Corporation, who publicly advocated for Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation, similar to gold, in May 2020, and expressed even more enthusiasm in October, stating that "Bitcoin has a long way to go."

3. Naval Ravikant: Venture capitalist and managing partner of early social media investment fund Hit Forge, he is a supporter of cryptocurrency and blockchain, endorsing the crypto index fund HOLD 10, and writes about these technologies on his blog and Twitter.

4. Andreas Antonopoulos: Educator on blockchain, cryptocurrency, and Bitcoin, co-host of Let’s Talk Bitcoin, speaker at Pragma workshops, he authored the bestsellers "Mastering Bitcoin" and "Mastering Ethereum," published the "The Internet of Money" series, and has appeared in media including Financial Times, Bloomberg, CNN, CBS, NBC, and BBC[^3^].

5. Elon Musk: CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, he began publicly supporting Dogecoin in 2020 and has made his mark in the crypto space. Musk shows support for this meme coin by committing to accept DOGE payments for various products and services offered by his companies.

6. Nayib Bukele: President of El Salvador, he has been a leader in the mainstream adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender. He actively announces various Bitcoin-based initiatives of his government on Twitter and purchases Bitcoin when its market value declines.

7. Donald Trump: The next President of the United States, since winning a second term, Bitcoin prices have surged, widely believed to be a direct result of Trump's victory. Trump has stated, "If cryptocurrency is going to be the future, I want it to be mined, minted, and manufactured in the United States."