The creator of Skype keeps most of his funds in cryptocurrency

The founders of Skype and Intercom are well-known entrepreneurs who have also announced their support for Bitcoin.

Co-founder of The Skype telecommunications app Jaan Tallinn told Fortune that he keeps a large part of his personal fortunein cryptocurrency.

This year, Tallinn donated about $316,000 worth of bitcoins to a British artificial intelligence company to fund an AI-focused risk program.In 2018, he donated about $434,000 to Ethereum for the same purpose.

Intercom co-founder and chairman Eogan McCabe tweeted that he also supportsBitcoin.

«I would like to announce that after years of dabbling, I have firmly jumped on the Bitcoin train and now I want everyone else to do the same.»

I would like to announce that after years of dabbling I've jumped firmly onto the #Bitcoin wagon and would now like everyone else to do the same.

— Eoghan McCabe (@eoghan) November 16, 2020

McCabe called on BTC to move in, adding that recent institutional interactions had convinced him that the asset was "becoming popular."

However, McCabe noted that his company is not yet investing in a digital asset.

«Unfortunately, the laws of physics of large companiessay that years pass between the moment the founder thinks something is a good idea and the company starts acting on the idea. So I think that Bitcoin is not suitable for us yet.

Awesome! Thank you so much for using Intercom.Unfortunately the laws of physics of big companies state that there are years between the point a founder thinks something is a good idea and his company acts on said idea. ? But I also think Bitcoin is not a fit for us just yet.

— Eoghan McCabe (@eoghan) November 16, 2020

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