Dave Portnoy Asks, "What If #XRP Is The Next #Bitcoin ?" FOMO Unleashed! 🚀💸

Dave Portnoy, the irreverent founder of Barstool Sports and a self-proclaimed crypto enthusiast, has thrown down the gauntlet at CoinDesk's Consensus 2025.

"What if #XRP is the next #Bitcoin ? FOMO unleashes! 🤑" - A moment with Dave Portnoy at CoinDesk’s Consensus had the crypto sphere rolling.

As the irreverent founder of Barstool Sports and a self-proclaimed crypto enthusiast, Portnoy brought a unique perspective to the mainstage in Toronto, Canada. With a blend of bravado and genuine FOMO, he had the crowd buzzing.

“I bought Bitcoin for $10k, got schooled in FOMO, and sold it all in a moment of panic 😵. That was around $2 million. I sold all of it. It went up like crazy after that. I felt like a complete idiot. It was the Winklevoss twins who had me thinking I was making a mistake by not selling earlier. At Consensus 2025, they brought up a photo of me and the twins from back in the day. That was the moment I realized I’d made a huge mistake.”

But it wasn’t the lost Bitcoin gains that had everyone talking. Instead, it was Portnoy’s musings on $XRP and his candid FOMO confession.

With the token trading around $2.40 at the time of the conference, Portnoy wasn's partiality for XRP was born out of a robust conviction in its technology or tokenomics, but rather by that undeniable itch of possibly catching a rocket to the moon 🌕🚀.

“It’s FOMO. It’s not like I have some grand belief in it. But I keep thinking, what if this is the one? I’m looking at it like a gambler would look at the roulette wheel. I’m just hoping for some green candles 🤞. It’s like watching your favorite underdog team win in the final seconds of the game. You want to yell, ‘Yes! Finally!'”

Of course, the moment was quickly immortalized into a meme, which is fitting given how quickly online culture is shifting.

In a world where every green candle feels like a small miracle and the term “YOLO” takes on a whole new meaning, perhaps we should be celebrating the small (or large) wins—whether it’s a crypto trade or finally completing a challenging level in your favorite video game.

Because at the end of the day, a little bit of joy is never a bad thing, especially in the rapidly changing world of crypto.

May the green candles be ever in your favor! 🍀