Mark Cuban Was A Crypto Skeptic Early On And Even Ignored Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong’s Reachout, But Th

Mark Cubana billionaire investor and television celebrity, has been a cryptocurrency advocate for years, but the defining moment for him came when Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) launching smart contracts.

The first trip

Mark Cuban revealed that Coinbase is a co-founder Brian Armstrong appealed to him at first.

“But I didn’t invest because I didn’t really understand it at the time,” the “Shark Tank” star said.

This “changed the game” for Cuban

But the “trigger moment,” as he described, came when Ethereum rolled out smart contract functionality.

“That’s really what changed the game in my mind from a technology perspective, because the ability to have external sources that created triggers that then allowed different transactions to all happen independently, without any human intervention, that to me is a big deal,” Cuban said.

He said smart contracts have the potential to unlock “unique” application possibilities in the future.

Cuban crypto beliefs

Forbes estimates his net worth $6 billiona significant portion of which comes from sales of $5.7 billion Broadcast.com to Yahoo! in 1999.

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