NBA champion Tristan Thompson said he buys Bitcoin every day and tells teammates to do the same, using a dollar-cost averaging strategy that ignores short-term charts and treats Bitcoin as "digital gold." Speaking on Anthony Pompliano's podcast, the Cleveland Cavaliers veteran said his conviction rests on continued internet adoption rather than dollar weakness, cited Bitcoin's annual appreciation of more than 60% over the past 14 years, and said he does not want to explain to his grandchildren why he failed to buy more around $63,000. BeInCrypto data cited in the report put Bitcoin near $63,390, about 50% below its October 2025 high of $126,080. Thompson also pointed to the GENIUS Act and a possible CLARITY Act as potential catalysts for more institutional capital, argued the United States remains early relative to Asia and the Middle East on crypto payments, and said he is pushing financial literacy among younger players. The comments add to Thompson's earlier disclosure that he profitably exited a HYPE short, actively trades perpetuals, sees AI as a dot-com-style boom constrained by energy, and is backing Palomino Labs' data-center cooling technology.