Billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway’s Chairman and CEO reiterated his negative stance towards cryptocurrencies at the annual meeting of his company Saturday, May 5. Buffet repeated his idea that will come to a “bad ending,” and claimed that (BTC) is “probably rat poison squared,” according to .
In response to a question on Buffet’s view of cryptocurrencies raised by an attendee from Ukraine, the “Oracle Of Omaha” yet another anti-crypto statement. According to Buffet, bitcoin is not a “productive” asset, unlike land or corporate shares. As a result, investors’ demand for it is the only price-determining factor, making digital currency a handy tool for “charlatans,” Buffet said.
The billionaire investor claimed that cryptocurrency community is in for a “bad ending” after the “euphoria wears off.”
Berkshire Hathaway’s Vice Chairman Charlie Munger echoed Buffet’s criticism of cryptocurrency investment, albeit in much harsher terms:
“Someone else is trading turds and you decide I can’t be left out.”
Earlier in February, Munger bitcoin “totally asinine” and argued that people get involved in crypto ”because everybody wants easy money.”
87-year-old Buffet is known for his scepticism towards cryptocurrencies. The billionaire investor has made repeated statements claiming that bitcoin , nor . In October 2017, Buffet claimed that bitcoin had the “bubble territory,” and is “going to implode.”
Some , on the other hand, are much more enthusiastic about bitcoin. For example, the banking giant Goldman Sachs has a bitcoin trading operation earlier this week, commenting that bitcoin “is not a fraud.”
Published at Sat, 05 May 2018 22:20:18 +0000
