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Warren Buffett says Bitcoin is non-productive and a rat poison

By LawStreet News Network      08 May, 2018 12:00 AM      0 Comments
Warren Buffett says Bitcoin is non-productive and a rat poison

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett in an interview with CNBC on Monday said buyers of bitcoin, which he has characterized as rat poison squared, thrive on the hope theyll find other people who will pay more for it.

Further, the chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Mr. Buffett said that the mystique behind the cryptocurrency has driven a surge in its price.

It does create a rising price, creates more buyersif you dont understand it, you get much more excited. People like to speculate, they like to gamble.

Bill Gates, who is a board member at Berkshire Hathaway Inc, also shares Mr. Buffetts viewpoint and said that I would short bitcoin if there was an easy way to do it. As an asset class, youre not producing anything, and so you shouldnt expect it to go up. Its kind of a pure greater fool theory type of investment.

After the two worlds richest men shared their views on bitcoin, the prices of cryptocurrencies fell down drastically. Bitcoin is down 1.2% over the previous 24 hours, Ethereum went down 3.5%, and Litecoin is down 1.9%

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