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“#Bitcoin is the #BeanieBabies of the modern era. Good luck!”
— James Woods
$15,379
““Stay away from Bitcoin. It's a mirage.””
— Warren Buffett
$629
“I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air.”
— Donald Trump
$11,350
“Bitcoin, I think we can say, is dead. There is no traction, no one is using bitcoin. The bitcoin experiment, I think we can say, is over.”
— Taavet Hinrikus
$428
“(...) Bitcoin is dead.”
— Rafi Farber
$61,322
“Bitcoin's 'hyperbolic bubble is going to go bust”
— Nouriel Roubini
$23,719
“Remember, Bitcoin is a meme coin.”
— Peter Schiff
$102,052
“This is a speculative frenzy. Right now, this is a bubble. It's a cult. When you're in it, obviously you need more people to believe in it, because the price can only go up if other people buy in. In that sense it's a natural Ponzi scheme – a lot of it is just plain greed.”
— Peter Schiff
$4,350
“Bitcoin is a public, decentralized ponzi scheme”
— Jamie Dimon
$61,322
“You’d Have to Be Insane to Introduce Bitcoin into an Environment that’s Already Corrupt”
— Steve Hanke
$45,597
“Asking why I think bitcoin won't work is like asking why the sky isn't red.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4
“Meanwhile bitcoin and the like will quickly fade into financial history, just as tulipmania did, serving solely to remind future generations of the folly of gambling on illusions of value.”
— Bert Ely
$14,691
“#Bitcoin is the #BeanieBabies of the modern era. Good luck!”
— James Woods
$15,379
““Stay away from Bitcoin. It's a mirage.””
— Warren Buffett
$629
“I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air.”
— Donald Trump
$11,350
“Bitcoin, I think we can say, is dead. There is no traction, no one is using bitcoin. The bitcoin experiment, I think we can say, is over.”
— Taavet Hinrikus
$428
“(...) Bitcoin is dead.”
— Rafi Farber
$61,322
“Bitcoin's 'hyperbolic bubble is going to go bust”
— Nouriel Roubini
$23,719
“Remember, Bitcoin is a meme coin.”
— Peter Schiff
$102,052
“This is a speculative frenzy. Right now, this is a bubble. It's a cult. When you're in it, obviously you need more people to believe in it, because the price can only go up if other people buy in. In that sense it's a natural Ponzi scheme – a lot of it is just plain greed.”
— Peter Schiff
$4,350
“Bitcoin is a public, decentralized ponzi scheme”
— Jamie Dimon
$61,322
“You’d Have to Be Insane to Introduce Bitcoin into an Environment that’s Already Corrupt”
— Steve Hanke
$45,597
“Asking why I think bitcoin won't work is like asking why the sky isn't red.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4
“Meanwhile bitcoin and the like will quickly fade into financial history, just as tulipmania did, serving solely to remind future generations of the folly of gambling on illusions of value.”
— Bert Ely
$14,691
“#Bitcoin is the #BeanieBabies of the modern era. Good luck!”
— James Woods
$15,379
““Stay away from Bitcoin. It's a mirage.””
— Warren Buffett
$629
“I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air.”
— Donald Trump
$11,350
“Bitcoin, I think we can say, is dead. There is no traction, no one is using bitcoin. The bitcoin experiment, I think we can say, is over.”
— Taavet Hinrikus
$428
“(...) Bitcoin is dead.”
— Rafi Farber
$61,322
“Bitcoin's 'hyperbolic bubble is going to go bust”
— Nouriel Roubini
$23,719
“Remember, Bitcoin is a meme coin.”
— Peter Schiff
$102,052
“This is a speculative frenzy. Right now, this is a bubble. It's a cult. When you're in it, obviously you need more people to believe in it, because the price can only go up if other people buy in. In that sense it's a natural Ponzi scheme – a lot of it is just plain greed.”
— Peter Schiff
$4,350
“Bitcoin is a public, decentralized ponzi scheme”
— Jamie Dimon
$61,322
“You’d Have to Be Insane to Introduce Bitcoin into an Environment that’s Already Corrupt”
— Steve Hanke
$45,597
“Asking why I think bitcoin won't work is like asking why the sky isn't red.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4
“Meanwhile bitcoin and the like will quickly fade into financial history, just as tulipmania did, serving solely to remind future generations of the folly of gambling on illusions of value.”
— Bert Ely
$14,691
“#Bitcoin is the #BeanieBabies of the modern era. Good luck!”
— James Woods
$15,379
““Stay away from Bitcoin. It's a mirage.””
— Warren Buffett
$629
“I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air.”
— Donald Trump
$11,350
“Bitcoin, I think we can say, is dead. There is no traction, no one is using bitcoin. The bitcoin experiment, I think we can say, is over.”
— Taavet Hinrikus
$428
“(...) Bitcoin is dead.”
— Rafi Farber
$61,322
“Bitcoin's 'hyperbolic bubble is going to go bust”
— Nouriel Roubini
$23,719
“Remember, Bitcoin is a meme coin.”
— Peter Schiff
$102,052
“This is a speculative frenzy. Right now, this is a bubble. It's a cult. When you're in it, obviously you need more people to believe in it, because the price can only go up if other people buy in. In that sense it's a natural Ponzi scheme – a lot of it is just plain greed.”
— Peter Schiff
$4,350
“Bitcoin is a public, decentralized ponzi scheme”
— Jamie Dimon
$61,322
“You’d Have to Be Insane to Introduce Bitcoin into an Environment that’s Already Corrupt”
— Steve Hanke
$45,597
“Asking why I think bitcoin won't work is like asking why the sky isn't red.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4
“Meanwhile bitcoin and the like will quickly fade into financial history, just as tulipmania did, serving solely to remind future generations of the folly of gambling on illusions of value.”
— Bert Ely
$14,691
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