
Agustín Carstens
General Manager of BIS
Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
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“Bitcoin is a 'speculative self-fulfilling bubble”
— Nouriel Roubini
$24,703at the time

“Bitcoin is “fool’s gold and anybody buying it is ultimately a fool”
— Peter Schiff
$65,992at the time

“There will be a stampede for the exit, the price of bitcoin will drop to its intrinsic value – zero – and the system will collapse. The only question is when.”
— Kevin Dowd
$3,512at the time

“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
$428at the time

“Just replace the word Bitcoin with Beanie Babies. Should the Fed buy Beanie Babies because they were a fad for a while?”
— Neel Kashkari
$67,824at the time

“”
— Kevin Dowd
$47,070at the time

“Bitcoin is noxious poison”
— Charlie Munger
$9,875at the time

“Bitcoin is nothing.”
— Andy Kessler
$33,120at the time

“Bitcoin is casino chips”
— Avery Pennarun
$60,368at the time

“Bitcoin is the biggest bubble in human history. It is the mother of all bubbles.”
— Nouriel Roubini
$8,595at the time

“”
— Jordan Belfort
$6,177at the time

“I don’t know where it will end or how it will end, but it will end. And when it ends, it will be ugly because there will be nothing there.”
— Stephen Isaacs
$55,685at the time

“Bitcoin is a 'speculative self-fulfilling bubble”
— Nouriel Roubini
$24,703at the time

“Bitcoin is “fool’s gold and anybody buying it is ultimately a fool”
— Peter Schiff
$65,992at the time

“There will be a stampede for the exit, the price of bitcoin will drop to its intrinsic value – zero – and the system will collapse. The only question is when.”
— Kevin Dowd
$3,512at the time

“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
$428at the time

“Just replace the word Bitcoin with Beanie Babies. Should the Fed buy Beanie Babies because they were a fad for a while?”
— Neel Kashkari
$67,824at the time

“”
— Kevin Dowd
$47,070at the time

“Bitcoin is noxious poison”
— Charlie Munger
$9,875at the time

“Bitcoin is nothing.”
— Andy Kessler
$33,120at the time

“Bitcoin is casino chips”
— Avery Pennarun
$60,368at the time

“Bitcoin is the biggest bubble in human history. It is the mother of all bubbles.”
— Nouriel Roubini
$8,595at the time

“”
— Jordan Belfort
$6,177at the time

“I don’t know where it will end or how it will end, but it will end. And when it ends, it will be ugly because there will be nothing there.”
— Stephen Isaacs
$55,685at the time

“Bitcoin is a 'speculative self-fulfilling bubble”
— Nouriel Roubini
$24,703at the time

“Bitcoin is “fool’s gold and anybody buying it is ultimately a fool”
— Peter Schiff
$65,992at the time

“There will be a stampede for the exit, the price of bitcoin will drop to its intrinsic value – zero – and the system will collapse. The only question is when.”
— Kevin Dowd
$3,512at the time

“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
$428at the time

“Just replace the word Bitcoin with Beanie Babies. Should the Fed buy Beanie Babies because they were a fad for a while?”
— Neel Kashkari
$67,824at the time

“”
— Kevin Dowd
$47,070at the time

“Bitcoin is noxious poison”
— Charlie Munger
$9,875at the time

“Bitcoin is nothing.”
— Andy Kessler
$33,120at the time

“Bitcoin is casino chips”
— Avery Pennarun
$60,368at the time

“Bitcoin is the biggest bubble in human history. It is the mother of all bubbles.”
— Nouriel Roubini
$8,595at the time

“”
— Jordan Belfort
$6,177at the time

“I don’t know where it will end or how it will end, but it will end. And when it ends, it will be ugly because there will be nothing there.”
— Stephen Isaacs
$55,685at the time

“Bitcoin is a 'speculative self-fulfilling bubble”
— Nouriel Roubini
$24,703at the time

“Bitcoin is “fool’s gold and anybody buying it is ultimately a fool”
— Peter Schiff
$65,992at the time

“There will be a stampede for the exit, the price of bitcoin will drop to its intrinsic value – zero – and the system will collapse. The only question is when.”
— Kevin Dowd
$3,512at the time

“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
$428at the time

“Just replace the word Bitcoin with Beanie Babies. Should the Fed buy Beanie Babies because they were a fad for a while?”
— Neel Kashkari
$67,824at the time

“”
— Kevin Dowd
$47,070at the time

“Bitcoin is noxious poison”
— Charlie Munger
$9,875at the time

“Bitcoin is nothing.”
— Andy Kessler
$33,120at the time

“Bitcoin is casino chips”
— Avery Pennarun
$60,368at the time

“Bitcoin is the biggest bubble in human history. It is the mother of all bubbles.”
— Nouriel Roubini
$8,595at the time

“”
— Jordan Belfort
$6,177at the time

“I don’t know where it will end or how it will end, but it will end. And when it ends, it will be ugly because there will be nothing there.”
— Stephen Isaacs
$55,685at the time
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