“This is worse than tulip mania. At least then in the end you got a tulip. Now you get nothing.”
$1,151·
1 wrong call across 1 years of denial. 1 framed for posterity. No signs of stopping.
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“I regard the bitcoin craze as totally asinine.”
— Charlie Munger
$9,875
“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
“I agree I would short it if there was an easy way to do it.”
— Bill Gates
$8,451
“If I write about the inevitable obsolescence of Bitcoin, I'll have to lock my account again, won't I.”
— Frances Coppola
$47,538
“I just don't believe in this bitcoin thing. I think it's just going to implode one day. I think this is Enron in the making.”
— Prince Alwaleed
$5,914
“Bitcoin to Die - its unavoidable. The death of crypto and the blockchain.”
— Arduino Tronic
$226
“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
$55,685
“If we now say ok, bitcoins. What about platinum? What about coal? Why don’t we hold strategic beef reserves, or mutton reserves, or apple reserves? Why Bitcoin?”
— Lesetja Kganyago
$105,559
“Stay away from bitcoin — it’s complete garbage.”
— Brett Arends
$2,340
“Bitcoin is not real money... it's speculation.”
— Vítor Constâncio
$3,686
“Bitcoin is not real money... it's speculation.”
— Vítor Constâncio
$3,686
“There is also the argument that the price of bitcoin must go to zero because an inferior product cannot survive long-term in the absence of regulatory barriers to entry.”
— Kevin Dowd
$47,070
“I regard the bitcoin craze as totally asinine.”
— Charlie Munger
$9,875
“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
“I agree I would short it if there was an easy way to do it.”
— Bill Gates
$8,451
“If I write about the inevitable obsolescence of Bitcoin, I'll have to lock my account again, won't I.”
— Frances Coppola
$47,538
“I just don't believe in this bitcoin thing. I think it's just going to implode one day. I think this is Enron in the making.”
— Prince Alwaleed
$5,914
“Bitcoin to Die - its unavoidable. The death of crypto and the blockchain.”
— Arduino Tronic
$226
“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
$55,685
“If we now say ok, bitcoins. What about platinum? What about coal? Why don’t we hold strategic beef reserves, or mutton reserves, or apple reserves? Why Bitcoin?”
— Lesetja Kganyago
$105,559
“Stay away from bitcoin — it’s complete garbage.”
— Brett Arends
$2,340
“Bitcoin is not real money... it's speculation.”
— Vítor Constâncio
$3,686
“Bitcoin is not real money... it's speculation.”
— Vítor Constâncio
$3,686
“There is also the argument that the price of bitcoin must go to zero because an inferior product cannot survive long-term in the absence of regulatory barriers to entry.”
— Kevin Dowd
$47,070
“I regard the bitcoin craze as totally asinine.”
— Charlie Munger
$9,875
“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
“I agree I would short it if there was an easy way to do it.”
— Bill Gates
$8,451
“If I write about the inevitable obsolescence of Bitcoin, I'll have to lock my account again, won't I.”
— Frances Coppola
$47,538
“I just don't believe in this bitcoin thing. I think it's just going to implode one day. I think this is Enron in the making.”
— Prince Alwaleed
$5,914
“Bitcoin to Die - its unavoidable. The death of crypto and the blockchain.”
— Arduino Tronic
$226
“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
$55,685
“If we now say ok, bitcoins. What about platinum? What about coal? Why don’t we hold strategic beef reserves, or mutton reserves, or apple reserves? Why Bitcoin?”
— Lesetja Kganyago
$105,559
“Stay away from bitcoin — it’s complete garbage.”
— Brett Arends
$2,340
“Bitcoin is not real money... it's speculation.”
— Vítor Constâncio
$3,686
“Bitcoin is not real money... it's speculation.”
— Vítor Constâncio
$3,686
“There is also the argument that the price of bitcoin must go to zero because an inferior product cannot survive long-term in the absence of regulatory barriers to entry.”
— Kevin Dowd
$47,070
“I regard the bitcoin craze as totally asinine.”
— Charlie Munger
$9,875
“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
“I agree I would short it if there was an easy way to do it.”
— Bill Gates
$8,451
“If I write about the inevitable obsolescence of Bitcoin, I'll have to lock my account again, won't I.”
— Frances Coppola
$47,538
“I just don't believe in this bitcoin thing. I think it's just going to implode one day. I think this is Enron in the making.”
— Prince Alwaleed
$5,914
“Bitcoin to Die - its unavoidable. The death of crypto and the blockchain.”
— Arduino Tronic
$226
“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
$55,685
“If we now say ok, bitcoins. What about platinum? What about coal? Why don’t we hold strategic beef reserves, or mutton reserves, or apple reserves? Why Bitcoin?”
— Lesetja Kganyago
$105,559
“Stay away from bitcoin — it’s complete garbage.”
— Brett Arends
$2,340
“Bitcoin is not real money... it's speculation.”
— Vítor Constâncio
$3,686
“Bitcoin is not real money... it's speculation.”
— Vítor Constâncio
$3,686
“There is also the argument that the price of bitcoin must go to zero because an inferior product cannot survive long-term in the absence of regulatory barriers to entry.”
— Kevin Dowd
$47,070
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