“Bitcoin is a fad, just like bimetallism before it...”
$5,731·
2 wrong calls across 1 years of denial. 2 framed for posterity. No signs of stopping.
The Greatest Misses
“Bitcoin is a fad, just like bimetallism before it...”
$5,731·
They Weren't the Only Ones Wrong
“#Bitcoin is an asset that is extremely volatile, susceptible to fraud, and highly uncertain. What could go wrong? Bitcoin is nothing more than a highly speculative asset with a fundamental value of ZERO.”
— Steve Hanke
$42,205
“For those who had assumed that it might turn into a currency -- terribly sorry, but this is an asset and it’s a highly speculative asset which has conducted some funny business and some interesting and totally reprehensible money-laundering activity.”
— Christine Lagarde
$37,386
“Bitcoin is a public, decentralized ponzi scheme”
— Jamie Dimon
$61,322
“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: you're buying obsolescence and the fall will be hard”
— J.G. Collins
$54,408
“Bitcoin is a scam that will only end in tears.”
— Alex Brummer
$47,740
“The Bitcoin Bubble Has Burst”
— Robert Nielsen
$83
“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
“It’s got a magic to it and people have attached magic to lots of things.”
— Warren Buffett
$37,649
“I personally think that bitcoin is worthless.”
— Jamie Dimon
$57,490
“Getting poorer with Bitcoin”
— Dave Harper
$5,673
“Bitcoin can collapse completely.”
— Agustín Carstens
$34,261
“#Bitcoin is an asset that is extremely volatile, susceptible to fraud, and highly uncertain. What could go wrong? Bitcoin is nothing more than a highly speculative asset with a fundamental value of ZERO.”
— Steve Hanke
$42,205
“For those who had assumed that it might turn into a currency -- terribly sorry, but this is an asset and it’s a highly speculative asset which has conducted some funny business and some interesting and totally reprehensible money-laundering activity.”
— Christine Lagarde
$37,386
“Bitcoin is a public, decentralized ponzi scheme”
— Jamie Dimon
$61,322
“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: you're buying obsolescence and the fall will be hard”
— J.G. Collins
$54,408
“Bitcoin is a scam that will only end in tears.”
— Alex Brummer
$47,740
“The Bitcoin Bubble Has Burst”
— Robert Nielsen
$83
“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
“It’s got a magic to it and people have attached magic to lots of things.”
— Warren Buffett
$37,649
“I personally think that bitcoin is worthless.”
— Jamie Dimon
$57,490
“Getting poorer with Bitcoin”
— Dave Harper
$5,673
“Bitcoin can collapse completely.”
— Agustín Carstens
$34,261
“#Bitcoin is an asset that is extremely volatile, susceptible to fraud, and highly uncertain. What could go wrong? Bitcoin is nothing more than a highly speculative asset with a fundamental value of ZERO.”
— Steve Hanke
$42,205
“For those who had assumed that it might turn into a currency -- terribly sorry, but this is an asset and it’s a highly speculative asset which has conducted some funny business and some interesting and totally reprehensible money-laundering activity.”
— Christine Lagarde
$37,386
“Bitcoin is a public, decentralized ponzi scheme”
— Jamie Dimon
$61,322
“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: you're buying obsolescence and the fall will be hard”
— J.G. Collins
$54,408
“Bitcoin is a scam that will only end in tears.”
— Alex Brummer
$47,740
“The Bitcoin Bubble Has Burst”
— Robert Nielsen
$83
“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
“It’s got a magic to it and people have attached magic to lots of things.”
— Warren Buffett
$37,649
“I personally think that bitcoin is worthless.”
— Jamie Dimon
$57,490
“Getting poorer with Bitcoin”
— Dave Harper
$5,673
“Bitcoin can collapse completely.”
— Agustín Carstens
$34,261
“#Bitcoin is an asset that is extremely volatile, susceptible to fraud, and highly uncertain. What could go wrong? Bitcoin is nothing more than a highly speculative asset with a fundamental value of ZERO.”
— Steve Hanke
$42,205
“For those who had assumed that it might turn into a currency -- terribly sorry, but this is an asset and it’s a highly speculative asset which has conducted some funny business and some interesting and totally reprehensible money-laundering activity.”
— Christine Lagarde
$37,386
“Bitcoin is a public, decentralized ponzi scheme”
— Jamie Dimon
$61,322
“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: you're buying obsolescence and the fall will be hard”
— J.G. Collins
$54,408
“Bitcoin is a scam that will only end in tears.”
— Alex Brummer
$47,740
“The Bitcoin Bubble Has Burst”
— Robert Nielsen
$83
“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
“It’s got a magic to it and people have attached magic to lots of things.”
— Warren Buffett
$37,649
“I personally think that bitcoin is worthless.”
— Jamie Dimon
$57,490
“Getting poorer with Bitcoin”
— Dave Harper
$5,673
“Bitcoin can collapse completely.”
— Agustín Carstens
$34,261
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