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“It's a mirage basically. It's a very effective way of transmitting money and you can do it anonymously and all that. A check is a way of transmitting money too. Are checks worth a whole lot of money just because they can transmit money? I hope bitcoin becomes a better way of doing it but you can replicate it a bunch of different ways. The idea that it has some huge intrinsic value is just a joke in my view.”
— Warren Buffett
$629at the time
“Bitcoin looks like it really is a bubble in multiple senses.”
— Paul Krugman
$285at the time
“First, blockchain is not a bubble, but Bitcoin is a bubble.”
— Jack Ma
$6,248at the time
“Asking why I think bitcoin won't work is like asking why the sky isn't red.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4at the time
“Bitcoin is a bubble. I think a lot of people are going to lose a lot of money.”
— Jim Cramer
$13,227at the time
“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
$5,914at the time
“get out if you don't wanna loose all your money”
— Jordan Belfort
$6,177at the time
“Bitcoin is still doomed.”
— Timothy Lavin
$573at the time
“This is worse than tulip mania. At least then in the end you got a tulip. Now you get nothing.”
— Nout Wellink
$1,151at the time
“Why You Should Avoid Bitcoin At All Costs”
— Howard Dvorkin
$8,836at the time
“Bitcoin: The Emperor’s New Clothes”
— Keith Parkins
$382at the time
“Bitcoin is really a fascinating example of how human beings create value, and is not always rational... tt is not a rational currency in that case.”
— Alan Greenspan
$15,927at the time
“It's a mirage basically. It's a very effective way of transmitting money and you can do it anonymously and all that. A check is a way of transmitting money too. Are checks worth a whole lot of money just because they can transmit money? I hope bitcoin becomes a better way of doing it but you can replicate it a bunch of different ways. The idea that it has some huge intrinsic value is just a joke in my view.”
— Warren Buffett
$629at the time
“Bitcoin looks like it really is a bubble in multiple senses.”
— Paul Krugman
$285at the time
“First, blockchain is not a bubble, but Bitcoin is a bubble.”
— Jack Ma
$6,248at the time
“Asking why I think bitcoin won't work is like asking why the sky isn't red.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4at the time
“Bitcoin is a bubble. I think a lot of people are going to lose a lot of money.”
— Jim Cramer
$13,227at the time
“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
$5,914at the time
“get out if you don't wanna loose all your money”
— Jordan Belfort
$6,177at the time
“Bitcoin is still doomed.”
— Timothy Lavin
$573at the time
“This is worse than tulip mania. At least then in the end you got a tulip. Now you get nothing.”
— Nout Wellink
$1,151at the time
“Why You Should Avoid Bitcoin At All Costs”
— Howard Dvorkin
$8,836at the time
“Bitcoin: The Emperor’s New Clothes”
— Keith Parkins
$382at the time
“Bitcoin is really a fascinating example of how human beings create value, and is not always rational... tt is not a rational currency in that case.”
— Alan Greenspan
$15,927at the time
“It's a mirage basically. It's a very effective way of transmitting money and you can do it anonymously and all that. A check is a way of transmitting money too. Are checks worth a whole lot of money just because they can transmit money? I hope bitcoin becomes a better way of doing it but you can replicate it a bunch of different ways. The idea that it has some huge intrinsic value is just a joke in my view.”
— Warren Buffett
$629at the time
“Bitcoin looks like it really is a bubble in multiple senses.”
— Paul Krugman
$285at the time
“First, blockchain is not a bubble, but Bitcoin is a bubble.”
— Jack Ma
$6,248at the time
“Asking why I think bitcoin won't work is like asking why the sky isn't red.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4at the time
“Bitcoin is a bubble. I think a lot of people are going to lose a lot of money.”
— Jim Cramer
$13,227at the time
“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
$5,914at the time
“get out if you don't wanna loose all your money”
— Jordan Belfort
$6,177at the time
“Bitcoin is still doomed.”
— Timothy Lavin
$573at the time
“This is worse than tulip mania. At least then in the end you got a tulip. Now you get nothing.”
— Nout Wellink
$1,151at the time
“Why You Should Avoid Bitcoin At All Costs”
— Howard Dvorkin
$8,836at the time
“Bitcoin: The Emperor’s New Clothes”
— Keith Parkins
$382at the time
“Bitcoin is really a fascinating example of how human beings create value, and is not always rational... tt is not a rational currency in that case.”
— Alan Greenspan
$15,927at the time
“It's a mirage basically. It's a very effective way of transmitting money and you can do it anonymously and all that. A check is a way of transmitting money too. Are checks worth a whole lot of money just because they can transmit money? I hope bitcoin becomes a better way of doing it but you can replicate it a bunch of different ways. The idea that it has some huge intrinsic value is just a joke in my view.”
— Warren Buffett
$629at the time
“Bitcoin looks like it really is a bubble in multiple senses.”
— Paul Krugman
$285at the time
“First, blockchain is not a bubble, but Bitcoin is a bubble.”
— Jack Ma
$6,248at the time
“Asking why I think bitcoin won't work is like asking why the sky isn't red.”
— Avery Pennarun
$4at the time
“Bitcoin is a bubble. I think a lot of people are going to lose a lot of money.”
— Jim Cramer
$13,227at the time
“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
$5,914at the time
“get out if you don't wanna loose all your money”
— Jordan Belfort
$6,177at the time
“Bitcoin is still doomed.”
— Timothy Lavin
$573at the time
“This is worse than tulip mania. At least then in the end you got a tulip. Now you get nothing.”
— Nout Wellink
$1,151at the time
“Why You Should Avoid Bitcoin At All Costs”
— Howard Dvorkin
$8,836at the time
“Bitcoin: The Emperor’s New Clothes”
— Keith Parkins
$382at the time
“Bitcoin is really a fascinating example of how human beings create value, and is not always rational... tt is not a rational currency in that case.”
— Alan Greenspan
$15,927at the time
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