Let me tweet a little longer for people who want more than a sound bite. By its own criteria, crypto was supposed to be a decentralized currency that no one person or government could control, a safe store of value compared to fiat money. By all those criteria it has failed.
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I made gentle fun of Bitcoin last week and got myself publicly called an idiot and blocked by one of the most prominent investors in the valley. A lot of people in this industry can't afford to antagonize deep pockets, and you won't hear their honest opinion publicly expressed
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But don't mistake this tacit silence for affirmation that this technology is useful. Nobody tells Pharaoh that pyramid building is a poor use of everyone's time unless they live safely outside the kingdom
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Link to my CNBC segment for those who asked to see:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igOmWeHMunw&t=1s …
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The key insight is that the modern investor class is just gambling, ideally with other people’s money (less a hefty fee).
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