W wieku 99 lat zmarł hejter Bitcoina, Charlie Munger
- Charlie Munger, miliarder, wiceprezes Berkshire Hathaway i hejter Bitcoina, zmarł w wieku 99 lat.
- Prawa ręka Warrena Buffetta skończyłaby 100 lat 1 stycznia 2024 roku.
- Według doniesień Munger zmarł spokojnie w kalifornijskim szpitalu, w którym mieszkał.
- Munger advised the US government to ban Bitcoin and claimed that it doesn’t have any “intrinsic value.”
Charlie Munger, the right-hand man of Warren Buffett, the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, and a prominent hater of Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest digital asset by market capitalization, has passed away at the age of 99 at a hospital in California, where he lived. Munger is known for being a tech guru and investment mogul.
Jak na raport from Reuters on November 28, Munger died peacefully in a hospital in California and would’ve turned 100 on January 1, 2024. Buffett, who’s 93 and lost his closest partner, said, “Berkshire Hathaway could not have been built to its present status without Charlie’s inspiration, wisdom, and participation.”
Munger was the vice president of Berkshire Hathaway since 1978, and his death marks the end of an era of corporate America and investing. Tim Cook, the chief executive of tech giant Apple, commented on Munger’s death, dodawanie, “A titan of business and keen observer of the world around him, Charlie Munger helped build an American institution and, through his wisdom and insights, inspired a generation of leaders. He will be sorely missed. Rest in peace, Charlie.”
Munger był zdecydowanym krytykiem Bitcoina i opowiadał się za zakazem sektora aktywów cyfrowych. Choć znany jako geniusz finansowy, jego poglądy na temat Bitcoina wywołały krytykę ze strony członków sektora blockchain i aktywów cyfrowych.
W listopadzie wywiad with The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Munger said that the recent jump in the price of Bitcoin worried him. He remained skeptical of “artificial currencies,” comparing BTC to throwing a “stinky marble” at a long-standing recipe that works well for many people.
As per Munger’s sprawozdania, Bitcoin “doesn’t have any intrinsic value,” and “the urge to participate in something that looks like easy money is a human instinct that was always there.” He remained a firm believer in the US dollar and compared BTC to gambling and get-rich-quick schemes.
“Crypto is an investment in nothing, and the guy who’s trying to sell you an investment in nothing says, ‘I have a special kind of nothing that’s difficult to make more of,’” Munger powiedział.
Jak donosił wcześniej Bitnation, Munger zwrócił się w lutym do rządu USA o to zakazać kryptowalut takich jak Chiny while describing Bitcoin as an example of “wild and woolly capitalism.”