Charlie Munger, odiador de Bitcoin, falece aos 99 anos
- Charlie Munger, bilionário, vice-presidente da Berkshire Hathaway e odiador do Bitcoin, morreu aos 99 anos.
- O braço direito de Warren Buffett completaria 100 anos em 1º de janeiro de 2024.
- Segundo relatos, Munger morreu pacificamente em um hospital da Califórnia, onde morava.
- 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.
Conforme um relatório 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, adicionando, “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 tem sido um forte crítico do Bitcoin e defendeu a proibição do setor de ativos digitais. Embora conhecido por ser um gênio financeiro, suas opiniões sobre o Bitcoin geraram críticas de membros dos setores de blockchain e de ativos digitais.
Em um novembro entrevista 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 declarações, 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 disse.
Conforme relatado anteriormente pela Bitnation, Munger pediu ao governo dos EUA em fevereiro que proibir criptomoedas como a China while describing Bitcoin as an example of “wild and woolly capitalism.”
Jornalista cripto com mais de 3 anos de experiência em DeFi, NFT, metaverso, etc. Parth trabalhou com grandes meios de comunicação no mundo cripto e financeiro e ganhou experiência e conhecimento em cultura criptográfica depois de sobreviver a mercados de baixa e alta ao longo dos anos.
