{"id":415794,"date":"2020-02-24T15:02:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T15:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=415794"},"modified":"2020-02-24T15:02:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T15:02:34","slug":"warren-buffett-admits-he-doesnt-hold-bitcoin-tron-or-any-crypto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/warren-buffett-admits-he-doesnt-hold-bitcoin-tron-or-any-crypto\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren Buffett Admits He Doesn&#8217;t Hold Bitcoin, Tron or Any Crypto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even a <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2019\/06\/07\/dont-care-bitcoin-hater-buffett-crypto\/\">$4.5 million charity lunch<\/a> was not enough to turn benchmark investor Warren Buffett into a crypto enthusiast.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, who in 2018 compared the <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2019\/05\/07\/rat-poison-bitcoin-outperformed-most-traditional-asset-classes-in-2019\/\">top cryptocurrency bitcoin to rat poison<\/a>, stayed unflinchingly skeptic about the cryptocurrency three years later. He told CNBC that he still sees cryptocurrencies as assets that have no value, noting that they don&#8217;t produce anything meaningful.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What you hope is that someone comes along and pays you more money for [bitcoin],&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/02\/24\/warren-buffet-interview-live-updates.html?__source=twitter%7Cmain&amp;fbclid=IwAR0wCPpUs-V5m0OE0VtabjlagVrRhMSUcnk1M8w4k_Z6yDhutyUmXhctLwk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">said<\/a> Mr. Buffett. &#8220;But then that person has got the problem. But in terms of value, you know zero.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI don\u2019t own any cryptocurrency. I never will,\u201d Warren Buffett tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeckyQuick?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@BeckyQuick<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AskWarren?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#AskWarren<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0VjIDJSi7L\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/0VjIDJSi7L<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/il4cT2hWkP\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/il4cT2hWkP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CNBC (@CNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNBC\/status\/39268611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">February 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Where&#8217;s My Tron?<\/h2>\n<p>The comments appeared two weeks after <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2020\/02\/06\/trons-pump-justin-sun-buffet-lunch-crypto\/\">Justin Sun<\/a>, the founder of popular blockchain project Tron, sat with Mr. Buffett for a charity lunch. The meeting also saw the presence of other crypto bigwigs, including Litecoin founder Charlie Lee,\u00a0eToro CEO Yoni Assia Huobi CFO Chris Lee, and the head of the Binance Charity Foundation, Helen Hai.<\/p>\n<p>Enthusiasts considered the lunch as some kind of a milestone, weighing hopes on Mr. Buffett&#8217;s potential endorsement of the cryptocurrencies. However, the legendary investor said that he sees <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2020\/02\/07\/buffett-sees-bitcoin-as-a-store-of-fear-not-a-store-of-value-says-etoros-yoni-assia\/\">Bitcoin and other cryptos as a store of fear<\/a>, not a store of value.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sun, on the other hand, claimed that he has given Mr. Buffett some of his Tron tokens. But with the investor now refusing to hold any crypto, Mr. Sun&#8217;s claim appears to be falling flat.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Given that Justin Sun claimed to give him TRON, he either threw away the private key or he\u2019s too embarrassed to say he owns some TRON,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lawmaster\/status\/44476673\" rel=\"nofollow\">commented<\/a> Larry Cermak, the director of research at the Block.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Crypto Tokens Swelling, Albeit<\/h2>\n<p>Mr. Buffett is not alone in his criticism of Bitcoin, Tron, and other crypto tokens. Prominent economist <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2019\/07\/07\/nouriel-roubini-threatens-lawsuit-to-criminal-bitcoin-exchange\/\">Nouriel Roubini<\/a> and Robert Shiller, business tycoon Bill Gates, as well as fund managers Howard Marks and\u00a0Ray Dalio, are among the few that have questioned cryptocurrencies over their legitimacy as a valuable asset.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2019\/06\/14\/jack-dorsey-believes-the-internet-will-soon-have-one-currency-but-will-it-be-bitcoin\/\">crypto sector has attracted support from the likes of Jack Dorsey<\/a>, the CEO of social media giant Twitter, as well as Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, mostly credited as the original ideators of Facebook, now the heads of Gemini, a US-based crypto exchange.<\/p>\n<p>But with or without the support of bigwigs, the crypto sector is growing at a rapid rate. That is visible in its <a href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/2020\/02\/20\/crypto-to-get-massive-mainstream-exposure-industry-surprisingly-salty\/\">overall market capitalization that has grown from $166 billion<\/a> in December 2019 to $278 billion at the time of this writing.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the industry&#8217;s gains has followed growing concerns about the Coronavirus outbreak in China, coupled further with central banks&#8217; easing policies around the world. According to economist and CEO of Global Macro Investor Raoul Pal, bitcoin could play a significant role in offsetting global risks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">$BTC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#Bitcoin<\/a> is doing its job of suggesting an alternative system is gaining in probability (it trades like call option on a new system, in my mind). The price moves are so ENORMOUS (and thus the increase in probabilities are so FAST) that you have to use log charts&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ug5bb7P3Lf\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ug5bb7P3Lf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Raoul Pal (@RaoulGMI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaoulGMI\/status\/11323136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even a $4.5 million charity lunch was not enough to turn benchmark investor Warren Buffett into a crypto enthusiast. The chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, who in 2018 compared the top cryptocurrency bitcoin to rat poison, stayed unflinchingly skeptic about the cryptocurrency three years later. He told CNBC that he still sees cryptocurrencies as assets that have no value, noting that they don&#8217;t produce anything meaningful. &#8220;What you hope is that someone comes along and pays you more money for [bitcoin],&#8221; said Mr. Buffett. &#8220;But then that person has got the problem. But in terms of value, you know zero.&#8221; \u201cI don\u2019t own any cryptocurrency. I never will,\u201d Warren Buffett tells @BeckyQuick. #AskWarren https:\/\/t.co\/0VjIDJSi7L pic.twitter.com\/il4cT2hWkP &mdash; CNBC (@CNBC) February 24, 2020 Where&#8217;s My Tron? The comments appeared two weeks after Justin Sun, the founder of popular blockchain project Tron, sat with Mr. Buffett for a charity lunch. The meeting also saw the presence of other crypto bigwigs, including Litecoin founder Charlie Lee,\u00a0eToro CEO Yoni Assia Huobi CFO Chris Lee, and the head of the Binance Charity Foundation, Helen Hai. Enthusiasts considered the lunch as some kind of a milestone, weighing hopes on Mr. Buffett&#8217;s potential endorsement of the cryptocurrencies. However, the legendary investor said that he sees Bitcoin and other cryptos as a store of fear, not a store of value. Mr. Sun, on the other hand, claimed that he has given Mr. Buffett some of his Tron tokens. But with the investor now refusing to hold any crypto, Mr. Sun&#8217;s claim appears to be falling flat. &#8220;Given that Justin Sun claimed to give him TRON, he either threw away the private key or he\u2019s too embarrassed to say he owns some TRON,&#8221; commented Larry Cermak, the director of research at the Block. Crypto Tokens Swelling, Albeit Mr. Buffett is not alone in his criticism of Bitcoin, Tron, and other crypto tokens. Prominent economist Nouriel Roubini and Robert Shiller, business tycoon Bill Gates, as well as fund managers Howard Marks and\u00a0Ray Dalio, are among the few that have questioned cryptocurrencies over their legitimacy as a valuable asset. Nevertheless, the crypto sector has attracted support from the likes of Jack Dorsey, the CEO of social media giant Twitter, as well as Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, mostly credited as the original ideators of Facebook, now the heads of Gemini, a US-based crypto exchange. But with or without the support of bigwigs, the crypto sector is growing at a rapid rate. That is visible in its overall market capitalization that has grown from $166 billion in December 2019 to $278 billion at the time of this writing. Part of the industry&#8217;s gains has followed growing concerns about the Coronavirus outbreak in China, coupled further with central banks&#8217; easing policies around the world. According to economist and CEO of Global Macro Investor Raoul Pal, bitcoin could play a significant role in offsetting global risks. And $BTC #Bitcoin is doing its job of suggesting an alternative system is gaining in probability (it trades like call option on a new system, in my mind). The price moves are so ENORMOUS (and thus the increase in probabilities are so FAST) that you have to use log charts&#8230; pic.twitter.com\/ug5bb7P3Lf &mdash; Raoul Pal (@RaoulGMI) August 7, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":415811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[428,6664,12098,11808,9728],"class_list":["post-415794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto","tag-justin-sun","tag-tron","tag-warren-buffett"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Warren Buffett Admits He Doesn&#039;t Hold Bitcoin, Tron or Any Crypto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Even a $4.5 million charity lunch was not enough to turn benchmark investor Warren Buffett into a crypto enthusiast. 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