Peter Thiel calls Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, and Larry Fink a ‘finance gerontocracy’ and ‘enemies of bitcoin’
Billionaire entrepreneur Peter Thiel on Thursday called billionaire investor Warren Buffett a top “enemy” of bitcoin and part of a “finance gerontocracy” that has held back the cryptocurrency’s adoption.
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But a group that the outspoken venture capitalist referred to as the “finance gerontocracy” has suppressed bitcoin’s adoption, said Thiel, who called Buffett a “sociopathic grandpa from Omaha.” Buffett is the chairman and chief executive of Omaha-based Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.A,
Thiel’s list also included Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM,
“Why bitcoin has not yet gone up to $100,000 to a million dollars? Why has it not yet converged with gold or or even with the equity markets more broadly?” Thiel said. “It’s a movement as a political question, whether this movement is going to succeed, or whether the enemies of the movement are going to succeed in stopping us.”
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Critical of bitcoin, Buffett has said that the cryptocurrency has “no unique value at all.”
Though skeptical about bitcoin, Dimon and Fink are both positive about the prospects for blockchain technology.
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A JPMorgan spokesperson declined to comment. Spokespersons for Berkshire Hathaway and BlackRock didn’t respond to requests for comment.
