Peter Thiel's track record as a contrarian early investor should give those who think he is mostly vibes and provocation some serious pause.
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Thiel suggested bitcoin's price could still increase 100 times over—it currently trades at $43,665, off more than 30% from highs reached last November. But before it gets to something like $4.3 million a coin, the cryptocurrency would need to see considerably further adoption driven by large institutions, Thiel said.
Peter Thiel, the lightning-rod venture capitalist, offered up what he called an “enemies list” on Thursday, his attempt to call out anti-crypto investors while speaking at a prominent cryptocurrency conference in Miami, a crypto hot spot.
“Let’s expose them,” he told the crowd.
At the top of Thiel’s roll: Warren Buffett, who Thiel referred to as a “sociopathic grandpa” for Buffett’s previous comments casting doubt on the value of crypto. “Enemy No. 1,” he said, glancing up at a blown-up image of Buffett. In addition to Buffett, Thiel decried JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink. “They need to be allocating some of their money to bitcoin,” he said. “We need to push back on them. |
