Legendary hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller has finally embraced Bitcoin, revealing that he now owns the world’s largest cryptocurrency in a Nov. 9 interview with CNBC.
The billionaire says that Bitcoin is now a store of value that continues to become a stronger brand with “each passing day”:
“Bitcoin could be an asset class that has a lot of attraction as a store of value for both millennials and new West Coast money, which, as you know, they’ve got a lot of it. It’s been around for 13 years and each passing day it picks up more of its stabilization as a brand”
Alex DovbnyaHe went on to explain why Bitcoin is a better asset than gold, claiming that it is “thinner” and “more liquid”:
“I own many many times more gold than I do Bitcoin, but frankly if the gold bet works, then the Bitcoin bet will probably work better because it is thinner and more illiquid, and has a lot more beta to it.”
Last year, Druckenmiller dismissed the idea of owning Bitcoin:
“I don’t think I’m a neanderthal, which is what I’ve been called when I’ve said I didn’t want to own Bitcoin.”
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