Venture capitalist and billionaire Peter Thiel He spoke last night at the Bitcoin conference in Miami and said thatWarren BuffettHead of the investment giant Berkshire Hathaway He is “at the top of the list of enemies” of the crypto currency and even called him “the sociopathic grandfather from Omaha”, as a mockery of his nickname “the oracle from Omaha”.
Thiel also spared no criticism from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Damon and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, showing pictures of them alongside their bearish comments on Bitcoin, with the word gruntocracy written on the pictures – defining an oligarchic rule in which leaders are older Significantly more than the adult population. As for Damon, Thiel said his views are part of the “bankers’ bias in New York.”
In addition, Thiel presented a buffalo head photo with the words “mouse poison,” referring to the time when the Berkshire CEO fired Bitcoin using that phrase.
Warren Buffett / Photo: Associated Press, Nati Harnik
According to CNBC, by 2018 Thiel reportedly accumulated hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin coins through the venture company Founders Fund. Now as stated he has declared that the “number one enemy” of the Bitcoin currency and whoever stands in the way of its progress is Buffett. “We have to fight for that in order for Bitcoin to grow 10 times or 100 times,” Thiel said.
Thiel was the first significant investor on Facebook and was considered the mentor and confidant of CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In addition, he was a co-founder of payments giant PayPal. Even for a political run itself.
Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan did not respond to a report, but CNBC reported that a BlackRock spokesman referred to CEO Larry Fink’s letter to shareholders last month, stating that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could accelerate the adoption of digital currencies, and that a payment system A cleverly designed global digital can even reduce the risk of money laundering and corruption.