Fund Manager Bashes Bitcoin: An Extreme Form of Libertarian Anarchism

Fund Manager Bashes Bitcoin: An Extreme Form of Libertarian Anarchism

As Bitcoin price makes headlines across mainstream and financial media, skeptics of cryptocurrencies have come out of the woodwork in droves. The latest skepticism comes from Tim Bond, partner and portfolio manager at Odey Asset Management, who claims that Bitcoin has very little benefit to society, and instead is an extreme form of Libertarian anarchism. […]


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