Bitcoin does not make a great deal of sense, according to billionaire Lee Coo...

Bitcoin does not make a great deal of sense, according to billionaire Lee Coo...

The Omega Advisors chairman and CEO said people should be careful about Bitcoin, and suggested gold as a better store of value. By his own admission, Lee Cooperman still does not understand Bitcoin, despite BTC being up more than 300% since early December 2017.Speaking to CNBC on Thursday, the billionaire investor alluded to people his age having a hard time understanding Bitcoin, adding:“I’d be very careful with Bitcoin; I don’t think it makes a great deal of sense and if you are nervous about the world gold to me would be a better place to store value.”Cooperman’s statements on Thursday....


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