Billionaire Barry Sternlicht Buys Bitcoin And Ethereum, Calls Gold “Worthless”

The chairman of Starwood Capital Group, billionaire Barry Sternlicht, has shared his view on how bitcoin could grow to be worth a million dollars a coin. He calls the cryptocurrency a “smart” hedge in a world where the government just keeps on printing money. Billionaire Barry Sternlicht Believes Bitcoin Could Rise to $1 Million per Coin Billionaire Barry Sternlicht, the chairman of Starwood Capital Group, talked about the future outlook for cryptocurrencies, particularly bitcoin, Friday while speaking at a Bloomberg event in Miami. Sternlicht runs....

“The reason I own Bitcoin is because the U.S. government and every government in the western hemisphere is printing money now to the end of time,” said Billionaire Barry Sternlicht. Following JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon's recent comments that Bitcoin is worthless, two well known billionaires have leapt to its defense — although both of them say Ether has some even more desirable properties.During an interview with CNBC's Squawk Box on Oct. 13, Barry Sternlicht, the co-founder of Starwood Capital Group said that gold was actually “worthless” and he is hodling Bitcoin (BTC) because every....

The billionaire CEO of Starwood Capital, an investment firm with over $95 billion under management, has revealed that he owns bitcoin and ether. “The U.S. government, and every government in the Western Hemisphere, is printing money now to the end of time, and this is a finite amount of something and it can be traded globally,” he explained. Billionaire Barry Sternlicht Owns Bitcoin and Ether Barry Sternlicht, chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group, an investment firm with over $95 billion in assets under management (AUM), talked about bitcoin and....

Gold disappointed investors in 2021 as a traditional hedge against inflation, seeing its worst year since 2015. Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s most-valued cryptocurrency, has replaced gold as an inflation hedge for young investors, according to Wharton’s finance professor.Gold’s performance was “disappointing” in 2021, Wharton School finance professor Jeremy Siegel said in a CNBC Squawk Box interview on Friday.On the other hand, BTC has been increasingly emerging as an inflation hedge among younger investors, Siegel argued:“Let’s face the fact, I think Bitcoin as an inflation hedge in the....

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris has said he remains bullish on gold and has no intention to invest in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin because such investment is a very risky business. Sawiris Says Gold Still Safe-Haven Asset In his remarks published by The National News, the billionaire reveals he believes it is wrong for people to make comparisons between gold and bitcoin. Sawiris, who is also the executive chairman of Cairo-based Orascom Investment Holding, insists gold is still the safe-haven asset. “I’m still very bullish [on gold] and it is a safe....