Ken Griffin says Bitcoin will be replaced by Ethereum-based currency
Generation X billionaire businessman Ken Griffith says he thinks the “passion is misplaced when it comes to cryptocurrencies”. Billionaire CEO of American hedge fund Citadel Kenneth Griffin thinks a currency on the Ethereum (ETH) network will replace Bitcoin (BTC) as crypto’s top dog. Citadel manages over $40 billion of capital — a quarter of the trading volume in the US stock market. During this Wednesday’s Nov. 10 DealBook summit hosted by The New York Times, Griffith said that he anticipates that the “Bitcoin-based conception [will be] replaced by the Ethereum-based conception in the....
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Hedge fund manager Ken Griffin signaled out crypto as a threat to the US dollar, and stated that "I wish all this passion and energy that went to crypto was directed towards making the United States stronger." Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin and former U.S. President Donald Trump have both slammed digital currencies as a threat to the U.S. dollar.Griffin, the founder of the $38 billion hedge fund Citadel LLC, told the Economic Club of Chicago on Oct. 4, that crypto is "a jihadist call that we don't believe in the dollar." He expressed his dismay over the younger generation working on....
“I have to live with the reality that an asset’s worth what people perceive it to be worth,” Ken Griffin stated. Billionaire Citadel Securities founder Ken Griffin has compared cryptocurrency to abstract art, opining that the value of both is derived from the eye of the beholder. Griffin — who Forbes estimates to be worth around $26 billion — has made numerous anti-crypto comments and urged others away from it in the past, but appears to have gradually softened his stance over time. He also said that Citadel will make a play once it can do so in a compliant manner. Speaking on the value of....
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