Bill Gates Says He Would ‘Short Bitcoin’ If He Could

New York (May 8)  The popular cryptocurrency bitcoin is just a “greater fool theory” that doesn’t produce anything and “if there was an easy way to do it,” Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says he would short bitcoin.

Gates revealed his thoughts about the digital currency to CNBC on Monday, saying that bitcoin is purely speculative.

“I would short [bitcoin] if there was an easy way to do it,” he said. “As an asset class, you're not producing anything and so you shouldn't expect it to go up. It's kind of a pure 'greater fool theory' type of investment.”

Gates admitted that he was once given bitcoin as a birthday present, but chose not to keep it as an investment, selling the cryptocurrency a few years after that.

Microsoft co-founder’s comments were made on the sidelines of the Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, where billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman Charlie Munger criticized bitcoin, calling it “worthless, artificial gold.”

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