{"id":184345,"date":"2023-10-31T15:36:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T10:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=184345"},"modified":"2023-10-31T15:36:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T10:06:22","slug":"why-this-70-year-old-billionaire-wants-to-own-bitcoin-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/why-this-70-year-old-billionaire-wants-to-own-bitcoin-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why This 70-Year-Old Billionaire Wants To Own Bitcoin &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller recently gave his two cents on Bitcoin, acknowledging the asset\u2019s growth and popularity over the past 17 years. While speaking at an interview with billionaire Paul Tudor Jones, Druckenmiller compared Bitcoin to gold, noting its evolution into a <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/crypto-community-argues-on-bitcoin-capacity-as-a-hedge-against-inflation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">recognizable brand and investment vehicle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Druckenmiller admits he doesn\u2019t actually own any BTC as of the moment, but he\u2019s been closely following it and thinks it could be an attractive investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Druckenmiller Sees Bitcoin And Gold As Stores of Value<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bitcoin has long been hailed by financial analysts as the <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/why-paul-tudor-jones-prefers-bitcoin-over-gold-to-hedge-against-inflation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ideal asset for hedging against inflation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and storing value. Some have dubbed the cryptocurrency as the 21st century\u2019s digital gold because of its low correlation with stocks, and Druckenmiller doesn\u2019t disagree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stanley Druckenmiller is the founder and former chairman of Duquesne Capital, and as a 70-year-old billionaire investor, he has seen a lot of financial trends come and go over the decades. But recently, he\u2019s become fascinated with BTC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the interview with Paul Tudor Jones, Druckenmiller stated that BTC has been particularly popular as a reputable brand because of its appeal to younger investors. The billionaire made this note while comparing Bitcoin to gold, the age-long store of value.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m 70 years old, I own gold. I was surprised that Bitcoin got going, but it\u2019s clear that the young people look at it as a store of value because it\u2019s a lot easier to do stuff with. And 17 years, to me, it\u2019s a brand.\u201d Druckenmiller said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stanley Druckenmiller is one of the most successful hedge fund managers on Wall Street and is worth $6,200,000,000.<\/p>\n<p>He says, \u201cYoung people look at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bitcoin<\/a> as a store of value. It\u2019s a brand. I like it. I dont own any, but I should\u201d<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DXjrnvE1Qc\">pic.twitter.com\/DXjrnvE1Qc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Documenting \u20bfitcoin \ud83d\udcc4 (@DocumentingBTC) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DocumentingBTC\/status\/1719087893061181649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It would seem the billionaire hasn\u2019t invested in Bitcoin yet mainly because of the lack of clear regulation in the crypto industry. Druckenmiller said that he had previously held BTC. However, he sold them in 2022 because of restrictive policies imposed by central banks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI like gold because it\u2019s a 5,000-year-old brand, but the young people have all the money,\u201d Druckenmiller said. \u201cSo, I like them both. I don\u2019t own any Bitcoin to be frank, but I should.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Druckenmiller\u2019s History With BTC<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This isn\u2019t the first time Druckenmiller has <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-narrowly-escapes-sell-off-after-druckenmillers-endorsement\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">made positive comments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about the crypto industry. <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/these-3-wall-street-billionaires-recently-supported-bitcoin\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Back in an interview in 2021,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> he likened Bitcoin to gold. He also predicted then that Ethereum could flip Bitcoin as smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain spiked in popularity. <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/crypto-has-a-bright-future-billionaire-says\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2022<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, he said people could turn to crypto as more people lose faith in central banks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Investors like <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/this-is-why-druckenmiller-and-tudor-jones-changed-their-mind-on-bitcoin\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Druckenmiller and Jones have always praised<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Bitcoin, but others like Warren Buffet have been pessimistic. <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/bitcoin-critic-warren-buffett-slams-btc\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buffet slammed BTC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in a CNBC interview in April this year, calling it a \u201cgambling token.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the other hand, Bitcoin has been named as the <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/bitcoin-news\/bitcoin-dominates-2023-surges-past-stocks-and-bonds-with-63-ytd-growth\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">best-performing asset class<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> this year, outperforming stocks, bonds, commodities, and REITs. BTC is trading at $34,195 at the time of writing and is looking to <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/news\/bitcoin\/historical-bitcoin-halving-cycles\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">break above<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a resistance at $35,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">BTC price shows strength | Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/Tradingview.com\">BTCUSD on Tradingview.com<\/a><\/pre>\n<p>Featured image from Shutterstock, chart from Tradingview.com<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller recently gave his two cents on Bitcoin, acknowledging the asset\u2019s growth and popularity over the past 17 years. While speaking at an interview with billionaire Paul Tudor Jones, Druckenmiller compared Bitcoin to gold, noting its evolution into a recognizable brand and investment vehicle.\u00a0 Druckenmiller admits he doesn\u2019t actually own any BTC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[235,203,210,234,231,232,237,238,236,233],"class_list":["post-184345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto-currency","tag-elon-musk","tag-ethereum","tag-hyperledger","tag-ibm","tag-mining","tag-nodes","tag-spacex","tag-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184348,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184345\/revisions\/184348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}