Bill Gates says crypto and NFTs are a sham比爾?蓋茨稱加密貨幣和NFT是個(gè)騙局
New York (CNN Business)Don’t count Bill Gates among the fans of cryptocurrencies and NFTs.紐約(CNN Business)不要把比爾?蓋茨算作加密貨幣和NFT的粉絲。
Those digital asset trends are “100% based on greater fool theory,” the Microsoft co-founder said Tuesday at a TechCrunch conference, referencing the notion that investors can make money on worthless or overvalued assets as long as people are willing to bid them higher.微軟聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人周二在TechCrunch會(huì)議上說,那些數(shù)字資產(chǎn)趨勢(shì)“100%基于更大的傻瓜理論”,此理論指的是只要人們?cè)敢獬龈邇r(jià),投資者就能在毫無價(jià)值或被高估的資產(chǎn)上賺錢的概念。
Gates added that he’s “not long or short” crypto. And he mocked Bored Apes NFTs, joking that “expensive digital images of monkeys” will “improve the world immensely.”蓋茨補(bǔ)充說,他“不看多也不看空”加密貨幣。他還嘲笑了無聊猿猴NFT,開玩笑說“昂貴的猴子數(shù)字圖像”將“極大地改善世界”。
Instead, Gates said he prefers old fashioned investing.相反,蓋茨說他更喜歡老式的投資。
“I’m used to asset classes, like a farm where they have output, or like a company where they make products,” he said.“我已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了資產(chǎn)類別,比如一個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng),他們有產(chǎn)出,或者像一個(gè)公司,他們制造產(chǎn)品,”他說。
His comments come as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are crashing. Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $69,000 in November 2021. Since then, the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency has lost two-thirds of its value, tumbling below $23,000 on Tuesday. It has lost about 25% of its value since Friday.他的評(píng)論是在比特幣和其他加密貨幣崩潰的時(shí)候發(fā)表的。比特幣在2021年11月創(chuàng)下了69,000美元的歷史新高。從那時(shí)起,這個(gè)世界上最有價(jià)值的加密貨幣已經(jīng)失去了三分之二的價(jià)值,周二跌破了23,000美元。自周五以來,它已經(jīng)損失了大約25%的價(jià)值。
Crypto exchange Coinbase announced that it’s laying off 18% of its employees as the digital currency market continues to crumble.隨著數(shù)字貨幣市場(chǎng)的持續(xù)崩潰,加密貨幣交易所Coinbase宣布裁減18%的員工。
Gates has previously doubted crypto. In a 2021 interview with Bloomberg, Gates said that it was one thing for Elon Musk and Tesla to invest in bitcoin, but that doesn’t mean average investors should follow that lead.蓋茨此前曾懷疑過加密貨幣。在2021年接受彭博社采訪時(shí),蓋茨說,埃隆?馬斯克和特斯拉投資比特幣是一回事,但這并不意味著普通投資者應(yīng)該跟隨這種做法。
“I do think people get bought into these manias, who may not have as much money to spare,” Gates said. “So I’m not bullish on bitcoin.”“我確實(shí)認(rèn)為,人們會(huì)陷于這種瘋狂,但他們可能沒有那么多閑錢,”蓋茨說?!八晕也⒉豢春帽忍貛拧!?/p>