Billionaire Ken Griffin Admits He Was Wrong About Bitcoin

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켄 그리핀은 과거 비트코인 회의론에서 입장을 바꿔 올해 Citadel이 디지털 자산 시장조성(마켓메이킹)에 나설 것이라고 밝힌다. 그리핀은 시장이 지정학적 갈등으로 매우 변동성 큰 전환점에 있다고 진단했다. 과거 2017년 그는 비트코인이 네덜란드 튤립 버블과 유사하다며 버블은 눈물로 끝난다고 경고했었다. 당시 비트코인은 약 1만 달러 수준이었다. 이번 인터뷰에서 그는 자신이 그동안 회의론 진영에 있었고 틀렸다고 인정했다. 현재 암호화폐 시가총액은 약 2조 달러로 자신의 예측이 빗나갔다고 말했다. 다만 여전히 회의적이지만 기관과 투자자의 포트폴리오 배분 문제를 돕기 위해 암호화폐 마켓메이커 역할을 진지하게 고려해야 한다고 밝혔다. Citadel은 2022년 1월 Sequoia Capital, Paradigm으로부터 11.5억 달러 외부 투자를 받았고 기업가치는 220억 달러로 평가됐다. 영상은 러시아 루블 급락과 제재 영향을 다룬다. 러시아 거래소에서 비트코인이 시장가보다 최대 2만 달러 높게 거래된다는 보도를 소개한다. 진행자는 러시아 제재를 피하기 위해 미국도 비트코인을 활용할 것이라는 시나리오를 제시하며 비트코인이 정치적으로 중립적인 대안이라고 주장한다. 영상은 비트코인 매수를 권유하며 이것이 금융 조언이 아니라고 덧붙인다. 그리핀은 이더리움 기반 자산이 환경 영향이 큰 비트코인을 대체할 것이라고도 언급했다.

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01. citadel founder ken griffin has backtracked on his anti-crypto stance and wants his firm to offer digital assets to its clients this year ken griffin founded and runs citadel a chicago-based hedge fund firm that manages roughly 39 billion dollars in assets speaking on bloomberg wealth with david rubenstein citadel founder ken griffin commented on the current state of markets in light of recent geopolitical conflicts stating that they are at a very volatile inflection point when the interview turned to digital assets griffin who has previously worn the younger generation away from them and said there's no need for cryptocurrencies revealed that the firm would be engaging in crypto asset markets this year it's fair to assume that over the months to come you will see us engage in making markets in cryptocurrencies it's quite the turnaround from november 2017 when griffin said bitcoin right now has many of the elements of the cuba bold mania we saw back hundreds of years ago in holland at the time when bitcoin was trading around ten thousand dollars he added these bubbles tend to end in tears and i worry about how this bubble might end welcome to savvy finance if you find this video informative please consider smashing the like button also we want to use this opportunity to once again thank all our viewers and subscribers for sticking with us we appreciate you more than words can express thank you during the bloomberg wealth interview griffin acknowledged that he was wrong to have been in the naysayer camp with regard to digital assets crypto has been one of the great stories in finance over the course of the last 15 years he stated before adding and i'll be clear i've been in the naysayer camp over that period of time the crypto market today has a market capitalization of about two trillion dollars in round numbers which tells you that i haven't been right on this call he said that he was still skeptical but there are hundreds and millions of people in this world today who disagree with that to the extent that we're trying to help institutions and investors solve their portfolio allocation problems we have to give serious consideration to being a market maker in crypto citadel analyzes global markets employing a range of strategies to deliver market-leading investment returns to its capital partners griffin wants the firm to encompass crypto assets into these strategies over the coming months in january citadel securities announced its first outside investment worth 1.15 billion dollars from two prominent crypto venture capital firms sequoia capital and paradigm citadel which currently has around 38 billion dollars in assets under management was valued at 22 billion dollars following investments the billionaire investor did go on to top the properties of ethereum however opining that assets based on ethereum will eventually replace bitcoin which has a greater environmental impact meanwhile in other news russians are paying up to twenty thousand dollars above market rate to buy bitcoin sanctions bite are leading to the collapse of the ruble data suggests russians are turning to bitcoin to protect themselves from the fallout media outlet defyprime.com noted bitcoin is trading for up to twenty thousand dollars above the market rate on russian exchanges tensions between neighboring russia and ukraine erupted in war last week the resultant sanctions have excluded some russian banks from the swift global payment network since then the ruble has some to record lows against the dollar with one ruble currently worth 0.01 in response the russian central bank has raised rates to 20 percent in a bid to counter hyperinflationary pressures we can boldly say that the adoption of the bitcoin standard is unfolding as we speak imagine if the russian ruble was the global reserve currency and their version of swift which is called spfs was the globally dominant interbank messaging system used for transactions then imagine russia tried to impose sanctions on the united states by cutting them off from their sbfs system the u.s would then have two main incentives one trade in a politically neutral alternative currency to the russian ruble two use a politically neutral uncensorable alternative to spf fest for global transactions and trade bitcoin would be that answer it is the only politically neutral solution if the tables were flipped and it was the u.s trying to get out from under russian sanctions then the u.s would be quietly integrating bitcoin into their financial system behind the scenes ready for a transition to a digital financial system free from politics that's likely exactly what russia is doing today while we pray for a speedy end to the war in ukraine we also urge everyone to go start buying bitcoin if they are yet to do so many recent occurrences in the world has shown that the best way to protect yourself financially is by having your own bitcoin in your own private wallet free from government seizure and sanctions this is not a financial advice but please go buy some bitcoin thanks for watching and stay savvy till our next video you