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The Chief Executive Officer of JP Morgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, stated his beliefs on Bitcoin in an interview with media outlet CNBC noting that “Bitcoin itself is hyped-up fraud. It’s a pet rock.”
During the interview, Dimon also talked about the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, which went bankrupt in November last year.
“I’m not surprised at all. I call them a decentralized Ponzi scheme. The hype around these things has been extraordinary,” said Dimon, referring to FTX.
Dimon recapitulated his uncertainty about Bitcoin’s 21 million supply cap and suggested that the pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto could remove that limit.
“How do you know it’s going to stop at 21 million? Maybe it’s going to get to 21 million, and Satoshi’s picture is going to come up and laugh at you all … and by then, Satoshi would have taken out billions of dollars,” he added.
JP Morgan became the first multinational bank to start its services by launching Onyx lounge in Decentraland. However, the JP Morgan boss is bullish on blockchain technology.
Dimon underlines that “crypto itself doesn’t do anything. It’s a pet rock.” “I don’t care about Bitcoin, so we should drop this subject,” Dimon added.
It is not the first time Dimon criticized Bitcoin. Earlier on…
