Here's why this billionaire investor predicts cryptocurrencies will 'go to zero'

Thestreet2021-08-30

Billionaire investor John Paulson had harsh words for cryptocurrencies Monday, calling digital currencies "a limited supply of nothing." Paulson, co-founder of Carlyle Group who became famous in 2007 ...

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Zified
2021-08-31
Zified
Ok
replaygoh
2021-08-31
replaygoh
nonsense
- Zified:
  Ok
- adonis123:
  DYODD
Huatkor
2021-08-31
Huatkor
Things that are build on nothing will return to nothing.
- SR050321:
  Yup
Dreamchaser9
2021-08-31
Dreamchaser9
Ok
来人
2021-08-31
来人
Sell? ?
Gaga71
2021-08-31
Gaga71
Really?

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