Jamie Dimon ütleb, et kaitseb pärast hinnapumpa teie õigust Bitcoini osta

JPMorgani tegevjuht Jamie Dimon usub, et kodanikel peaks olema täielik õigus osta Bitcoini (BTC), kui nad seda soovivad – isegi kui see on kuritegeliku tegevuse varjupaik.

“I defend your right to smoke a cigarette, [and] I’ll defend your right to buy a Bitcoin,” ütles Dimon at the Australian Financial Review summit in Sydney, according to the Financial Review.

Kas Jamie Dimon keelaks ikkagi Bitcoini?

The executive’s words starkly contrast with what he told the Senate Banking Committee in December, märkides “If I were the government, I’d close it down,” regarding crypto.

Sel ajal väitis ta, et digitaalse valuuta esmased kasutusjuhtumid hõlmavad uimastikaubandust, rahapesu, maksudest kõrvalehoidmist, seksikaubandust ja muud sarnast – seda veendumust, mida ta jätkab. "Kui valitsused seda kõike vaatavad, miks nad sellega leppivad?" küsis ta sel nädalal uuesti.

He isn’t alone in his views: many high-profile Democrat politicians including Senator Elizabeth Warren and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler have nimetatud drug trafficking and terrorist financing among Bitcoin’s chief trading purposes.

Recent data from the on-chain intelligence platform Chainalysis indicates that illicit crypto transaction volume took up 0.34% of all volume last year. Critics like former SEC enforcement leader John Reed Stark vaielda et Chainalysisil on vigane metoodika ja krüptopõhine kuritegevus on suurusjärgus suurem kui traditsioonilises rahanduses.

Isegi mikrostrateegia CEO Michael Saylor – one of the world’s largest owners of Bitcoin – claims most of the “anathema” surrounding Bitcoin surrounds its characterization as a currency, rather than property.

"See ei pea olema valuuta," ütles Saylor esmaspäeval CNBC-le antud intervjuus. "Keegi ei ürita osta tassi kohvi, mille eest on osa oma hoonest Fifth Avenue'l."

Bitcoin on endiselt halb investeering, ütleb Dimon

Since Dimon’s congressional testimony, a large share of Bitcoin trading activity has moved onto traditional rails via newly launched Bitcoin spot ETFs in the United States. The ETFs have since imendub over $10 billion in net inflows, and the asset’s price is above its former $69,000 all-time high.

Sellest hoolimata näeb Dimon Bitcoini siiski pisut enamat kui lemmikloomakivi.

"Ma ei ole nii kindel, kas maailm on nii turvaline või riskivaba koht," ütles ta Bitcoini ja kulla viimaste kasumite kohta, uskudes, et mõlemad võivad sattuda spekulatiivsesse mulli.

"Ma isiklikult ei osta kunagi Bitcoini ja ma arvan, et see on risk, kui olete ostja," lisas ta.