Bill Ackman, a prominent hedge fund manager and billionaire investor, now says cryptocurrency ass "hei fir ze bleiwen” and that the industry’s potential to be beneficial to society could be comparable to the impact of the internet and the telephone.
Ackman, the founder and CEO of hedge fund firm Pershing Square Capital Management, also went on to reveal some of his current crypto investments, including Helium, Goldfinch Finance and ORIGYN.
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an engem Twitter Fuedem posted early Monday, Ackman said:
"Ech war am Ufank e Krypto-Skeptiker, awer nodeems ech e puer vun den interessanten Krypto-Projeten studéiert hunn, sinn ech ukomm datt d'Krypto d'Bildung vun nëtzlechen Geschäfter an Technologien erméigleche kann, déi bis elo net erstallt kënne ginn."
Ackman says ‘crypto is here to stay’
According to the billionaire investor, crypto has and may continue to suffer from unethical promoters whose goal is to perpetuate “pump and dump schemes".
He suggests that indeed most projects could be fraudulent, with their native tokens providing nothing in the way of legitimate businesses.
Although his early outlook of crypto was that tokens did not offer any intrinsic value, seeing them as a “modern-day version of tulip mania”, that perspective has changed. He now thinks crypto is firmly a part of the global economy.
“I think crypto is here to stay and with proper oversight and regulation, it has the potential to greatly benefit society and grow the global economy.”
Ackman also believes proper regulation can help bring out the best of crypto, with the impact comparable to what the telephone and the internet have achieved so far.
"Trotz der Fäegkeet vu Krypto fir Bedruch z'erliichteren, mam Virdeel vu sënnvoller Regulatioun an Iwwerwaachung, kann d'Krypto-Technologie Potenzial fir e positiven gesellschaftlechen Impakt schlussendlech mat den Impakt vum Telefon an Internet op d'Wirtschaft an d'Gesellschaft vergläichen."
An example of positive crypto impact is what’s being achieved by the team at Helium.
Ackman also suggests a lot of good out of crypto is also possible if all legitimate participants within the industry get properly incentivized to expose unethical players.
If that doesn’t happen, the billionaire believes it could lead to regulatory interventions that end up setting the whole ecosystem back for generations.
The crypto ecosystem recently got hit by crypto exchange FTX’s collapse and its gebierteg Token‘s crash. After the implosion, observers have pointed to the unfortunate events as potentially very damaging for crypto. However, there’s also belief that it’s these turbulent events that might have to be navigated if crypto is establish itself in the global economy.
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