2021-03-29 01:12:54
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Øystein Stray Spetalen, a Norwegian billionaire investor, announced that he bought bitcoin as well as invested in Norway’s largest bitcoin exchange just weeks after he viewed bitcoin as “meaningless”.
During the DNB Invest conference on March 18, Spetalen criticized bitcoin for its too much energy, environmental impact, and even suggested that bitcoin should be scrapped.
However, in a recent interview with a local media, Spetalen’s views on bitcoin changed dramatically, especially after he poured money into Norwegian crypto exchange Miraiex.
The billionaire investor stated in that interview “My stance on bitcoin has changed after I got into contact with the founders of the crypto exchanges I’m investing in.”
He also said that he is investing in bitcoin, an asset he never thought he would put money into.
The announcement of the investment received by billionaire Øystein Stray Spetalen, crypto exchange Miraiex said that “Actually we don’t need any capital at the moment for our operations, the main reason for this partnership is to scale up.”
“We don’t really need money, the billionaire Øystein Stray Spetalen investing in the floor is to help us grow faster”
Bitcoin in this bull season tripled its 2017 high of nearly $ 20k and is currently moving above $ 55k.
After recording a 50% one-day drop in March of last year, many critics called it the end of the bubble, claiming that bitcoin was “dying.”
However, the massive rise in bitcoin’s price that began in the last quarter of 2020 changed the mindset of today’s most powerful critics.
Most traditional banks including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs once said that bitcoin is too “volatile” … but now this cryptocurrency has become part of the financial system, many banks are offering. Crypto custodian services for their clients.
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