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    Home » Crypto News » Billionaire Ray Dalio Softens On Bitcoin, Says It’s A Gold Alternative

    Billionaire Ray Dalio Softens On Bitcoin, Says It’s A Gold Alternative

    Author: Jordan Lyanchev

    Last Updated Dec 11, 2020 @ 17:41

    Ray Dalio said that bitcoin could be a store of value similar to gold. Was Max Keiser right with his prediction that Dalio is a Bitcoiner in the making?

    Hedge fund manager and founder of Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio, seems to have softened his position on bitcoin. He went from dismissing BTC as a currency and store of value through a “what am I missing stage,” and most recently admitted that the cryptocurrency could be an alternative to gold.

    Ray Dalio’s Bitcoin Transformation

    The prominent investor and philanthropist has never displayed favoritism regarding bitcoin. Just the opposite, he has questioned BTC’s role as a store of value or as a currency, mainly relying on the notorious volatility. At Davos earlier this year, Dalio even said that the cryptocurrency fails the purposes of money.

    However, as the COVID-19 pandemic infiltrated the Western World and brought unexpected developments to global economies and numerous financial assets, the traditional investor started showing more interest in BTC.

    As the primary cryptocurrency started surging in value in the past few months, he admitted to his Twitter followers that he might be “missing something about Bitcoin.” Max Keiser classified this moment as a turning point and that we have seen the “education of a Bitcoiner.”

    During an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit yesterday, Dalio seemed more optimistic about bitcoin’s role in the monetary field. He even claimed that BTC could serve as an alternative to gold due to its merits:

    “I think that bitcoin (and some other digital currencies) have over the last ten years established themselves as interesting gold-like asset alternatives, with similarities and differences to gold and other limited-supply, mobile (unlike real estate) storeholds of wealth. So it could serve as a diversifier to gold and other such storeholds of wealth assets.”

    Raymond Dalio
    Ray Dalio. Source: CNBC

    Still Not Entirely Convinced

    Despite noting that bitcoin could be an alternative to gold, Dalio further explained that he still prefers the precious metal.

    He outlined his “strong preference for holding those things which central banks are going to hold and exchange value in when they are trying to transact,” suggesting that the cryptocurrency is still not such an asset.

    Nevertheless, he advised people who might want to allocate funds in bitcoin, or other limited supply and mobile assets, including stocks, to diversify wisely as “not a lot of people do that.”

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    Jordan got into crypto in 2016 by trading and investing. He began writing about blockchain technology in 2017. He has managed numerous crypto-related projects and is passionate about all things blockchain. Contact Jordan: LinkedIn

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