Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has said high volatility means itâs too early for the bank to consider a bitcoin strategy.
In an interview with Bloomberg on Nov. 30, Blankfein said, if a cryptocurrency can rise or fall 20 percent in a day, it âdoesnât feel like a currency, doesnât feel like a store of value.â
He continued:
âIf it works out â and it gets more established, and it trades more like a store of value, and it doesnât move up and down 20 percent, and there is liquidity to it â weâll get to it.â
Blankfeinâs comments follow recent statements from Goldman Sachsâs global head of commodities research, Jeff Currie, who said on Wednesday that bitcoin is a commodity similar to gold, adding that the lack of liquidity is driving its volatility.
Last month, Blankfein also said that he is âopen to bitcoin.â However, he indicated he still has a âlevel of discomfortâ with the cryptocurrency, as he does with anything new â a stance that was echoed in Wednesdayâs Bloomberg interview.
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