Ray Dalio, the founder of the worldâs largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, has offered a more positive stance on bitcoin than in comments that made headlines last month.
In a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Tuesday, Dalio said he thought bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies had âestablished themselvesâ over the last 10 years and were interesting âgold-like asset alternatives.â
The billionaire hedge-fund manager also noted that cryptocurrencies share similarities and differences to gold and various âlimited-supply, mobile (unlike real estate) storeholds of wealth.â
Bitcoin âcould serve as a diversifier to gold and other such storehold of wealth assets,â said Dalio. âThe main thing is to have some of these type of assets ⦠including stocks, in oneâs portfolio and to diversify among them.â
Dalio comments are a deviation from a month ago when he said there are three main problems with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies: a lack of venues accepting digital assets as payment, price volatility and the potential for governments to âoutlawâ them.
During the AMA, Dalio also said, when comparing bitcoin to gold, he had a âstrong preferenceâ for assets which central banks will want to hold and use to exchange value.
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