Peter Thiel slams Warren Buffett as Bitcoin’s ‘enemy number one’

Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal and software technology firm Palantir, has blasted Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett as Bitcoins ‘number one enemy’.

Thiel’s comments about Buffet and others on an “enemies list” came at the Bitcoin 2022 conference held in Miami. In his keynote speech, Thiel said the person with the most negativity about cryptocurrency, and who does it in the most direct way is the American tycoon and investment guru.

According to the PayPal co-founder, it’s time to expose those working to prevent the adoption of Bitcoin, with the „sociopathic grandpa from Omaha“ – referring to Buffet – top of that list.

In one of his earliest remarks about Bitcoin, Buffet said it was “rat poison” and that he’d never own the cryptocurrency.

“Deeply political” choices 

Other than Buffett, Thiel criticized JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon and Larry Fink, the CEO of the world’s largest investment manager BlackRock.

He believes the lack of investments from these funds and banks is due to nothing else but institutional and political bias on Wall Street. According to him, most of the money and investment managers are ready to tout blockchain’s benefits, but when it comes to Bitcoin, then it’s worthless and risky.

They need to be allocating some of their money to bitcoin,” he noted, adding that the crypto community needed to “push back” for this to happen.

He calls the failure to allocate to bitcoin as a choice that’s just “deeply political” and not at all related to any understanding of the crypto.   

Thiel believes Bitcoin’s value will still rise exponentially in the future, with the community’s push against wrong narratives key to that happening. He said that that is what Bitcoin needs if it has to see another “10x or 100x from here.”

Bitcoin was trading around $43,000 on Friday, about 5% down in the past week. The cryptocurrency has retreated from highs of $48,000 as a drawdown in equities cascaded to the crypto market. In November 2021, Bitcoin surged to an all-time high above $69k.

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April Shopping list: 3 altcoins to consider right now

Nexo Logo on a black cell phone

As we start a brand-new month, the crypto market has looked quite good in recent weeks. Investor sentiment is now very positive, and we are starting to see most coins recover the losses at the beginning of the year. So, April is shaping up as a good buyer’s market, and here is why:

  • Most coins have bullish outlooks in the near and medium-term

  • The fears surrounding the conflict in Eastern Europe and fed rate hikes are now priced in.

  • Investors are ending the wait-and-see attitude and jumping back into the market.

With these factors in mind, we thought it would be great to create a list of possible altcoins that you can consider this April. Here it is:

Hedera (HBAR)

Hedera (HBAR) was one of the top-performing coins in the last two weeks of March. But we have seen a sharp fall ever since. This could suggest that the coin has in fact gone through the correction you would expect after a major rally.

Downside risks are therefore relatively low compared to other coins. For this reason, HBAR is a decent buy for April, and with improved sentiment in the market, it’s only a matter of time before it resumes its bull run.

Waves (WAVES)

Just like HBAR, Waves (WAVES) has also seen a substantial correction after an unprecedented rally. The coin has in fact lost around 46% over the last 7 days. Although this is not always a good sign, it’s still an expected outcome given the kind of rally we saw with WAVES.

Nexo (NEXO)

The good thing about Nexo (NEXO) is the fact that it’s been quite steady in recent weeks. Although the coin has surged upwards, it appears to be consolidating gains, and we have not seen any major sharp fall. This could suggest that there is more potential for more positive gains.

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PancakeSwap (CAKE) can flip this resistance to support – Here is why this is a huge deal

PancakeSwap (CAKE) has shown remarkable strength heading into April. The coin added nearly 60% of its value in the last two weeks or so. If this rise continues, CAKE could in fact flip a crucial overhead resistance zone into support. This will be a huge deal. Here are some of the details:

  • CAKE has faced major resistance around $11 as it looks to maintain its upward trend.

  • The coin has been rejected severally at that price and has since fallen sharply

  • CAKE is likely going to try and target $11 in the coming days.

Data Source: TradingView 

PancakeSwap (CAKE) – Can $11 become support?

If bulls are able to transform the $11 resistance into support, then CAKE has the potential of seeing a major bullish breakout. The DEX coin has tried severally to break past this zone over the last few days but has been rejected firmly. 

As a result, CAKE has fallen sharply in fact, it was down nearly 13% over the last 24 hours. We expect CAKE bulls to try and retest the $11 mark in the days ahead. If indeed they are successful in smashing past it, then we could see the token hit $15 in the near term. 

This will be a gain of nearly 90% from its current price. But if $11 becomes a bridge too far for the coin, CAKE will likely fall back to $8.32 or thereabout before the next bull run.

Should you buy CAKE now?

Well, as a rule, you don’t want to buy any coin when it’s very close to resistance. The downside risks are just very high. A good play here will be to wait and see if the $11 is breached. 

If this happens, then you can buy in and ride the wave. Also, if CAKE is rejected at $11 again, wait for the pullback and enter at $6 or thereabout.

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Mexican billionaire Salinas Pliego says Bitcoin accounts for 60% of his liquid portfolio

  • Bitcoin makes up 60% of Ricardo Salinas Pliego’s liquid portfolio
  • Mexico’s third-richest person calls bonds ‚a terrible investment‘. 
  • The TV Azteca CEO says he has 40% of his investment in oil and gold.

Billionaire Ricard Salinas Pliego, the third wealthiest individual in Mexico per Forbes‘ latest rich list, has revealed Bitcoin makes up the largest portion of his liquid portfolio.

Salinas, who has previously urged investors to have at least part of their portfolios in the benchmark cryptocurrency, was speaking at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami on Thursday.

I have a liquid portfolio. I have 60% in Bitcoin and Bitcoin equities, and then 40% in hard asset stocks like oil and gas and gold miners. And that’s where I am,“ the Grupo Elektra chairman noted.

Going by the remarks, Salinas Pliego’s total Bitcoin and related products‘ holdings have increased significantly over the past two years. In 2020, the Mexican billionaire said he had about 10% of his portfolio in BTC.

Like then, his latest comments suggest Bitcoin is a better investment than holding government bonds.

I definitely don’t have any bonds,“ he said on a panel at the conference. He went on to call bonds „a terrible investment,“ that he wouldn’t touch even with a „10-foot pole.“

With bonds headed for their worst returns in over seven decades amid central bank monetary tightening and interest rate hikes, Salinas says Bitcoin presents a better asset. On bonds‘ performance, he said:

It’s just the worst thing. I mean, the best thing that can happen to you is you get back your $100. That’s the best thing that can happen.“

Salinas is also the owner of one of Mexico’s leading broadcasters in TV Azteca. His net worth is around $12.9 billion.

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