{"id":135993,"date":"2020-12-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bitcoin-is-more-religion-than-solution-says-billionaire-mark-cuban\/"},"modified":"2020-12-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T21:00:00","slug":"bitcoin-is-more-religion-than-solution-says-billionaire-mark-cuban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bitcoin-is-more-religion-than-solution-says-billionaire-mark-cuban\/","title":{"rendered":"# Bitcoin is ‘more religion than solution,’ says billionaire Mark Cuban"},"content":{"rendered":"

“# Bitcoin is ‘more religion than solution,’ says billionaire Mark Cuban <\/strong>”
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Mark Cuban, the billionaire who once said that bananas are a better medium of exchange than Bitcoin\u00a0(BTC), has doubled down on his view that the asset is more like a collectible than a reliable financial instrument.<\/p>\n

In a Forbes interview conducted<\/a> on Dec. 8, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said that crypto users should not look to Bitcoin as “a hedge against doomsday scenarios.” He also believes that the crypto asset is unlikely to replace fiat currency anytime soon.<\/p>\n

“[Bitcoin is] a store of value like gold that is more religion than solution to any problem,” said Cuban. “Countries will take steps to protect their currencies and their ability to tax, so the more people believe this is anything more than a store of value, the more risk of government intervention they face.”<\/p>\n

Cuban’s comments came when the price of Bitcoin was under $19,000. The asset has since reached new all-time highs, rising above $20,000 for the first time in history and trading above $23K at time of publication.<\/p>\n

The billionaire claimed commodities like bananas offered more benefits than Bitcoin, but still recognized it as an “investable asset”:<\/p>\n

“A banana has more utility, potassium is a valuable nutrient to every person on the planet, but as long as people accept BTC as a digital version of gold, it\u2019s investable.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mark Cuban has an estimated net worth of $4.2 billion. He claimed to own roughly $130 in Bitcoin as of August 2019 from the franchise\u2019s merchandise and ticket purchases. Given the BTC price stayed under $12,000 that month, Cuban\u2019s crypto assets could easily have doubled if he HODLed.<\/p>\n