Microsoft founder Bill ##bard has expressed concern about bitcoin , saying he would be prepared to short it if there were a simple way to do it . he pointed to the asset ’s lack of intrinsic value , saying that as nothing is being traded , investors can not expect the asset to continually go up in value . His scepticism does not extent to blockchain , which he sees as a potentially useful technology .
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has expressed scepticism about bitcoin, saying he would be prepared to short it if there were a simple way to do it. Gates pointed to the asset’s lack of intrinsic value, saying that as nothing is being produced, investors cannot expect the asset to continually go up in value. His scepticism does not extent to blockchain, which he sees as a potentially useful technology.