Warren Buffett starts investing in start-ups

[ichai]

Today I read some interesting news that the Warren Buffett holding Berkshire Hathaway started investing in fintech start-ups for the first time, although they had never done this before and avoided such investments. As you know, Warren Buffett is an ardent opponent of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general. Do these investments say that the famous investor is starting to change his point of view not only about modern technologies but also about cryptocurrency in general?

You should add the link to that article. I am a fan of Warren Buffett. He really does not like technology, he's a classic. But it seems that his views have changed. He is investing in technology companies like Apple and he seems to be headed for Cryptocurrency.

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[arthotdog]

Today I read some interesting news that the Warren Buffett holding Berkshire Hathaway started investing in fintech start-ups for the first time, although they had never done this before and avoided such investments. As you know, Warren Buffett is an ardent opponent of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general. Do these investments say that the famous investor is starting to change his point of view not only about modern technologies but also about cryptocurrency in general?

Warren buffet is not anti cryptocurrency,he has just hes own outview about matters so if he might invest or not in this market it wasnt important because as what we all knew bitcoin and all the cryptocurrencies can stand and can grow even without warren buffet investments

[withlove99]

Today I read some interesting news that the Warren Buffett holding Berkshire Hathaway started investing in fintech start-ups for the first time, although they had never done this before and avoided such investments. As you know, Warren Buffett is an ardent opponent of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general. Do these investments say that the famous investor is starting to change his point of view not only about modern technologies but also about cryptocurrency in general?

Warren Buffett invests in fintech does not mean that he was interested in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.
I think it will be hard to change his opinion about cryptocurrency.

[calandra78]

he will lost anything about feature of technology when still hold they old mind about investment. i thing he star begining this one, then continues most popular on the world as blockchain, and change his mindset when he told about investment of cryptocurrency.

[ngm22585]

Warren Buffet is not even an "opponent" of bitcoin. Warren Buffet, Charlie Munger, Nouriel Roubini, and similar people are merely just background noise for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general.

Would that change their mind on their opinions regarding bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general? It's highly unlikely in my opinion. I don't think investors like Warren Buffet likes "investing" in stuff that are high-risk, as I'm pretty sure he has a hard time on trying to understand bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in the first place.

Didn't he infamously call bitcoin "rat poison"?

[Lmaooo]

Regarding that, I read this:

Mr. Buffett declined to comment on the Stone deal. “It’s entirely Todd’s,” said Debbie Bosanek, Mr. Buffett’s assistant, in an email. “He never comments on anything that Todd or Ted do. They have total autonomy.”

Maybe he himself isn't as open. Either way, just because they started investing at fintech doesn't mean they'll jump right into crypto. Fintech is already risky by their standards, it would seem, so I would expect them to only take one step at a time.

Either way, crypto doesn't need Warren Buffett's approval.

Warren Buffet is not even an "opponent" of bitcoin. Warren Buffet, Charlie Munger, Nouriel Roubini, and similar people are merely just background noise for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general.

Would that change their mind on their opinions regarding bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general? It's highly unlikely in my opinion. I don't think investors like Warren Buffet likes "investing" in stuff that are high-risk, as I'm pretty sure he has a hard time on trying to understand bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in the first place.

Oh come on, let the old man rest in peace The people whose says the bitcoin will never end up well, what more do you expect from him? This is all fake news. You should just forget about him because he's too old to understand the benefits of cryptocurrency, we don't need him on board, period.

[Gary Levanevskii]

Now, many companies want to use blockchain. They don’t want to spend a lot of time developing their own blockchain. It’s easier to invest in startups that suit them.

[chickenado]

Now, many companies want to use blockchain. They don’t want to spend a lot of time developing their own blockchain. It’s easier to invest in startups that suit them.

If you develop your  own block chain is these also mean that you will adopt into the mean stream ? If development of your own it is difficult if you're system don't adopt with the mainstream or in the existence.

[Al-e_x]

it's funny, and warren buffet is very unstable, like a child. first, he refused, hated, and even said that crypto is a bubble, not a good place for investment.

I'm sure, everyone who now hates crypto, they will recognize the crypto positive value in the future.

[SandraStark]

I also read that Warren Buffett has repeatedly stressed that the latest technology has interested him for a long time. In the future, a group of financier plans to significantly expand investment support for start-ups focused on launching intelligent platforms for financial transactions and storage of information. Today, the investment attractiveness of startups is growing at a rapid pace.Therefore, I am not surprised by the decision of Warren Buffett. Moreover, we all know very well about the future with AI))) Apparently now is the time for investing precisely in this direction in order to have power with AI in the future

[kotajikikox]

Good news warren buffet is number critics against bitcoin or cryptocurrency as general, hope his decision is good to help for cryptocurrencies to pump u again their price in themarket.

And also this not a fake news, this news can help to those people losing their faith about the capability of the bitcoin and the new digital currency for their future.

[franky1]

Didn't he infamously call bitcoin "rat poison"?

no
charlie munger called it rat poison years ago.

then recently. warren buffet made a smart remark.
the interview was 'when charlie munger called bitcoin 'rat poison' when it was $100, what would you say about it now its $10k'

the smart reply was ratpoison squared
(emphasis on the squared... think about it 100->10,000) if you dont get it
100x100(meaning 100 squared)=10,000

as for the rat poison.
in wall street and londons square mile. if your in the financial life, you are living in 'the rat race'

bitcoin poisons rats = bitcoin is poison to wall street traders (think of the positive spin on the meaning)

FIAT TRADE KIlLLER THATS VALUE HAS SQUARED SINCE LAST CALLED A FIAT TRADE KILLER

[KingScorpio]

Today I read some interesting news that the Warren Buffett holding Berkshire Hathaway started investing in fintech start-ups for the first time, although they had never done this before and avoided such investments. As you know, Warren Buffett is an ardent opponent of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general. Do these investments say that the famous investor is starting to change his point of view not only about modern technologies but also about cryptocurrency in general?

unfortunately for buffet,

he can't do much more with his money for startups from changing them looking amateuric towards looking more like expensive and wasteful ripple.

so its not great, for him

his money cant change a lot in the outcome of this market,

as the perfectionism bubble (ressource intensive and wasteful teams/projects) will also soon pop

regards

[Qurelal]

I think the opposite effect. Cryptocurrency affects people who are against. They begin to realize that it's inevitable and early use will be the best.

[bangkecol]

warren buffet must have a reason why he invests in the startup business, chances are he sure believes that the start-up business will experience rapid development in the future.

[maydna]

Today I read some interesting news that the Warren Buffett holding Berkshire Hathaway started investing in fintech start-ups for the first time, although they had never done this before and avoided such investments. As you know, Warren Buffett is an ardent opponent of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general. Do these investments say that the famous investor is starting to change his point of view not only about modern technologies but also about cryptocurrency in general?

I think he starts to open his mind to realize that bitcoin and cryptocurrency existed and I am sure as an investor, he will always search a new way of making more money. He cannot deny that cryptocurrency can give him more thousand dollars especially if invest his money with cryptocurrency. The investment section starts to change into a new form and right now, the investment does not come from traditional investment but also come from the digital investment. Ready or not, he should realize about this, and if he wants to make more money, then he should invest in cryptocurrency. I am sure that there are more famous investor people was investing in cryptocurrency, but they are "shy" to tells other people that they already invest in cryptocurrency.

[thankyoulord]

i dont know how true this information is but if it is true then its a good one for the cryptocurrency community as this means a great opponent of cryptocurrency has finally seen the importance and benefits cryptocurrency and blockchain has to offer to the world.

[Lucius]

I really can not find a connection between Buffett investing in StoneCo (Brazilian payments platform) and Paytm (Indian mobile payment platform) with any sign that he would invest in cryptocurrency. He has several times publicly expressed his opinion regarding BTC and I think this story should end back in 2014 when he say : "Stay away from it. It's a mirage, basically,"

We can all see how smart he was then when price was from 300$ to 700$, today is above 6000$ and it was 20 000 at the end of last year. How much profit a person is lost just because was listening WB? Let's take an example of a small investor who invest 3000$ and bought 10 BTC at the end of 2014, three years later the value of the investment was 200 000 $ - is that a mirage?

[millgates]

Cryptocurrency investment is very speculative, if they want to be serious to invest in cryptocurrency then they should ready to loss money in it. This investment type is very risky, they are don't like cryptocurrency, aren't they? . Actually this investment type is also profitable if they have big amount of money to manipulate/play with cryptocurrency price to gain profit in trading.

[boyptc]

There's no connection to it if he's into start ups.

He'll remain as he is because he's too old to understand the technology. He remains favorable with traditional investments.