Billionaire investor David Rubenstein said bitcoin isn’t going away, citing “enormous interest” in the longstanding cryptocurrency. 

“There’s enormous interest around the world, and to be able to have something you can transfer without having the government knowing about it, and keep it private. You can say people shouldn’t do that, but that’s not going to stop people from doing it,” Rubenstein said on Tuesday on Bloomberg Television. 

Rubenstein, who is the co-founder of private investment firm The Carlyle Group, also said he wished he would have bought in on bitcoin early on. 

While some people once made fun of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, Rubenstein noted that big names such as BlackRock and Fidelity have now thrown in their hats to apply with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund. 

“So you’re saying wait a second, if the mighty BlackRock is willing to have an ETF in bitcoin, maybe bitcoin is going to be around for a while,” Rubenstein said. 

© 2023 The Block Crypto, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

免责声明：本文章仅代表作者个人观点，不代表本平台的立场和观点。本文章仅供信息分享，不构成对任何人的任何投资建议。用户与作者之间的任何争议，与本平台无关。如网页中刊载的文章或图片涉及侵权，请提供相关的权利证明和身份证明发送邮件到support@aicoin.com，本平台相关工作人员将会进行核查。