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Bitcoin Critic Charlie Munger Says Crypto Should Be Banned

  • Buffett’s partner speaks at Daily Journal’s annual meeting
  • He sees more opportunity investing in Chinese companies

Charlie Munger

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Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner, called out the “wretched excess” in both venture capital and Bitcoin, and said that cryptocurrencies should be banned.

“I wish it had been banned immediately, and I admire the Chinese for banning it,” Munger said Wednesday at Daily Journal Corp.’s annual meeting, which was held virtually. “I certainly didn’t invest in crypto. I’m proud of the fact I’ve avoided it. It’s like a venereal disease or something. I just regard it as beneath contempt.”