Bill Gates says Cryptocurrencies are leading to “death” and are very risky
In a recent Reddit AMA, Microsoft founder Bill Gates said that cryptocurrency is leading to “death,” because its anonymity makes it easier to buy controlled drugs such as fentanyl. Gates also said that speculation around the cryptocurrency more and more, they are becoming a very risky investment.
In AMA, Reddit user Askur1337 asks Gates: What do you think of cryptocurrencies?
Bill Gates response:
“The main feature of crypto currencies is their anonymity. I don’t think this is a good thing. The Governments ability to find money laundering and tax evasion and terrorist funding is a good thing. Right now crypto currencies are used for buying fentanyl and other drugs so it is a rare technology that has caused deaths in a fairly direct way. I think the speculative wave around ICOs and crypto currencies is super risky for those who go long.”
Some Reddit users do not like Gates’s response. User Suuperdad wrote: ”