Bill Gates says crypto and NFTs are a sham比爾?蓋茨稱加密貨幣和NFT是個騙局
New York (CNN Business)Don’t count Bill Gates among the fans of cryptocurrencies and NFTs.紐約（CNN Business）不要把比爾?蓋茨算作加密貨幣和NFT的粉絲。
Those digital asset trends are “100% based on greater fool theory,” the Microsoft co-founder said Tuesday at a TechCrunch conference, referencing the notion that investors can make money on worthless or overvalued assets as long as people are willing to bid them higher.微軟聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人周二在TechCrunch會議上說，那些數(shù)字資產(chǎn)趨勢“100%基于更大的傻瓜理論”，此理論指的是只要人們愿意出高價，投資者就能在毫無價值或被高估的資產(chǎn)上賺錢的概念。
Gates added that he’s “not long or short” crypto. And he mocked Bored Apes NFTs, joking that “expensive digital images of monkeys” will “improve the world immensely.”蓋茨補充說，他“不看多也不看空”加密貨幣。他還嘲笑了無聊猿猴NFT，開玩笑說“昂貴的猴子數(shù)字圖像”將“極大地改善世界”。
Instead, Gates said he prefers old fashioned investing.相反，蓋茨說他更喜歡老式的投資。
“I’m used to asset classes, like a farm where they have output, or like a company where they make products,” he said.“我已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了資產(chǎn)類別，比如一個農(nóng)場，他們有產(chǎn)出，或者像一個公司，他們制造產(chǎn)品，”他說。
His comments come as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are crashing. Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $69,000 in November 2021. Since then, the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency has lost two-thirds of its value, tumbling below $23,000 on Tuesday. It has lost about 25% of its value since Friday.他的評論是在比特幣和其他加密貨幣崩潰的時候發(fā)表的。比特幣在2021年11月創(chuàng)下了69,000美元的歷史新高。從那時起，這個世界上最有價值的加密貨幣已經(jīng)失去了三分之二的價值，周二跌破了23,000美元。自周五以來，它已經(jīng)損失了大約25%的價值。
Crypto exchange Coinbase announced that it’s laying off 18% of its employees as the digital currency market continues to crumble.隨著數(shù)字貨幣市場的持續(xù)崩潰，加密貨幣交易所Coinbase宣布裁減18%的員工。
Gates has previously doubted crypto. In a 2021 interview with Bloomberg, Gates said that it was one thing for Elon Musk and Tesla to invest in bitcoin, but that doesn’t mean average investors should follow that lead.蓋茨此前曾懷疑過加密貨幣。在2021年接受彭博社采訪時，蓋茨說，埃隆?馬斯克和特斯拉投資比特幣是一回事，但這并不意味著普通投資者應(yīng)該跟隨這種做法。
“I do think people get bought into these manias, who may not have as much money to spare,” Gates said. “So I’m not bullish on bitcoin.”“我確實認為，人們會陷于這種瘋狂，但他們可能沒有那么多閑錢，”蓋茨說?！八晕也⒉豢春帽忍貛?。”
