Bitcoin may have rallied better than global stocks in 2020, but a veteran analyst still looks at the cryptocurrency as an asset without any value.
James Royal, senior reporter for investing and wealth management at Bankrate – a New York-based financial advisory portal, called Bitcoin worthless in the long-term because it does not generate cash flow to support its valuation.
The statements appeared as Mr. Royal compared Bitcoin to stocks in the context of their rallies this year. While both the markets rebounded sharply from their mid-March nadirs, Bitcoin outperformed its traditional counterparts with an explosive, 200 percent price surge.
Some financial experts rubbished supersonic assets growth by calling them a “bubble.” But for Mr. Royal, Bitcoin’s bubble is far more severe than the one made by the US stock market.
“Today stocks might be in a bubble, but most stocks are still well off their highs for the year, and it’s relatively few high-flying stocks (Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and others) that have held up the market as a whole,” the analyst stated.
In contrast, that is not the case with Bitcoin or other digital currencies, he added, saying that they are “the kind of assets that investing legend Warren Buffet won’t touch.” Excerpts:
“It’s these latter kinds of assets that have a greater chance to be in bubble territory because they don’t generate cash flow to support their valuations.”
Dissent
But most people who have involved themselves with Bitcoin lately think otherwise. Legendary hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones