。Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the Fed prefers to call crypto coins “crypto assets,” because their volatility undermines their ability to store value, a basic function of a currency. “They're highly volatile, see Bitcoin, and therefore not really useful as a store of value. They're more of an asset for speculation. So they're also not particularly in use as a means of payment. It's essentially a substitute for gold rather than for the dollar." ---Bloomberg
。Hester Pierce, Commissioner, US Securities and Exchange Commission;"Regulators in some jurisdictions will try to curtail activity in this space, but because of its nature as a peer-to-peer technology, that's a very difficult thing to do. It's far wiser for regulators to spend their time thinking about allowing crypto to interact with our traditional legacy financial system. That's a much better way for regulators then to get to know the technology and to get to know this asset class." ---Bloomberg.com
。Elon Musk, who briefly became the wealthiest person in the world in January 2021, previously called Bitcoin’s design “brilliant” back in 2019 and has recently made his support for the digital currency public. Furthermore, his company, Tesla, has also announced the purchase of $1.5 billion in BTC, which makes up 7.7% of Tesla’s gross cash position and roughly 15% of the net cash position.--- Coinmarketcap.com
。Michael Saylor, CEO, Microstrategy Inc “Bitcoin is less risky than holding cash, less risky than holding gold.” Other private and public companies will likely get into Bitcoin in the next three to six months, he predicted. “It will probably be private companies first, because they don' t have as much inertia. The public companies our size, then mid-sized companies. Volatility isn't really a reason to sell. Right now this is the only thing we can find with a positive real yield."---Bloomberg.com
。The Carlyle Group’s co-founder, billionaire David Rubenstein, says that the idea of the government stopping cryptocurrency from being something that investors want is unrealistic.The Carlyle Group, a private equity, asset management, and financial services corporation. In 2015, Carlyle was the world’s largest private equity firm by capital raised over the previous five years, according to the PEI 300 index. David Rubenstein believes that cryptocurrency is here to stay. It’s not going away as “It’s clearly something that the market wants,” he said.Rubenstein said: “Crypto has come from nowhere to be a force in the market. It’s in effect a gold substitute for some. … It’s here to stay. Cryptocurrency is not going away, just like gold is not going away.” He added. ---Bitcoin.com
。Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman says he has given up predicting the imminent demise of bitcoin. The economist now suggests thinking of the cryptocurrency "as a cult that can survive indefinitely." Nonetheless, Krugman still believes that bitcoin has no fundamentals---Bitcoin.com
。The legendary hedge fund billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller announced during a television interview that he put money into Bitcoin. In the November 2020 interview, Druckenmiller said the cryptocurrency could be "better" than gold."Bitcoin could be an asset class that has a lot of attraction as a store of value to both millennials and the new West Coast money and, as you know, they got a lot of it," Druckenmiller told CNBC "It’s been around for 13 years and with each passing day it picks up more of its stabilization as a brand.""Frankly, if the gold bet works the bitcoin bet will probably work better because it’s thinner, more illiquid and has a lot more beta to it," he added---the-sun.com
。 Jack Dorsey，Twitter and Square Inc founder, is a Bitcoin enthusiast and has said he believes the internet will have its own currency in the future.Square said in October 2020, that it had bought around 4,700 Bitcoins for $50million. ---CNBC
。Mike Novogratz, billionaire, Chairman, Galaxy Digital Holdings "That existential threat of Bitcoin not being real is gone. Every institution in the world is participating and so it’s an asset class."---Bloomberg.com
The following two items were added at later hours of May 26:
。Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Fund said he holds bitcoin and he would prefer bitcoin over bond.---Coingape.com
。Carl Icahn, billionaire said his firm is planning to get involve in cryptos in a big way, about $100 millions to $1 billion. His firm has $23 billions under management. He said as investors worry over inflation, bitcoin is here to stay. ---Bloomberg.com
。美联储主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔（Jerome Powell）表示，美联储更喜欢将加密硬币称为“加密资产”，因为其波动性削弱了其存储价值的能力，而价值是货币的基本功能。 “它们极易波动，请看比特币，因此作为价值存储并没有真正的用处。他们更是一种投机资产。因此，它们也没有特别用作付款方式。它实质上是黄金的替代品，而不是美元的替代品。” ---彭博社
。美国证券交易委员会专员海斯特·皮尔斯（Hester Pierce）；“某些司法管辖区的监管机构将试图减少这一领域的活动，但是由于其作为点对点技术的性质，这是一件非常困难的事情。对于监管机构而言，明智的做法是花时间考虑允许加密货币与我们的传统遗留金融系统进行交互。对于监管机构而言，这是更好的了解技术并了解此类资产类别的好方法。” ---Bloomberg.com
。埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）于2021年1月短暂地成为世界上最富有的人，此前曾在2019年将比特币的设计称为“辉煌”，最近又公开支持数字货币。此外，他的公司特斯拉还宣布购买15亿美元的BTC，占特斯拉总现金头寸的7.7％，约占净现金头寸的15％。--- Coinmarketcap.com
。Microstrategy Inc.首席执行官Michael Saylor“比特币比持有现金风险要低，比持有黄金的风险要低。”他预测，其他私人和上市公司可能会在未来三到六个月内采用比特币。 “首先可能是私营公司，因为它们没有那么大的惯性。像我们大小的上市公司，然后是中型公司。波动并不是卖出的理由。现在，这是我们唯一能找到正收益率的东西。” --- Bloomberg.com
。凯雷投资集团的联合创始人，亿万富翁戴维·鲁宾斯坦（David Rubenstein）说，政府阻止加密货币成为投资者想要的东西的想法是不现实的。凯雷投资集团是一家私募股权，资产管理和金融服务公司。根据PEI 300指数，按过去五年的募集资金计算，2015年凯雷是全球最大的私募股权公司。大卫·鲁宾斯坦（David Rubenstein）认为加密货币将继续存在。他说：“显然，这是市场想要的东西。”鲁本斯坦说：“加密货币无处不在，成为市场上的一支力量。实际上，它是黄金的替代品。加密货币不会消失，就像黄金不会消失一样。”他加说。 ---Bitcoin.com
。诺贝尔经济学奖得主保罗·克鲁格曼（Paul Krugman）说，他已经放弃了对即将到来的比特币消亡的预测。现在，他建议将加密货币视为“可以无限期生存的邪教”。尽管如此，克鲁格曼仍然认为比特币没有基本面。---Bitcoin.com
。传奇的对冲基金亿万富翁斯坦利·德鲁肯米勒（Stanley Druckenmiller）在电视采访中宣布，他将资金投入了比特币。在2020年11月的采访中，德鲁肯米勒（Druckenmiller）表示，加密货币可能比黄金“更好”。，他们得到了很多。” Druckenmiller告诉CNBC，“它已经存在13年了，而且随着时间的流逝，它作为一个品牌的地位越来越稳定。”“坦率地说，如果黄金的投资成功，那么比特币投资可能会更好，因为它的市场还不是很大，流动性低，并且具有更大的波动率“ 他补充说---the-sun.com
。Jack Dorsey，Twitter和Square Inc的创始人，是比特币爱好者，并表示，他相信互联网将拥有自己的货币。Square于2020年10月表示，已以5,000万美元的价格购买了约4,700个比特币。 --- CNBC
。银河数码控股公司董事长，亿万富翁迈克·诺沃格拉茨（Mike Novogratz）“那种比特币不真实的生存威胁已经消失了。世界上每个机构都参与其中，因此它是一项资产类别。” --- Bloomberg.com
下面两项是在5月26日晚些时加进的：
。布里奇沃特基金（Bridgewater Fund）的雷戴利奥（Ray Dalio）说，他持有比特币，并且他宁愿持有比特币而不是债券。---Coingape.com
。亿万富翁卡尔·伊坎（Carl Icahn）表示，他的公司正计划大范围涉足加密货币领域，大约1亿至10亿美元。 他的公司管理着230亿美元的资产。 他说，由于投资者担心通货膨胀，比特币将继续存在。 ---Bloomberg.com
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