> Charlie and I view the marketable common stocks that Berkshire owns as interests in businesses, not as ticker symbols to be bought or sold based on their “chart” patterns, the “target” prices of analysts or the opinions of media pundits. Instead, we simply believe that if the businesses of the investees are successful (as we believe most will be) our investments will be successful as well.
That's the problem I have with a lot of the culture in crypto investments. A lot of the newer investors are investing in crypto as a ticker symbol, just hoping its fiat price will increase. They couldn't care less about actually using crypto.
No, but he's certainly hoping that others, possibly including himself, will value Coca-Cola, thus increasing its worth.
Similarly, those who buy into cryptocurrency will ideally hope that others will value it as a viable alternative to fiat, thus increasing its worth. This is in contrast to buying into crypto because its worth measured in fiat is increasing on an exchange.
That's the problem I have with a lot of the culture in crypto investments. A lot of the newer investors are investing in crypto as a ticker symbol, just hoping its fiat price will increase. They couldn't care less about actually using crypto.