Morgan Stanley CEO Doesn’t Think Crypto Is a Fad

During his Thursday appearance at a Reuters conference in New York, Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman said that he didn’t view cryptocurrencies as a fad. He is convinced that cryptocurrencies are here to stay.

At the same time, Gorman says that he cannot put an intrinsic value on the fledgling asset.

Gorman added that he generally doesn’t like investing in things that have such a wide range of outcomes.

In a September interview with CNBC’s “Mad Money,” Gorman said that crypto was a speculative asset “by definition.” He mentioned that he didn’t view it as a new form of store of value.

Back then, Gorman also confirmed that he didn’t own any crypto, adding that he was glad that he didn’t buy Bitcoin at $60,000.

He opined that a lot of investors got caught up in the hype, comparing the recent crypto craze to the dot-com bubble in the late 90s.

Morgan Stanley has invested millions of dollars into the shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. In fact, as of the end of 2021, it owned more GBTC shares than Ark Invest.

In a recent report, the New York-based banking giant compared Bitcoin to Tesla.

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