FTX spokesperson Kevin O'Leary is a staunch denfender of the cryptocurrency industry, but in 2019 he trashed it, calling Bitcoin 'worthless' and 'garbage.'
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 14: Investor and television personality Kevin O’Leary testifies during a hearing before Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee at Dirksen Senate Office Building December 14, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington,
"In 2017, I was a public critic and skeptic of crypto and blockchain technology. After observing the extraordinary advances in these technologies and watching the amount of intellectual capital that was being invested in them and the innovation they were producing, I completely reversed my position," he said. "I am now of the opinion that crypto, blockchain technology and digital payment systems will be the twelfth sector of the S&P within a decade.
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