{"id":383369,"date":"2026-06-27T02:02:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/div-billionaire-investor-jeremy-grantham-says-bitcoin-will-dwindle-away-with-a-whimper-div\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T02:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:02:04","slug":"div-billionaire-investor-jeremy-grantham-says-bitcoin-will-dwindle-away-with-a-whimper-div","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prostartup.it\/ru\/div-billionaire-investor-jeremy-grantham-says-bitcoin-will-dwindle-away-with-a-whimper-div\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire investor Jeremy Grantham says bitcoin will &#8216;dwindle away with a whimper&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" 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He also said bitcoin hasn&#8217;t outperformed during a bull market and questioned its practical use.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:100%\" class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;[Over] years and years, decades and decades, it will dwindle away, I suspect \u2014 not with a bang, but a whimper,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s not a stable form of value \u2014 it just halved \u2026 for no particular reason in a strong economy, so you can&#8217;t depend on it in that way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that gold has still delivered solid gains over the same period, even after pulling back from its highs.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin not only hasn&#8217;t proved itself as a useful asset to speculate on, it doesn&#8217;t provide any real world utility either, Grantham argued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People don&#8217;t use it to make serious trades, they don&#8217;t use it to buy their dinner and pay at the supermarket. \u2026 What it does is allows crooks to move money around,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin has become notorious over the years for its dramatic bear market crashes, which has taken it down at least 70% from its peak in every cycle. 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