Peter Thiel calls bitcoin a 'Chinese financial weapon'


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Copy Link URL Copied! Print Peter Thiel is “pro-crypto” and “pro-bitcoin maximalist,” but he also thinks the cryptocurrency may be undermining America. Thiel, the venture capitalist and conservative political donor, urged the U.S. government to consider tighter regulations on cryptocurrencies in an appearance Tuesday. The statements seemed to represent a change of heart for Thiel, who is a major investor in virtual currency ventures as well as in cryptocurriences themselves . “I do wonder whether at this point, bitcoin should also be thought [of] in part as a Chinese financial weapon against the U.S.,” Thiel said at a virtual event...