“Bitcoin is essentially a “digital game” and is “worthless,” “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O'Leary told CNBC on Tuesday. “It is a useless currency,” O’Leary, chairman of O’Shares ETFs, said on “Squawk Box. "To me, it’s garbage, because you can’t get in and out of it in large amounts.”
Kevin O'Leary, Businessman · Bitcoin since: +907%
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A little perspective.
Bitcoin on that day$7,978May 14, 2019
$100 at that price$1,007At our latest price check
Illustrative value using a Bitcoin price of $80,335, checked Oct 29, 2026, 5:44 AM UTC. Excludes fees, taxes, and inflation. A price change alone does not settle the original criticism.
Kevin O'Leary appears in 2 recorded obituaries. 40 declarations were recorded in 2019.
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Bitcoin Is Dead. “Kevin O'Leary Calls Bitcoin ‘Garbage’” — Kevin O'Leary, CNBC, May 14, 2019. Bitcoin: $7,978.01. https://bitcoindeaths.com/posts/2019-05-14-kevin-oleary-calls-bitcoin-garbage