Bitcoin price: Wolf of Wall Street's shock warning: 'Bitcoin will end at ZERO'

BITCOIN's skyrocketing prices have been compared to tulip mania that took over Europe during the 17th century – but "real Wolf of Wall Street" Jordan Belfort is claiming the cryptocurrency will ultimately lose its attractiveness.

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The comparison to the 17th-century tulip craze in the Netherlands has followed bitcoin since its infancy.

Tulip mania is another way to describe a speculative bubble where the natural worth of something is sent upwards by irrational demand.

The tulip craze saw the price of a tulip bulb - thought to produce unique and valuable flowers - move from being valued at the same as a country estate to dropping down to less than the price on an onion.

Mr Belfort, nicknamed the Wolf of Wall Street, has dismissed comparisons between bitcoin and tulip mania.

He said: “The chances, in my mind, of bitcoin becoming anything more than the greatest footnote to the tulip bubble are zero.”

Mr Belfort has long been a staunch critic of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, claiming that the "money has been made in bitcoin already."

Mr Belfort, whose Stratton Oakmont firm made millions using a ‘pump and dump’ operation before he was found guilty of fraud and crimes in connection with stock market manipulation, previously claimed that the cryptocurrency is adopting a similar scheme.

Speaking to the BBC Panorama programme, he said: "It’s a virtual certainty this ends up at zero or close to it. My own opinion.

"But it’s human nature to jump on the bandwagon, it

According to Coindesk, bitcoin is currently priced at $8753.32 at 10.22 pm on Monday, February 12.

The European Banking Authority, European Securities and Markets Authority, and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority of European Union's top banking, securities and pensions watchdogs have all warned cryptocurrency investors they could lose all their money as bitcoin enters a "pricing bubble".

Bitcoin soared in value in recent months before losing more than half its value, leaving investors who bought in at the highest prices out of pocket. Prices increased to as high as $20,000 in December, before falling to under $7,000 last week.
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