Economist Nouriel Roubini has been dominating #cryptotwitter this past week after his publicized senate hearing and debate with Peter Van Valkenburgh concerning the viability of Bitcoin and blockchain. Roubini's case, filled with unsubstantiated claims around criminal activity and lack of scalability, was quickly and ruthlessly picked apart by blockchain industry experts and enthusiasts in the Twittersphere. We selected a couple of our favorites to give you a sense of the whole affair.
First, we have the brilliant claims by Dr. Roubini such as this one -
https://twitter.com/Nouriel/status/1051460386489331713
Things quickly escalated from there, with some taking a much darker tone on Roubini's presence.
https://twitter.com/money_alotta/status/1051084653036228608
But most were lighthearted teasing, either focusing on the curmudgeon-y nature of Roubini's outlandish claims or putting the whole affair in a playful light.
https://twitter.com/maxkeiser/status/1051190989388439553
https://twitter.com/GemCrypto/status/1051640992401694720
https://twitter.com/RealShillGates/status/1051552374546927616
One interesting take on all of this is the interpretation that Dr. Roubini is bitter due to his lack of involvement in one of the fastest growing assets of 2017, especially since his reputation is almost wholly built on his foresight of the 2008 economic collapse.
https://twitter.com/Emmonspired/status/1050454139204001792
https://twitter.com/RichardHeartWin/status/1050401856160194561
One thing is clear, Roubini is building quite the media presence on and off Twitter completely focused on an opposition to blockchain technology. We're sure to see more to come from "Dr. Doom" as he continues to clash with proponents of the cryptoverse.
https://twitter.com/nondualrandy/status/1051515446774632450
And one last thing. The online showdowns between Nouriel Roubini and Ethereum-Founder Vitalik Buterin are quite the spectacle. Hopefully, we'll see a live face-off in the near future.
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1050103887170957312
Happy hunting #cryptotwitter.
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These people are pure meme gold :D and to be honest in the long run they will bring exposure and do more good than harm which is amusingly ironic :P
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“Bitcoin is for criminals, drug dealers, and money laundering”, says Roubini. Yeah, we already knew your friends at Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, and many more are about to flood this space.
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