Governments will not tolerate bitcoin or any other non-government-controlled currency for long; such currencies will be shut down.
Inaccurate ●●●●●
“There will be no real-time, non-controlled currency in the world. There is no government that is going to put up with it for long.”
- Said on
- 4 November 2015 · Fortune Global Forum, San Francisco (day three), speaking about bitcoin
- Source
- CEO Daily: Thursday, November 5 · Fortune
- Should come true
- No date given
- How sure they sounded
- There will be no; no government is going to (stated as fact)
- Categories
- Crypto
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · Whether governments ban decentralized currencies shapes the whole crypto industry and finance.
Outcome
Inaccurate
More than ten years later, bitcoin still trades freely and governments have accepted it rather than shut it down: the SEC approved US spot bitcoin ETFs in January 2024, and in March 2025 the US government created a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
- https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/gensler-statement-spot-bitcoin-011023
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-establishes-the-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-and-u-s-digital-asset-stockpile/
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