American billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller has modified course on Bitcoin, saying it has the potential to retailer worth for future generations.

Talking on CNBC right now, Druckenmiller said that, though he was nonetheless extra closely invested in gold than crypto, he had bought no less than some Bitcoin (BTC). He didn’t specify how a lot.

“Bitcoin could possibly be an asset class that has a number of attraction as a retailer of worth to each millennials and the brand new West Coast cash — and, as you already know, they obtained a number of it,” stated the billionaire. “It’s been round for 13 years and with every passing day it picks up extra of its stabilization as a model.”

To be honest, Bitcoin’s white paper got here out on Halloween, 2018, and the genesis block was mined initially of 2009. However Druckenmiller is new to all of this, so no must assault him for his math. He continued to say he’s extra invested in gold than BTC:

“I personal many many extra instances gold than I personal Bitcoin. However frankly if the gold wager works, the Bitcoin wager will in all probability work higher as a result of it is thinner, extra illiquid and has much more beta to it.”

The previous chairman and president of Duquesne Capital, Druckenmiller has a web price of roughly $4.4 billion. His latest feedback characterize a change within the billionaire’s place on crypto. Although he invested in stablecoin venture Foundation in 2018, the investor claimed final yr that BTC might by no means be a medium of alternate, given its volatility.

“I don’t suppose I’m a neanderthal, which is what I’ve been known as after I’ve stated I didn’t wish to personal Bitcoin,” he stated on the time.

Druckenmiller has beforehand put ahead gold as a secure haven asset to guard traders from fiat publicity, with international locations like China seemingly wanting to problem the hegemony of the U.S. greenback.