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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Niloy Chakrabarti

Blockstream CEO Adam Back Challenges Mark Cuban's Claim That Bitcoin Has 'Lost The Plot'

Adam Back, cryptographer and Bitcoin maximalist, urges followers to 'buy and hold' Bitcoin, emphasizing long-term resilience over short-term data. (Credit: The Wolf of All Streets/YouTube.com)

Mark Cuban had once said Bitcoin is the superior version of gold. However, the long-time crypto bull recently disclosed selling 80% of his BTC holdings, citing the token's failure to act as a safe-haven asset amid dollar weakness, geopolitical dynamics, and worldwide economic volatility.

He also expressed his disappointment about BTC prices falling amid rising gold prices. 'When all this s**t hit the fan with the Iran war, Bitcoin was always the best alternative to fiat currency losing its value and I always thought it was a better version of gold than gold. Well, gold just blew up... bitcoin dropped. And every time the dollar dropped, bitcoin should've gone up ... and it just didn't do that,' the Shark Tank star had remarked recently.

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