Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger joins CNBC’s Becky Quick to weigh in on the fallout of crypto exchange FTX.

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    1. Let’s be clear: Munger should also have pointed out how financial news channels (such as CNBC) were quick to praise crypto outlets as genius and game changing thereby promoting FOMO.

    2. The technology in and of itself is sound. The fact is the US SEC, CFTC, and Congress have failed completely in regulation. The megalomaniac have been allowed to play instead.

      Is email fairy dust over the postal system? Is online shopping fairy dust over going to yhe store? Is Door Dash fairy dust over going to the restaurant? Is Uber fairy dust over the traditional cab companies? Is cash fairy dust because of Madoff, Enron, all money laundering, alll fraud, all drug sales, all gambling, all stock market crashes, and the 2008 financial crisis??

      So what is so wrong with a blockchain system that can transfer value in seconds anywhere in the world instead of days?

    3. Take note from walmart the earnings are getting good because they align those asses off in good work. If the system is corrupted by bad people the company will fall

    4. If there were a little more crypto, instead of humans making promises, perhaps the world might be better off for it. Can't do evil instead of won't do evil. Cryptographic proof of reserves instead of promises from corrupt(ible) humans. Is the trouble with our financial system today really that we have too little human control? Too little human interference! Too little centralized planning? Too little power in the hands of banks and governments to create and control monetary flows?
      Or might we be better off using neutral money like bitcoin which operates according to the laws cryptography and mathematics in a completely transparant and predictable way?

    5. I will forever be indebted to you, you’ve changed my whole life I’ll continue to preach about your name for the world to hear you’ve saved me from a huge financial debt with just little investment thanks so much Mrs Rachelle Hughs💯.

    6. I Appreciate Charlie’s honesty on Crypto. He’s letting us all know the lows people will go to try and make a money. The child trade. People are Disgusting!

    7. It's called greed. Does not make any difference for the big guys as long as they make money. The problem is the public follows and loose. It's not ftx fault its the gurus that promoted it and got paid for it.

    8. This is a perfect example … let's see if you can see the analogy: If you were in Roman times and you were forced into being a gladiator (i.e. each match is a death match) … and they push you into the dorm before you fight the next day. You look around the dorm and there's all these buff young "alpha males" practicing their moves … but also there's this one out of shape older guy (been there a while) just filing his nails. Who would you ask for survival advice?

    9. Every time the market hits tough times , this man is asked his opinion with the full understanding he will call Bitcoin names that make a nice headline. He is a legend for sure and his resume is unrivaled . However , I can't imagine that a man of his age , with his wealth , spends any significant time thinking about or learning about Bitcoin. Why would he ? I think a much more speculative thought for him is whether or not he did or did not just crap his pants . Leave him in peace for god's sake .

    10. Is this the guy who went all in on Alibaba then sold at a massive loss because he actually thought authoritarian china was a good business model

    11. Still making the same mistake here… conflating Bitcoin with 'Crypto' and munger coin. Ironically, cash is the actual goto currency for the kidnappers he speaks of.

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