‘Chinese Leadership Is Too Smart To Care About Bitcoin’
Economist Peter Schiff questioned on Wednesday President Donald Trump’s push to make the U.S. the “world capital” of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), arguing that Beijing couldn’t care less about the leading cryptocurrency.
In an X post, Schiff slammed Trump’s oft-repeated argument that the U.S. must dominate cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to stop China from getting ahead.
“But Chinese leadership is too smart to care about Bitcoin,” Schiff said. “While we’re wasting capital and resources, they’re building factories and buying gold.”
Trump says he believes in crypto and wants to make the U.S. the Bitcoin capital of the world because, if we don’t do it, China will. But Chinese leadership is too smart to…
