Tim Draper Tells NBC Bay Area That Bitcoin Will Replace Cash in Four Years
McGrew and Draper discuss the future of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin. Draper asserts cryptocurrencies will supplant all other forms of payment in four years. He tells McGrew that some businesses “will laugh at you” if other forms of payment are used.
On Holmes, Draper – who invested $1 million in Theranos – reveals why he hasn't paid much attention to all the reports and evidence documenting Holmes' transgressions and defends her. “I thought why would I follow that person?” he says about John Carreyrou’s first Wall Street Journal article that raised doubts on Theranos. “I’m going to follow people who do deep research and really understand things, not people who have an agenda and want to take down an entrepreneur.” Draper ends his comments on Holmes by saying “this attack and vicious rumor mill to try to take down Elizabeth Holmes has been a real setback for humanity.”
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