Ha ha. They have a very good idea about how Bitcoin works and how banks work. It is in their interest to keep up the fud and scare common people away from Bitcoin. I see no other reason why statements like this should be made.
That guy is just looking for some attention and since Bitcoin is relatively new any statement like that and when coming from a trader of a good bank will certainly attract some space and attention. But the big question is this: How authoritative he is on Bitcoin? It has been a fashionable these days to talk about Bitcoin and then say anything about it even if the knowledge the person got is just some dust lying around (and ready to be blown away).
We should be listening with people who got the knowledge and the expertise on Bitcoin and not just another guy waving his hands as if lacking some attention. Now, that he got the attention he needed, I am sure it is time for him to just shut up and do whatever job assigned to him. Not even the whole of China can stop Bitcoin...that we should remember and this guy is just nothing. This is not a personal attack though since I was not privileged to know him on that level.
Jamie Dimon is big in the world of finance. He doesn't need to trash talk Bitcoin and grab the headlines. He has also sounded a warning to his employees. They would be fired if they got involved in trading Bitcoin, not just because it is against the rules but because they are stupid.
If Jamie Dimon "big in the world of finance" that's a cutting indictment on the world of finance. I mean how can he not know that fiat is always made out of thin air, and in fact via QE /FRB that's exactly what is going on.
He demonstrates a total lack of understanding of money creation.
Then again he probably can't wrap his head around the fact that no one ever made money in the stock market, your just swapping around amounts already in the fiat ledgers.
Anyway...I have never heard of him, but I will tell you someone I have heard of ..... satoshi (who by the way by the shear force of his ideas) had his product had evaluated 1~2 million times or more since launch. which is .... 100, 000,000 % +. I would love to see Dimon's returns on his products as a ratio to bitcoin evaluation. I wonder if Dimons would even register?
Here's a shout out to you Mr. Dimon, See you at 21T market cap, by which time your entire organization will be loose change for satoshi to buy