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Peter Thiel calls Warren Buffett a ‘sociopathic grandpa from Omaha’ - superadmin - 04-08-2022 Peter Thiel calls Warren Buffett a ‘sociopathic grandpa from Omaha’ and bitcoin’s ‘enemy number one’ At a bitcoin conference in Miami, venture investor Peter Thiel presented a slideshow that included criticisms of financial opinion leaders who he says are trying to stop the cryptocurrency. Thiel called Warren Buffett a “sociopathic grandpa from Omaha.” He also took aim at JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and BlackRock’s Larry Fink. At a bitcoin conference on Thursday, billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel said Warren Buffett tops an “enemies list” of people who are trying to stop the cryptocurrency. “Enemy number one,” Thiel said to a booing Miami crowd, is “the sociopathic grandpa from Omaha.” Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is based in Omaha, Neb. Thiel, who by 2018 had reportedly amassed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bitcoin through venture firm Founders Fund, also called out JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink. Thiel presented large graphics with images of the two financial executives and their bearish comments about bitcoin. The images all contained the word “gerontocracy.” About Dimon, Thiel said his views are part of “the New York City banker bias.” - More -