{"id":63349,"date":"2025-12-12T20:02:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=63349"},"modified":"2025-12-12T20:02:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T20:02:25","slug":"vanguard-exec-says-bitcoin-is-like-a-digital-labubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=63349","title":{"rendered":"Vanguard Exec Says Bitcoin Is Like &#8216;A Digital Labubu&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) returned to the center of Wall Street&#8217;s credibility debate after a senior Vanguard executive dismissed the asset as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/25\/10\/48540185\/jpmorgan-ceo-jamie-dimon-once-called-bitcoin-a-pet-rock-now-he-says-crypto-stablecoins-are-real-well-all-use-them\">speculative &#8220;digital toy<\/a>.&#8221; <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vanguard Executive Doubles Down On Bitcoin Skepticism<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Vanguard Group<\/strong> Global Head of Quantitative Equity <strong>John Ameriks<\/strong> said Bitcoin lacks the income, compounding, and cash-flow characteristics the firm seeks in long-term investments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-12-12\/vanguard-equity-quant-says-bitcoin-still-a-digital-labubu-toy-for-now\">Speaking<\/a> at Bloomberg&#8217;s ETFs in Depth conference in New York on Thursday, Ameriks compared Bitcoin to a viral plush toy collectible, calling it a &#8220;digital Labubu.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Absent evidence that the technology delivers durable economic value, Ameriks said it is difficult to view Bitcoin as anything beyond speculation.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ETF Access Opens, But Conviction Does Not Follow<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the criticism, Vanguard recently &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/25\/12\/49372598\/vanguard-exec-says-bitcoin-is-like-a-digital-labubu?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Vanguard\" exec says bitcoin is like digital labubu>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) returned to the center of Wall Street&#8217;s credibility debate after a senior Vanguard executive dismissed the asset as a speculative &#8220;digital toy.&#8221; Vanguard Executive Doubles Down On Bitcoin Skepticism Vanguard Group Global Head of Quantitative Equity John Ameriks said Bitcoin lacks the income, compounding, and cash-flow characteristics the firm seeks in long-term [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-63349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}