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Jim Chanos

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
160 total appearances

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Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

And it was the biggest.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

It was the most liquid.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

The premium at two plus was at one point, I think, $50 or $60 billion, just the premium.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

It's kind of staggering how big the arbitrage was.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

And in my 40 years of experience, when these kinds of things set up,

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

Maybe their $500 million opportunity, a billion dollars, a couple billion.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

You rarely see tens of billions of dollars of premium in these kinds of trades.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

It was highly unusual.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

It's a good question.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

In fact, people that like this concept, and I don't, should be buying the other companies and buying Bitcoin at a discount.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

But again, they can't add to their Bitcoin.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

So there are some diehards who still believe that MicroStrategy is adding value by being able to sell securities and buy Bitcoin.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

The problem is he's doing that at your expense, the new investor.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

And so the whole thing just never made sense.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

It still doesn't make sense.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

It is for them.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

So they're still booking hefty gains on their sale of loans.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

But look, there's just lots of red flags at Carvana.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

It's not new news.

Bloomberg Talks
Jim Chanos Talks Credit Markets, Bitcoin

But what really would worry me if I was new to the story is the fact that a Carvana affiliate services the loans, Bridgecrest.