沃伦·巴菲特一直明确表示对加密货币的不喜欢。然而，伯克希尔·哈撒韦却投资了数百万美元于一家与加密货币相关的巴西银行——Nu Holdings Ltd.，该公司的股票年涨幅达 34%。
伯克希尔·哈撒韦的首席执行官兼董事长沃伦·巴菲特多次表明自己对加密货币的立场：他不喜欢。
在 2018 年的伯克希尔·哈撒韦年会中，巴菲特曾称比特币为「可能是老鼠药的平方」。
「我们不持有任何加密货币，我们也不做空任何加密货币，我们永远不会持有它们。」
「就加密货币而言，我几乎可以肯定地说，它们会以不好的结局收场。」巴菲特在 2018 年接受 CNBC 采访时表示。
但最近的报告显示，伯克希尔·哈撒韦及其一些投资经理在加密货币的看法上可能变得更为宽松。
伯克希尔·哈撒韦投资了 Nu Holdings，这是一家巴西数字银行公司，拥有自己的加密货币平台并支持加密货币市场。
根据 Nu 公司的信息，伯克希尔·哈撒韦最初在 2021 年参加了一轮 500 百万美元的 G 轮融资，随后又投资了 2.5 亿美元。
2022 年，Nu 推出了其加密货币平台——Nubank Cripto，最初支持比特币、以太坊和 Polygon。该平台现已包括 Uniswap 和 Chainlink，并允许用户发送、接收和兑换加密货币。
Nu Holdings 未立即回应《财富》杂志关于评论的请求。
根据美国证券交易委员会（SEC）的文件，伯克希尔·哈撒韦将其在 Nu 的持股比例从 2022 年第四季度结束时的 0.1% 增加到 2024 财年第三季度的 0.4%。
伯克希尔·哈撒韦和巴菲特的代表未立即回应《财富》杂志的评论请求。
这意味着，截至 2024 财年第三季度结束时，伯克希尔·哈撒韦持有超过 8600 万股 Nu 股票，价值接近 12 亿美元。因此，巴菲特和伯克希尔·哈撒韦正从一个他过去曾声称不懂的业务中获益。
「我已经因为我认为自己懂的事情惹了不少麻烦，」巴菲特在 2018 年接受 CNBC 采访时说。「那我为什么要在自己一点也不懂的事情上做多或做空呢？」
截至周三中午，Nu Holdings 的股价同比上涨了近 34%。
而如今，伯克希尔·哈撒韦似乎正在进行与加密货币相关的投资，巴菲特可能需要重新措辞他之前关于加密货币不会带来影响的言论。
「如果你告诉我你拥有世界上所有的比特币，并且以 25 美元的价格卖给我，我也不会接，因为我拿它来干什么呢？」巴菲特在 2022 年的伯克希尔·哈撒韦股东大会上说道。「我得把它卖回给你，不管怎么说。它不会做任何事。」
尽管如此，需要注意的是，伯克希尔·哈撒韦总体上在投资策略上较为保守。
根据该公司 2024 年第四季度的财务报表，伯克希尔·哈撒韦持有超过 3250 亿美元的现金和等价物，其中大部分是美国国债。这意味着，伯克希尔·哈撒韦在市场连创佳绩时也避免大量投资热门股票。
「伯克希尔之所以在这些年中取得成功，正是因为在这一点上它一直保持了无聊的方式，」精品投资银行 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 的董事总经理梅耶·谢尔兹在 2024 年 11 月接受《财富》杂志的阿莱娜·博特罗斯采访时表示。
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