Nordea CIO on Bitcoin: "It would be better to invest in a coal company"

With huge numbers of cryptocurrencies on the market investment opportunities are plentiful – but Nordea Investment Management's Robert Næss does not want anything to do with this energy intensive phenomenon, especially bitcoin.
Nordea CIO Robert Næss | Photo: PR / NORDEA
Nordea CIO Robert Næss | Photo: PR / NORDEA
BY MARTIN FUGLSETH KOLDEN

"Cryptocurrencies are really a very effective way to work with money transfers and there are a lot of exciting technological possibilities, but many of the existing ones, especially bitcoin, are completely unecessary," says Nordea Investment Management CIO Robert Næss to FinansWatch.no.

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