Wang Xing's prediction about Bitcoin ten years ago was amazing!
At the end of 2013, Wang Xing, the founder of Meituan, announced on Fanfou that he had bought some Bitcoin and wrote a paragraph:
I have no time to study Bitcoin in depth, nor do I expect to speculate and make huge profits. I just think that this idea is too awesome! It is the kind of awesome that is destined to be recorded in the history of human civilization.
At the end of 2013, the price of Bitcoin was less than $1,000, and today the price of Bitcoin is $41,600.
Wang Xing probably didn't buy Bitcoin to make money at that time, and it is estimated that the Bitcoin he holds is not sold now. He may have bought Bitcoin to keep a souvenir, or based on the recognition of values. (Insert a sentence: Because the big guys are not short of money, they can easily hold the coins they buy for more than ten years without selling them. Sure enough, the money flows to those who are not short of money)
At that time, the mainstream media in China basically had a critical attitude towards Bitcoin, believing that it was over-hyped. There were even technology bigwigs at the level of Sogou's Wang Xiaochuan who put forward the view that Bitcoin has no value.
As a well-known entrepreneur, it was rare for Wang Xing to let ordinary people see the true views of a top entrepreneur on social phenomena. Because many people are usually no longer willing to publicly express views that go against the mainstream after they have achieved success.
When Wang Xing bought Bitcoin, Meituan Waimai had just been online for a month. Before that, Meituan was mainly engaged in in-store group buying business. The boss' time is precious. He is busy fighting with several other giants in the food delivery market to grab market share and has no time to study Bitcoin in depth.
I think that if there is another parallel time and space, even if Wang Xing did not create Meituan, he might be a real boss in the currency circle now.