CEO of Qatar Investment Authority H.E. Mansoor Bin Ebrahim Al- Mahmoud on
@elonmusk
's bid to take over
@Twitter
, "We believe in Elon's leadership, and that's why we have committed on this transaction."
#QatarEconomicForum
#منتدى_قطر_الاقتصادي
"It started off with a road tour around Scotland. I wanted to create something that was close to home - whenever I went abroad, wherever I was, if I took a glass of this it would take me home." Founder
@SassenachSpirit
@SamHeughan
tells
@carolmassar
#TheBusinessweek
"This is an opportunity for Canada. I am very bullish on Canada. In Canada, we have a lot of the talent and expertise needed in a post Covid world. We need to be more audacious in the way we do it."
@mablanchard65
, EVP & Head
@LaCDPQ
#BloombergCFI
On crypto gaming, "I think you're going to see a big difference between crypto companies trying to make a game, and gaming companies trying to introduce crypto. Frankly, it's hard to make an engaging video game."
@FTX_Official
@SBF_FTX
tells
@TheStalwart
#FinInnovationSummit
JUST IN: Will
@elonmusk
step into the role of CEO at
@Twitter
? "I would drive the product, which is what I do at SpaceX and Tesla. Whether I am called the CEO or something else is much less important."
#QatarEconomicForum
#منتدى_قطر_الاقتصادي
"Our infection rate in the state of New York, once the epicenter for the global pandemic, we now have the lowest infection rate in the nation. We are at 1.1%." New York
@LtGovHochulNY
#BloombergCFI
On wider crypto adoption and the number of global crypto users rising to 1 billion in 2022, "I think one of the key things to look at here is the expansion of use cases." CEO
@cryptocom
’s Kris Marszalek tells
@BloombergTV
’s
@emilychangtv
#TheYearAhead
"One of the reasons
#Bitcoin
is down today - is people's interpretation of the Chinese government being believed to have said 'we're basically banning crypto.' - nobody is going to ban crypto, it's a $2tn dollar asset class."
@BrianBrooksUS
CEO
@BinanceUS
#TheBusinessweek
“Consumption has changed. The average user spends an average of 53 minutes a day on
@Instagram
. We are constantly triggered or looking at things we want to buy. That means we have to think in a predictive way, not in a reactive way.”
@AnkitiB
Co-Founder & CEO
@Zilingo
#STYT
“When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression. I don't know who said that - it was not me - but it's brilliant!"
@jameelajamil
at
#BloombergEquality
CEO of
@WeAreInvictus
@dominic_reid
on having the support of Prince Harry and the creation of the games. "It was his idea, his passion, and commitment. One of the things we've been able to achieve is a recalibration of the way people think about disability."
#BloombergEquality
JUST IN: "I have never said that people should invest in crypto. In the case of Tesla, SpaceX, myself, we all did buy some Bitcoin, but it’s a small percentage of our total cash assets," says Elon Musk
#QatarEconomicForum
#منتدى_قطر_الاقتصادي
"We just can't ignore what is going on in our own industry, in crypto. In particular Bitcoin mining. The planet is in crisis and we have to address it," Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
@Ripple
@chrislarsensf
#BloombergCrypto
"The token focused approach is the wrong approach. Think about the networks. All tokens are about is to induce people to participate in the networks. The networks that win will have very valuable tokens."
@BinanceUS
'
@BrianBrooksUS
tells
@RomaineBostick
#TheBusinessweek
On the restrictions, what we can do now to curb the virus and possible scenarios that may play out. "We are all tied together. You can have 95% of the population comply but the 5% who don't can set everything back." Professor
@devisridhar
#BloombergPrognosis
.
@MikeBloomberg
, Co-Chair
@AmericasPledge
releases some findings from their latest report. "It tells us that if the U.S. federal government aggressively reengages in the climate fight by 2021, we will be able to cut emissions in half by 2030."
#BloombergGreen
H.E. Mohd Rafizi bin Ramli, Minister of Economy in Malaysia tells
@Haslindatv
that the country maintains a good relationship with both China and the US and "are the right partners for everyone."
#QatarEconomicForum
#منتدى_قطر_الاقتصادي
We caught up with
@jameelajamil
at our NY
#BloombergEquality
Summit. “Not only does it make you a bad human being to leave so many people out, it’s just bad for business." Next we travel to London to discuss the future of equality and how we get there:
THURSDAY:
@ashleevance
discusses U.S. competitiveness in space, breakthroughs in satellite technology, and the future of humanity on the Moon, Mars and beyond with
@RocketLab
's
@Peter_J_Beck
. Live at 2:15 PM PDT!
#BloombergTech
ICYMI: How close are we to uniform crypto regulation? "I don't know whether Congress is going to be able to take the time to build a regulatory framework."
@SECGov
's
@HesterPeirce
. Watch the
#FinInnovationSummit
on-demand here!
“Why should we leave when they’re the ones who suck?”
@ycombinator
's
@garrytan
tells Emily Chang at
#BloombergTech
that startups have a 2x chance of becoming unicorns if they stay in San Francisco
On the work
@anduriltech
is doing at the US-Mexico border, "People try to tie that to being a Trump thing...the reality is everyone agrees that we need to know what is coming across the US border," Founder
@PalmerLuckey
tells
@emilychangtv
#BloombergTech
“Cryptocurrencies are like a religion, you can believe or disagree” but “the blockchain and the disruption in the businesses that are being created by this technology is very very real” says
@FTI_Global
CEO Jenny Johnson
#QatarEconomicForum
"It's not about guessing and speculating. You don't do that in your stock portfolio - you buy companies that are building products you know and believe in. It should be the same with cryptocurrencies."
@BinanceUS
@BrianBrooksUS
tells
@RomaineBostick
#TheBusinessweek
"Our foreign policy is very clear...friendship to all, malice to none," Prime Minister of Bangladesh H.E. Sheikh Hasina's response when asked if they would buy oil from Russia.
#QatarEconomicForum
#منتدى_قطر_الاقتصادي
.
@BNNBloomberg
's
@AmandaLang
talks with Former Governor of the
@bankofcanada
Stephen Poloz about Covid-19 response and monetary policy. "We know there are other tools in the toolkit. But right now fiscal policy is the primary tool."
#BloombergCFI
"What is the reserve currency of the crypto economy going to be? Right now it's unambiguously the USD. And interestingly it's USD whether or not you're looking at the American crypto economy." CEO of
@FTX_Official
@SBF_FTX
tells
@TheStalwart
#FinInnovationSummit
.
@BNNBloomberg
's
@AmandaLang
and Former Governor of the
@bankofcanada
Stephen Poloz talk about the strength of the Canadian dollar - even in the midst of a pandemic. "Does Canada still look like a good place to invest? Yes, it does."
#BloombergCFI
JUST IN: When asked if he would support Donald Trump in the next US presidential race,
@elonmusk
says “I’m undecided at this point on that election”
#QatarEconomicForum
Are gold and
#Bitcoin
analogous?
@nic__carter
, "Bitcoin introduces new properties - because it is dematerialized. It's transmissible, it's programmable. It's very easy to verify. It has the potential to surpass it as a monetary medium."
#BloombergCrypto
NEXT WEEK:
@Netflix
’s ‘Drive to Survive’ has attracted new auto racing fans in the U.S.- possibly
@F1
’s next big market. We’re in Miami with
@cryptocom
looking at the future of racing and more at
#PowerPlayers
.
What would a Biden presidency in the U.S. mean for fracking and the oil and gas industry?
@business
'
@roberttuttle
discusses with CES Energy Solutions' Anthony Aulicino. "Canada still has something the U.S. needs - and that's heavy oil."
#BloombergCFI
"I think we could be in for a correction or downturn or bear market that we haven't seen in awhile. And I think Founders need to be aware of that. If you have a term sheet outstanding I would close that money very quickly."
@craft_ventures
@DavidSacks
#BloombergTech
@mcbridesg
Saudi Arabia's energy minister tells oil speculators to "watch out."
“I keep advising them that they will be ouching — they did ouch in April,” H.R.H. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud says
@QatarEconForum
#QatarEconomicForum
#منتدى_قطر_الاقتصادي
Hollywood superagent Ari Emanuel called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down, saying he left the country vulnerable to last weekend’s attacks.
#BloombergScreentime
Sarah Bond,
@Microsoft
’s Xbox president, announced at
#BloombergTech
that the company will launch its own mobile game store in July, creating an alternative to Apple and Google’s app stores
Elon Musk pledges to support Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency created as a joke in 2013, because some of his employees have asked him to
#QatarEconomicForum
#منتدى_قطر_الاقتصادي
What about companies with
#Bitcoin
on their balance sheets?
#TSLA
or
#MSTR
for example? "The world was worried two years ago that (Tesla) would run out of cash. It has so much cash now it has the luxury to put 5% to 8% in Bitcoin."
@CathieDWood
tells
@carolmassar
#TheBusinessweek
"We are taking Global Citizen to both Kigali, Rwanda as well as Ghana, West Africa this coming year."
@Hughcevans
, Founder, CEO,
@GLBLCTZN
announces the locations that Move Africa will take place in 2024 at Davos.
#BloombergHouse
Last year
@staceyabrams
made history, as the first black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party. She also won more votes than any Democrat in Georgia's history. Tomorrow stream her
#BloombergEquality
panel here at 4:40pm EST:
"I am here not to get power."
Prime Minister of Bangladesh H.E. Sheikh Hasina speaks passionately about creating a free and fair election process.
@haslindatv
#QatarEconomicForum
#منتدى_قطر_الاقتصادي
"It's very depressing that Apple has a lot of control over apps and developers that live on the app store. Apple takes a 30% cut from every transaction that happens and that frankly does not work with creator companies."
@fanhouse
@jasminericegirl
@CarolineHydeTV
#WorkShifting
"There's plenty of other commodities that have markets which are spots markets and globally traded, the SEC doesn't have a problem with approving ETFs for those. A lot of these complaints about investor protection are completely hollow to me."
@nic__carter
#FinInnovationSummit
"But it's clear that in a crisis Africa cannot rely solely on imports of the vaccines. We must build that capacity - not only for Covid-19 vaccines but for other vaccines and medical products." Director-General of the
@WHO
@DrTedros
#QatarEconomicForum
Will we see Eurobonds in Rwanda's future? "Rwanda has been having a very good credit rating - we want to build on that. The Eurobond is one good option that will provide us with the resources we are looking for." President
@PaulKagame
tells
#QatarEconomicForum
Host
@Zain_Verjee
"Fixed income has really done 40 years of very hard work, and sure will be in a deflationary environment, but if
#Bitcoin
represents a new asset class why not move into it?"
@ARKInvest
's
@CathieDWood
.
#BloombergCrypto
"I view
#Bitcoin
as the most pure asset that exists - critics like to say it doesn't really do anything - and that's the point. Some people call it digital gold and I agree with that thesis." Co-CIO
@PanteraCapital
@joeykrug
#QatarEconomicForum
Host
@Zain_Verjee
delivers welcome remarks. "We are living in an age of disruption that demands collective action that is rooted in our past as well as our future."
TOMORROW:
@cryptocom
CMO
@skalifowitz
opens our Bloomberg
#PowerPlayers
program! Don't miss conversations focused on the intersection of technology and sports broadcasting live from Miami starting at 12:30 PM ET!
Gerrymandering - the process of deliberately creating districts that favor one party - can contribute to political inequality.
@BloombergLive
Global Editor
@markmillertex
will examine the barriers it poses to advancing equality along with
@staceyabrams
at
#BloombergEquality
At
#PowerPlayers
Miami we’re live at one of the year’s most compelling sporting events alongside
@cryptocom
! Tune into conversations focused on the intersection of business and sports live from
@f1miami
on 5/6!
"Quebec's utility provider
@hydroquebec
is North America's largest producer of renewable energy and has been providing electricity to the U.S. for 100 years."
@MartineHebertQc
#BloombergCFI
JUST IN: Chairman and CEO of
@Pfizer
@AlbertBourla
says the company can get more vaccines to people ahead of schedule at
#TheYearAhead
. "Right now we will be able to provide the 200m doses two months earlier."
Will a potential Tether collapse create a contagion across crypto? "I'm less focused on the contagion - there are people who are buying that, thinking they're buying the equivalent of U.S. dollars." Former Treasury Sec.
@stevenmnuchin1
tells
@DavidWestin
#BloombergInvest
"India's GDP is at $3.4 trillion...1st trillion took 62 years, 2nd trillion took 8 years, 3rd trillion 5 years."
@juliusbaer
's Rahul Malhotra on the rapid growth that is happening in India.
#BBGWealthAsia
@Darkwyr
.
@NobelPrize
Laureate
@mariaressa
reflects on receiving the award, "When was the last time a journalist won this? I think this is a signal. The last time was in 1936, and the journalist couldn't get the award because he was in a Nazi concentration camp."
#BloombergEquality
What will global economic recovery look like over the next 2 years?
@blackrock
's
@boijefd
, "It's a very deep shock now, but one we are recovering from over the next 18 months. It's not 2008 - we're talking about a cumulative shock that is a fraction of that crisis."
#BloombergCFI
"I think what tripped us with crypto was that new technology would bend the regulatory framework," Former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton
#BloombergInvest
@carolmassar
“I have to give credit to my mother. She said every girl needs to be financially independent so that you are not just someone’s wife or daughter or sister. Your identity is defined by your independence.” Actor, Producer &
@GlblCtzn
Ambassador
@priyankachopra
#SmartEconomy
#WEF20
On China, "Unless there's a change of power there at the top, I think that's going to be a very undynamic economy," Stanley Druckenmiller tells
@sonalibasak
#BloombergInvest