Yale economics professor and Nobel laureate Robert Shiller admitted in an interview with CNBC Thursday, January 18 that he "does not know what to do with Bitcoin finally" after calling earlier "the best example of a bubble".

In new comments Thursday, several months after he told the host Brian Kelly that the "story" of Bitcoin was not his value that had aroused public interest, Shiller told reporters "that [Bitcoin] has no value unless there is a common consensus that it has value." D & # 3939; other things like gold would at least have some value if people did not see it as an investment ", repeating a common narrative that investment in Bitcoin is similar to Tulip Handling of the 17th century

Shiller remains overall skeptical, stating:

"[Bitcoin]" [Bitcoin] could totally collapse and be forgotten and I think that is a good result, but it could persist "

The two-day slowdown of Bitcoin this This week has partially rallied to challenge $ 12,000, claiming more than 160% more than when Shiller made his previous Claims in early September 2017.