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Bitcoin Is 'Not For Me' Says Goldman Sachs CEO

For Lloyd Blankfein, bitcoin just isn't his thing, according to new comments made Tuesday.

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

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Catherine Nyambala Founder and Executive Director, STEMAfrica, Kenya
Precious Simba, Founder/Director Girls Development Initiative, Zimbabwe
Madhu Uday, Founder and CEO, Earthen Symphony, India

Presenter: Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Introduction: Andy Serwer, Managing Editor, Fortune 

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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012 HONORING GLOBAL WOMEN LEADERS The Goldman Sachs – Fortune Global Women Leaders Award
Catherine Nyambala Founder and Executive Director, STEMAfrica, Kenya
Precious Simba, Founder/Director Girls Development Initiative, Zimbabwe
Madhu Uday, Founder and CEO, Earthen Symphony, India
 Presenter: Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 Introduction: Andy Serwer, Managing Editor, Fortune  Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit

For Lloyd Blankfein, bitcoin just isn't his thing.

The Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO said in an interview on Tuesday that "it's not for me" when asked about the world's largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Appearing at the Economic Club of New York, he remarked:

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"I don't do it. I don't own bitcoin."

Blankfein has struck a kind of middle-of-the-road tone on cryptocurrencies in the past, which is notable considering that his firm is reportedly toeing the waters of services built around the tech.

The investment banking giant is said to have developed plans for a bitcoin futures trading operation, according to New York Times, with an eye on growing that capacity depending on the results and approval from regulators.

In a previous interview with Bloomberg in November, Blankfein said he has a "level of discomfort" with bitcoin but is open to it.

"I've learned over the years that there's a lot of things that workout pretty well that I don't love," he said at the time. "Maybe in the new world, something gets backed by consensus ... If we went into the future and bitcoins were successful, I would be able to explain how it's a natural evolution of money."

The Wall Street Journal reported in March that Blankfein is preparing to exit the company, a move that could come as soon as the end of this year.

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Muyao Shen

Muyao was a markets reporter at CoinDesk based in Brooklyn, New York. She interned at CoinDesk in 2018 after the initial coin offering (ICO) craze before she moved to Euromoney Institutional Investor, one of Europe's largest business and financial information companies. She graduated from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism with a focus in business journalism.

Muyao Shen