In brief
I make my first purchases of bitcoin this week.
Gold & silver have I plenty. https://t.co/EPObJZ7Rvk— Godfrey Bloom (@goddersbloom) October 1, 2020
Bloom: “Send central bankers to prison”

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Former British politician Godfrey Bloom made his first Bitcoin purchase this week, according to a tweet Thursday. The move comes years after Bloom famously called the global banking industry “a scam.”
Bloom, who served as a Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber from 2004 to 2014, said on Twitter, “I make my first purchases of Bitcoin this week. Gold & silver have I plenty.”
I make my first purchases of bitcoin this week.
Gold & silver have I plenty. https://t.co/EPObJZ7Rvk— Godfrey Bloom (@goddersbloom) October 1, 2020
Bloom said he was open to learning more about cryptocurrencies and even invited crypto thought leaders and speakers for an interview on his YouTube channel, which has 13,000 subscribers. “I am open & looking for interviews for some top crypto people to teach a 70-year old (me!) about crypto,” he said.
He previously said that he holds 65% of his portfolio in gold, 8% in silver and the rest in real estate.
The former European MEP has turned to Bitcoin years after he called the banking system a scam in a European Parliament meeting in 2013. He said at the time, “You do not understand banking. All the banks are broke.”
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