I don’t know whether it will do more harm than good, especially in the short run. But it makes total sense to me that it takes many mentions or touch points for something new to enter the average person’s conscious mind. And that is crucial for mainstream adoption. So I agree that it’s potentially net positive that he is bad mouthing crypto.

I think there are people on the extremes who will a) model their thinking after his, and b) listen to what he says and do the exact opposite. And then there is the vast continuum in between.

Hopefully among that larger set is a majority that is devoted to gathering facts and doing their own research. Possibly that is wishful thinking.