Is Bitcoin Similar to a Pyramid Scam? That’s what the same economist who predicted the pandemic says Posted byEntrepreneur en Español April 26, 2021 Leave a comment on Is Bitcoin Similar to a Pyramid Scam? That’s what the same economist who predicted the pandemic says Economist Nassim Taleb calls Bitcoin a ‘volatile stunt’ and compared it to the Ponzi scheme, the most famous pyramid scam of recent decades.