Bitcoin’s increasing institutional adoption might provide the “structural” inflows necessary to surpass gold’s market capitalization and push its price beyond $1 million by 2029, according to Bitwise’s head of European research, André Dragosch.
“Our in-house prediction is $1 million by 2029. So that Bitcoin will match gold’s market cap and total addressable market by 2029,” He told Cointelegraph at the Chain Reaction Daily X spaces show The 30th of April is a day to remember.
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The value of gold is over $21.7 trillion. Bitcoin, on the other hand, has a $1.9 billion market cap, which makes it the 7th largest global asset. according CompaniesMarketCap is a database of data.
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Bitcoin could reach $200,000 by 2025. “base case” Dragosch claimed that more government adoption could result in a $500,000 increase.
“But once you see sovereign bias like the US government stepping in, all this will change to $500,000.”
“So the base case is $200,000, conditional on the US government not stepping in. If they step in, it will move closer toward $500,000,” Dragosch said, in reference to the US government’s plans to possibly make Bitcoin direct purchases through “budget-neutral” strategies.
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“Structural” Bitcoin’s cycle is prolonged by ETF inflows and institutional adoption
Spot Bitcoin ETFs are available in the US. surpassed all expectations During their first year in business, more than record trading volumes BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF has become the fastest-growing ETF of all time.
The first year of school is the most important. “slowest” Dragosch emphasized the importance of ETFs by highlighting the recent launch of the Gold ETF.
“That alone implies that in the second and third year, we will see growing inflows. In terms of the four four-year cycle, implies that, this cycle will be prolonged by these structural inflows.”
Bitcoin’s cycle could also extend when US wirehouses begin to gain exposure to Bitcoins and ETFs.
“In the US, the major distribution channels go via Wirehouses, which are essentially the big banks like Merrill Lynch or Morgan Stanley. […] Not even half of these wirehouses have opened up their distribution channels to US Bitcoin ETFs,” The analyst stated.
A wirehouse adoption from the US may be a good idea. “huge amount of capital,” Dragosch also added that since they control $10 trillion in customer assets.
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Source: cointelegraph.com
