Known cryptocurrency investor and founder of Heisenberg Capital Ltd. Max Keiser said that in the future, the price of Bitcoin will only grow, and, reaching $ 100,000 will absorb the usual fiat money.
He also expressed the opinion of the "genius" of the Bitcoin protocol, stating that "more you understand" how it works, "more clarity you achieve."
Senior economic adviser to insurance giant Allianz, Mohamed El-Erian, said he believes in the spread of cryptocurrencies, but only as part of a broader blockchain ecosystem. El-Erian told on the Consensus Invest event in New York that he sees Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as commodities rather than currencies.
"There were two confusions made," El-Erian said. "People called it a currency or an asset class. What it is, is part of the commodity complex."
Former NSA employee Edward Snowden expressed some interesting thoughts about the blockchain in a recent interview.
Anthony Pompliano, told CNN in an interview why he and other entrepreneurs are protecting Bitcoin and remain committed to new technologies even though the market is plummeting.
Spencer Bogart, a partner at Blockchain Capital, a venture capital firm, said in a conversation with Bloomberg that despite the long bearish cycle in the cryptocurrency market, cryptoactives still have enormous potential.
The expert still holds positive predictions about the future of Bitcoin, noting the critical role of "programmable money", whose popularity will continue to grow.
Financial analyst and co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors Tom Lee changed his forecast for the price of Bitcoin by the end of this year, cutting the figure almost twice.
A cryptocurrency credit startup "SALT Lending" and a former member of the board of directors of the company Erik Voorhees are under investigation by a US regulator. It is reported by the publication The Wall Street Journal, citing "sources familiar with the situation."
According to the report, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) called "SALT Lending" representatives to court in February. The reason for this was the $ 50 million ICO spent by the company at the end of 2017.The eccentric cryptocurrency enthusiast and creator of one of the first antivirus companies, John McAfee, once again confirmed his opinion about Bitcoin for a million dollars by 2020. Moreover, according to him, this is a very conservative forecast.
Despite the significant market downturn and Bitcoin prices, McAfee remains calm and optimistic about his prediction.
At the Web Summit conference held in Lisbon, venture investor Tim Draper once again confirmed his opinion that by 2022, Bitcoin will cost $ 250,000.
The head of the largest Bitcoin derivatives trading platform BitMEX Arthur Hayes expressed the opinion that the "bearish" trend in the cryptocurrency market may last another 18 months.
"My view is the volatility environment that exists right now could persist for another 12 to 18 months, the flatness. I am just basing it off my previous experience. I started in bitcoin in 2013, when the price went from $250 to $1,300. And then 2014 to 2015 was sort of the nuclear bear market. Price crashed, volume crashed — very, very difficult to make money," he said.
