CEOs of Coinbase, MicroStrategy, and Galaxy Digital have stoned JPMorgan bank chief Jamie Dimon for speaking out negatively about Bitcoin. Despite the fact that JPMorgan does not deny retail clients access to cryptocurrency funds, recently its CEO Jamie Dimon once again called Bitcoin "useless".
According to US Senator Pat Toomey, the recent tightening of bans on the use of cryptocurrencies for business in China gives the United States a chance to close the gap in this area.
Deutsche Bank analyst Marion Laboure expressed the opinion that although cryptocurrencies are overly volatile, Bitcoin will remain for a long time and may well become the "digital gold of the 21st century."
The founder of the People's Party of Canada, Maxime Bernier, said that he supports Bitcoin and does not object to the introduction of cryptocurrencies into the country's economy. Bernier tweeted this week that cryptocurrencies are a new way to counter the actions of central banks that are destroying money and the economy.
Investor Dan Tapiero launched a 10T fund in 2019, which invests in cryptocurrency companies with a capitalization of more than $ 500 million. During this time, the fund has invested more than $ 650 million. Such investments are less profitable than investments at an early stage of the company's development or the purchase of promising tokens.
Rick Rieder, a top manager at the large investment company Blackrock, has suggested that Bitcoin will grow strongly in the near future, despite the recent drop in the cryptocurrency market. Rick Rieder was featured on CNBC's Squawk Box this week.
According to a study by Save the Student, the number of American students investing in cryptocurrencies has tripled over the past year. If last year a similar survey showed that only 2% of students in the United States bought cryptocurrencies, now, according to the study, this figure has increased to 6%. The reason for this is tuition fees, which are a very important issue for American students.
Former Goldman Sachs executive Raoul Pal said that for him the $ 20,000 ETH price "looks quite reasonable."
Despite the consolidation of Bitcoin in recent weeks, Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky is still confident that the price of BTC will reach $ 140,000 or even $ 160,000 by the end of the year. In an interview with Yahoo Finance, Alex Mashinsky stated that the main purpose of Bitcoin is to store wealth.
Man Group hedge fund CEO Luke Ellis likened cryptocurrencies to tulip rush. At the same time, the fund is interested in trading cryptocurrencies due to their high volatility. In his interview, Ellis described cryptocurrencies as speculative trading instruments with a high level of risk.
