Hedge fund manager James Lavish predicted that Bitcoin could rise to $428,000 at a given moment. He also mentioned what needs to happen for the flagship crypto to reach such an ambitious price target.
How Bitcoin Could Rise to $428,000
Mentioned profusely in an X (formerly Twitter) after That Bitcoin would rise to $428,000 when it becomes 1% of the $900 trillion in investment assets worldwide. The hedge fund manager made this prediction, revealing that Bitcoin represents only 0.15% of the capital in these countries at the current price. investment assets.
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The idea is that BTC will become widely adopted to the extent that it will see the majority of global liquidity flowing into its ecosystem. Sun inflow of new money would undoubtedly cause a huge rally for the flagship crypto, considering how much valuable assets like gold are currently worth, thanks to their liquidity.
Interestingly, crypto expert and Bitcoin maximalist Mark Harvey had done just that previously shared a similar opinion to that of Lavish. Harvey predicted that Bitcoin could rise to $415,000 if it captured 1% of global assets. Meanwhile, he made an ultra-bullish case for Bitcoin, predicting that it could rise to $17 trillion if it managed to capture most of the monetary premium across asset classes.
The asset classes in question include gold, silver, stocks, real estate, fiat money and bonds. Harvey claimed that Bitcoin could steal a large portion of global investment from these other assets as the flagship crypto becomes the most important most preferred option so people can keep their money. The crypto expert also described Bitcoin as a “superior form of ownership” compared to the rest.
Indeed, a case can be made that BTC is superior to all other assets, given the way it has outperformed the traditional market over the past 14 years. NewsBTC recently reported that digital assets led by BTC have been the best performing assets in eleven of the past fourteen years. Bitcoin is once again outperforming these traditional assets with a year-to-date (YTD) gain of over 50%.
BTC could be well on its way to reaching ‘1%’ status
Bitcoin is undoubtedly enjoying wider adoption in this market cycle, especially thanks to the launch of the Discover Bitcoin ETFswhich are available not only in the United States but also in other countries such as Hong-Kong And Australia. Thanks to these investment funds, Bitcoin now has the attention of more institutional investors, who are increasingly inclined towards the flagship crypto.
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Bitcoin will equally continue to enjoy impressive liquidity flows to its ecosystem institutional investors become bullish. Moreover, Bitcoin is touted as a ‘digital gold‘ has made it more attractive to investors as this story positions it as a better option for gold. This has led to predictions that Bitcoin could surpass gold’s market cap of $16 trillion.
In the meantime, it’s worth noting that governments around the world could also play a big role in Bitcoin’s meteoric rise as they start using the flagship crypto as a reserve asset. A country like El Salvador is well on this path, while the United States could join soon enough Donald Trump promises to create a strategic national Bitcoin reserve if elected.
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