{"id":55141,"date":"2019-08-09T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/?p=55141"},"modified":"2019-08-09T10:14:15","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T08:14:15","slug":"bitcoin-bull-draper-250000-price-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/bitcoin-bull-draper-250000-price-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Bull Draper Doubles Down on $250,000 BTC Price Target"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bitcoin to Surge 20x In Four Years?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bitcoin is still trading 40% below its all-time high of $20,000. Despite this, investors in the industry still are star-struck, looking to lofty price points that they one day believe BTC will manage to reach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Draper, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist, recently doubled down on one of these lofty price predictions. Speaking to Yahoo Finance’s “YFi PM” segment<\/a>, the cryptocurrency pundit, who bought his first Bitcoin over five years ago and famously participated in the government’s auction of Silk Road-sourced BTC, explained that he believes that the cryptocurrency will hit $250,000 by 2022. He added that should the 2022 timeline not work out, he’s expecting Bitcoin <\/a>to achieve that price by Q1 2023 at the latest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some perspective, Bitcoin rallying to $250,000 from current levels would imply an approximated 2,000% increase. Four years may seem to short for such appreciation, but, remember, cryptocurrencies are a paradigm-shifting technology with an absurd amount of volatility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In previous interviews, he reasoned that using fiat monies, which he calls “poor” (referring to their quality), are illogical, citing their controllability, lack of transparency, and subjectivity to political and social whims on the day-to-day. And as the American investor argues that most of the brightest developers, engineers, and academics are working on digital assets, Draper opines that there could be a large capital flight from fiat to crypto over time. He elaborates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy belief is that over some period of time, the cryptocurrencies will eclipse the fiat currencies. That would be a 1,000 times higher than what we have now.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Not the Only $250,000 Caller<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Draper isn’t the only industry insider to be eyeing a $250,000 Bitcoin. As reported by Ethereum World News previously<\/a>, Trace Mayer<\/a>, one of the earliest public Bitcoin investors (like 2010\/2011 early) and an investor in prominent crypto exchange\u00a0Kraken, explained earlier this year that he believes that BTC is soon to embark on a rally that will “blow your hair back”. In fact, the investor stated that Bitcoin could easily hit anywhere from $100,000 to $250,000 in the next bull rally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/t.co\/h8CL6BchVQ<\/a>$gold<\/a> bugs should understand stock to flow, right @saifedean<\/a> @julianhosp<\/a>? Always enough $BTC<\/a>; just price it. Crypto-\u2744\ufe0f now spring. Halving <1yr & impossible price in early bc tx fees non-elastic. Next bull market will blow your hair back. $100-250k. \ud83d\udc02 \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>— Trace Mayer (@TraceMayer) May 25, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>