Morgan Creek CEO: 20x Bitcoin (BTC) Bull Run Possible Over Next Decade
Early last week, CNBC’s “Fast Money,” somewhat infamous for its coverage of markets, continued its incessant coverage of Bitcoin (BTC), calling upon Mark Yusko of Morgan Creek Capital Management to make a guest appearance. Surprisingly, while Yusko hails from the realm of traditional finance, he expressed that cryptocurrencies are likely to succeed over the long haul. Opening his comments on the matter, which came after he painted a dreary picture for equity markets, Yusko was straight and to the point, telling viewers that he “loves Bitcoin for the long-term.” Touching on the arrival of CBOE’s and CME’s BTC futures vehicles, Yusko noted that he totally missed the mark on how these aforementioned contracts would affect this nascent market. He explained that artificial selling pressure (rehypothecation) has been directly placed on BTC, in spite of the fact that said futures aren’t physically-backed. This, of course, was likely said to attribute BTC’s most recent sell-off, which forced the digital asset under $4,000, to a (group of) catalyst(s).However, he explained that rehypothecation will be phased out of cryptocurrency markets in the future, pending on the adoption of BTC as a viable store of value, which may subsequently catalyze a leg higher. Yusko, further explaining his long-term penchant for Bitcoin, went on to add that $4.6 billion/day in trading volumes is a far cry from the sub-few-hundred million/day seen in the years prior, only accentuating that this industry is flourishing.
Bitcoin (BTC) is down 0.18% over the past 24 hours and is currently trading at $4,136.54 on Coinbase. BTC dominance is continuing to rise at 53.6% and the total cryptocurrency market cap is currently at $134.2 Billion.
