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The bitcoin price is up around 250% since crashing to its recent lows in late 2022, with some predicting a further huge price “catalyst” is just around the corner. Ethereum, XRP and the rest of the crypto top ten have surged with it, pushing the crypto market over $2 trillion.
Now, as Wall Street giant JPMorgan issues a shock crypto course correction, the bitcoin price is braced for a further $500 billion market capitalization increase, according to a top Fidelity analyst.
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“Bitcoin will eventually capture around a quarter of the monetary gold market,” Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro at Fidelity, wrote in an X post, referring to the gold held by the world’s central banks, financial institutions, and governments as part of their foreign exchange reserves.
“At 40%, monetary gold is currently worth around $6 trillion, while bitcoin is worth $1 trillion,” Timmer wrote, with bitcoin expected to rocket to $1.5 trillion if it does win a quarter of the monetary gold market.
Last week, spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) data was pointed to as evidence bitcoin is already “stealing gold’s crown” as the world’s “primary store-of-value.”
Earlier this month, hedge fund manager Anthony Scaramucci, the founder of Skybridge Capital who briefly served as former U.S. president Donald Trump’s communications director, made a long-term bitcoin price prediction that it “gets to easily half of the market capitalization of gold.”
Analysts have also pointed to applications for Wall Street giants to create an ethereum ETF and speculation about a possible XRP ETF as well as excitement building ahead of bitcoin’s looming supply cut, known as a halving.
“The market is exhibiting strong resilience across various aspects,” Matteo Greco, research analyst at crypto investor Fineqia International, said in emailed comments.
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“Bitcoin maintains a price above $50,000, altcoins like ethereum perform well with a price exceeding $3,000, and liquidity increases alongside high demand, as seen through inflows into spot bitcoin ETFs and the surge in stablecoin supply. Additionally, with the bitcoin halving approaching in less than two months, the market anticipates another significant event that could impact market trends.”
These combined factors have made many bitcoin, ethereum and XRP traders very bullish.
“I think this is as clear as day we are currently coming up on the steeper portion of the parabolic trend,” bitcoin, ethereum and XRP price analyst Kevin Svenson said in a video posted to X.
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