Chief Economic Advisor at financial services company Allianz, Mohamed El-Erian, told CNBC today, June 29, that he thinks Bitcoin (BTC) will eventually be treated as a store of value – and that he would consider buying if the price hits $5,000.
It will not be pure Bitcoin.
In the long term, El-Erian considers that Bitcoin will not serve as a currency in so much as “another commodity-like asset out there that you can trade, and mainly as a store of value.”
Bitcoin is currently trading at $5,885, down almost 4 percent on the day, and over 20 percent this month.
On June 24, BTC also plummeted below the $6K mark, reaching its lowest price level in 2018, a point it had not hit since October 2017.
Mohamad El-Erian, the Allianz Chief Economist, believes the value of Bitcoin will get stable at $5,000 in an exclusive interview with Yahoo Finance. His opinion on Bitcoin seems a magnanimous view of cryptocurrency, opposed to the view of the most analysts.
One of the planet’s most respected financial market analysts has spoken about a possible entry point for investors wishing to get exposure to Bitcoin, along with his thoughts about the future of the most successful digital asset to date.
Ethereum is the laggard in this bullish cycle. When Bitcoin soared to register fresh all-time highs, easing past $70,000 in March, ETH prices struggled to break $4,000. When it did, the best the coin could do was retest $4,100 before dumping hard.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s recent acknowledgment of cryptocurrency’s staying power as an asset class in the U. S. economy carries significant implications. Firstly, his statement indirectly suggests that cryptocurrency can potentially serve as a hedge against inflation, given its durability as an asset class.
Longer-term narratives matter, argues Noelle Acheson, but they don’t set the price. That is set by short-term sentiment, which is both contagious and fickle.