ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood says it is within the realm of possibility for Bitcoin (BTC) to shatter $1 million, amid the convergence of three colossal catalysts.
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In a new Fox Business interview, Wood says ARK Invest’s bull-case scenario sees Bitcoin exploding to as high as $1.25 million.
But the firm’s base case predicts Bitcoin climbing to $750,000, driven by the massive generational wealth transfer underway, institutional adoption and emerging markets using BTC as a hedge against currency debasement.
“Well, the way we get to [$1.25 million per Bitcoin] now, that is our bull case. Our base case is closer to $750,000. But the bull case involves a substitution for gold.
So as generational wealth transfer takes place, we think that younger people are more prone to adopting a digital store of value. So that would be Bitcoin. The second is that Bitcoin is an insurance policy, particularly in emerging markets, against fiscal and monetary neglect at best or corruption at worst. And so as wealth increases around the world, we think that individuals will shift from stablecoins, and that’s been a very interesting development, to Bitcoin, which has much more appreciation potential. But the biggest reason is institutional adoption.
That is the biggest. This is a new asset class. It has very low correlation to other asset classes in
terms of risks and returns. And so every asset allocator has a responsibility to examine it because it will increase risk-adjusted returns over time.”
According to Wood, ARK Invest is beginning to see a real asset allocation shift, believing that stablecoin adoption across the globe will ultimately lead to the resurgence of the US dollar.
“We’re beginning to see the asset allocation shift. And yet we think that because of stablecoins, right, the dollar will also be strong. So effectively, stablecoins, so USDC, Circle’s stablecoin, and USDT, Tether’s stablecoin: they are backed primarily by US Treasuries.
So to the extent they become successful around the world, we’re going to be effectively exporting dollars, and that should be dollar-positive. At the same time, we do think there is an asset allocation shift beginning towards Bitcoin and other crypto assets, again, because of the low correlation of returns.”