Президент Сальвадора прогнозирует «гигантский рост цен» на биткоин
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele made yet another bullish Bitcoin (BTC) prediction soon after the International Monetary Fund had urged his government to remove Bitcoin’s status as legal tender.
Bukele took to Twitter on Monday to predict that Bitcoin will ultimately see a “gigantic price increase” due to its limited supply of only 21 million digital coins.
The president cited Bitcoin’s scarcity case, emphasizing there are “more than 50 million millionaires” in the world, and there is not enough Bitcoin if each one of them wanted to own at least 1 BTC.
“No enough for even half of them. A gigantic price increase is just a matter of time,” Bukele wrote.
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There are more than 50 million millionaires in the world.
Imagine when each one of them decides they should own at least ONE #Bitcoin
But there will ever be only 21 million #Bitcoin
No enough for even half of them.
A gigantic price increase is just a matter of time.
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) January 31, 2022
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Bukele’s comments came shortly after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had urged El Salvador to end its recognition of Bitcoin as legal tender due to risks related to financial stability and consumer protection. The IMF’s report followed a sharp Bitcoin price decline, with BTC losing about $10,000 of its value in a period from Jan. 20 to Jan. 25, according to data from CoinGecko.
Bitcoin 30-day price chart. Source: CoinGecko
The latest Bitcoin crash caused major dollar-nominated losses to El Salvador’s Bitcoin reserves. Как ранее сообщал Cointelegraph, правительство Сальвадора совершило первую покупку 200 BTC 6 сентября, когда BTC торговался около $52 000. Затем правительство купило 420 BTC 27 октября, когда рыночная цена биткоина превысила $58 000. Позднее Сальвадор также купил некоторое количество биткоина по цене около 54 000 долларов в ноябре и еще больше биткоинов по цене 49 000 долларов в середине декабря.
На момент написания статьи BTC торгуется на уровне 37 159 долларов, что примерно на 45% ниже исторического максимума в 68 000 долларов, зафиксированного 9 ноября.
На данный момент BTC торгуется на уровне 37 159 долларов, что на 45% ниже исторического максимума в 68 000 долларов, зафиксированного 9 ноября.