Beverly Hills, CA Fina V Capital
is bullish on Bitcoin (BTC), with the price of the digital currency
soaring to as high as $10,000.00 per coin by the end of 2015. The
President of Fina V Capital Keith Gilabert states, “Our price
analysis is based on the demand we see from hedge fund groups and the
decentralizing of third world currencies.”
Fina
VC currently has an agressive 12 month target price of $5,000.00 for
Bitcoin (BTC). "We only recommend professional investors trade
Bitcoins, the purpose of Bitcoins is for commerce within a single
currency not trade the currency. If you do trade you must understand
that there could be a total loss."
Gilabert
states, “The value in Bitcoin comes from the ease of use for trade.
There are currently 178 currencies used around the world. The exchange
rates fluctuate quite a bit and the banks processing fees can reach as
high as 12% on a single transaction. With Bitcoin you eliminate the
banks processing fees and save up to 10% on the transaction. If you
take a nominal figure such as a $1 billion in transactions that’s over
$100 million the consumer has saved in fees and now has additional
buying power.”
Bitcoins are gaining traction
from the demand of businesses and consumers, last week Overstock.com
started accepting Bitcoins as payment. “This is an important step
towards creating a reserve currency that is free of the excessive fees
charged by banks and brokers. I expect to see other major retailers
announce acceptance of Bitcoins this year,” according to Gilabert.
Winklevoss
Capital, headed by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss who came up with the
idea that that gave Mark Zuckerberg the inspiration of Facebook, stated
that the price of Bitcoin could reach $10,000 and maybe worth $40,000
per coin someday.
Another bullish prediction
came from Chris Dixon Partner of Andreessen Horowitz who believes a
single Bitcoin might even be worth $100,000.
Dixon
goes on to compare Bitcoins to internet domain names, “It would have
been absurd to say in 1993 that domain names were worth $10m each.”
Former
Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya stated, if Bitcoin could
establish itself as a “useful reserve currency” it could worth more than
$400,000.
According to Gilabert, “The reason
People’s Bank of China announced that commercial banks in the country
could no longer deal in the digital currency Bitcoin was because it
undermines their Central Bank. Bitcoin allows a way to securely record
transactions without the need for a Central Authority to confirm or
verify those transactions. ”
Bitcoin protocol
creates a blockchain, which tracks each and every transaction on the
network. Bitcoin’s lead developer Gavin Andresen stated, “The idea is
to give people a way to do what they clearly want to do, but do it in a
responsible way that strikes a balance between you and whatever you want
into the blockchain.”
This allows a contract to only be triggered by data feeds within the blockchain encrypted on the Bitcoin.
Investment
from venture capitalist in Bitcoin has begun to gain momentum.
Coinbase raised $25 million from Netscape creator Marc Andreessen and
BitPay has raised $2 million from venture firms. “These are major
players in the Bitcoin arena and this is further confirmation that there
is value in Bitcoins”, according to Gilabert.
Bank of America today started coverage on Bitcoin with a target of $1,300.00.
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