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How Bitcoin Gets to $100,000

Another look at the bitcoin valuation models that could possibly lead to a six-figure bitcoin valuation over the course of the next year.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:36 a.m. Published Nov 29, 2020, 2:00 p.m.
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Another look at the bitcoin valuation models that could possibly lead to a six-figure bitcoin valuation over the course of the next year.

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On this edition of The Breakdown’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads a recent piece by Hong Fang, CEO of OKCoin.

In it, Fang provides a set of valuation models and scenarios that plausibly lead to bitcoin achieving a significant $100,000 value over the course of 2021.

See also: Bitcoin at $318,000 Next December? One Citibank Exec Says It’s Possible

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