Why Invest in Bitcoin?

[Kakashi2020]

New cryptocurrencies come and go, but Bitcoin never goes out of fashion. By the end of November 2020, Bitcoin surprised everyone and hit its new all-time high of $19,857, extending its year-to-date gain to 177 per cent.

Will the rally continue in 2021? Analysts share unanimously strong views on the Bitcoin future within the next 12 months and beyond, predicting incredible $100,000, $170,000 and even $318,000 price targets for BTC.

Among the major Bitcoin price drivers in 2021 we can define the growing institutional demand, rising inflation and increasingly negative perception of contemporary monetary policy. All these force individual investors and institutions to look for alternative options to protect the value of their capital. Cryptocurrencies, led by Bitcoin, seem to be a perfect solution.

The difference between Bitcoin and fiat money

"Quite simply, the risk-reward equation is starting to flip from traditional financial assets being yield-bearing, less risky, and reliable stores of wealth resistant to inflation over to Bitcoin and various crypto assets being the sources of yield, increasingly less risk, and a reliable store of wealth," said Sergey Nazarov, the cofounder of Chainlink.
The expert believes Bitcoin will eventually break through $100,000 and he is not alone. Sharing his BTC price prediction for 2021, Tom Lee, the managing partner of Fundstrat Global Advisors, expects that Bitcoin will replace gold as a store of value and a hedge against inflation.