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Venture Capitalist Tim Draper Holds Strong to Bitcoin as Dominance Rises

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Venture capitalist tim draper holds strong to bitcoin as dominance rises

Venture Capitalist Tim Draper Holds Strong to bitcoin as Dominance Rises
Venture capitalist tim draper holds strong on bitcoin as dominance moves up

Despite the tumbling state of the crypto market and the sharp decrease in bitcoin price, venture capitalist and permabull Tim Draper remains overly positive on the future of cryptocurrencies. Meanwhile, bitcoin’s dominance has been increasing since the first week of November.

Draper: Clinging to Old Currencies Is a Mistake

Speaking to Mike Green of Thiel Macro on the sidelines of World Crypto Con in Las Vegas earlier this month, venture capitalist and cryptocurrency investor Tim Draper predicted that digital currencies will eventually make up as much as two-thirds of the entire world’s currency value.

He also outlined that cryptocurrencies are frictionless and cheaper to use, which alone should be enough for widespread adoption.

Down the road, when we can easily spend, or invest, or do whatever we want with cryptocurrencies—they’re frictionless, they cost you less. […] I mean, just by that alone, just that they cost you less, it’s going to be better for people. And so they’re going to move to crypto, and they’re going to go away from the political currency—they call it fiat. – He said.

Venture capitalist tim draper holds strong to bitcoin as dominance rises

Draper holds that this is the main reason for bitcoin’s (BTC)  00 future increase in value.

That’s the way it’s going to move. And so the countries that are forward thinking are saying, this is the way it’s going to be. So we’re going to make a huge mistake by trying to cling to our old currency. – Outlined the investor.

It’s worth noting that Draper recently re-confirmed his previous bitcoin price prediction of $250,000 by 2022, saying that it’s “absolutely solid” on the stage of Web Summit tech conference.

bitcoin Dominance on the Rise

After having decreased to about 51% at the end of the first week of November, bitcoin dominance — its share market cap percentage in the entire cryptocurrency market, is now back upwards of 53 percent.

This comes amid a time of steep declines, as the market’s forerunner lost almost $1,000 of its value in the last seven days alone.

Venture capitalist tim draper holds strong to bitcoin as dominance rises

What do you think of Draper’s positivity, as well as increasing bitcoin dominance? Don’t hesitate to let us know in the comments below!

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Ukraine Sees Bitcoin Investments Up 500% in 12 Months

Ukraine’s bitcoin investment figures have shot up 500% in a single year, according to bitcoin Ukraine founder Andrey Dubetskiy.


Dubetskiy: Growth Reasons ‘Same Throughout The World’

The figures, which Dubetskiy revealed in comments to local news resource Payspace, represent growth from 500,000 hryvnia ($18,400) to 2.5 million ($92,000) hryvnia per week through 2016.

“The reasons behind the growth are the same as those throughout the world,” he told the publication.

Specifically, distrust of national currencies, an unstable economy, asset movement restrictions, the shadow economy, little choice and regulation of financial instruments, demand for digital and global financial instruments, growth potential for bitcoin’s price as an investment and many others.

Ukraine has become an active participant in both Blockchain studies and bitcoin as a consumer asset.

Despite its recent turbulent political and economic history, cryptocurrency usage has been fostered – or at least left untouched by premature regulation – and continues to serve as an investment alternative to the hryvnia, which since 2014 has lost two thirds of its value.

LocalBitcoins Ukraine volume up

Localbitcoins volumes in Ukraine have also seen their best times ever in recent months, with weekly trading edging towards new highs each week.

“Considering the general upward trend in bitcoin’s exchange rate, the majority of customers are buying in order to profit from speculative operations, while some investors transfer a part of their assets to bitcoin,” Mikhael Chobanyan, CEO of local exchange Kuna.io, added.

Weak Economy + Bank Crisis = Blockchain

In a bid to bail out its creaking economic infrastructure, Ukraine was forced to nationalize main lender Privatbank last December amid concerns “panic” would arise if things were left as is.

“Other banks would not be getting their loans back from PrivatBank, a series of bankruptcies would begin, and there would be panic,” Oleksandr Savchenko, head of Kyiv’s International Institute of Business, commented on the situation prior to the move being finalized.

On the Blockchain front meanwhile, a scheme involving the Central Bank to introduce the technology to governmental processes appears to be gaining momentum.

Q3 last year saw publication of a roadmap from the National Bank of Ukraine for its Cashless Economy scheme, which set out ways and deadlines for use of Blockchain in cases such as payments.

“The [National Bank of Ukraine (NBU)] Board has approved and presented a roadmap for Cashless Economy, which will use Blockchain technology in Ukraine for the first time,” spokesman Konstantin Yarmolenko wrote on Facebook at the time in a post subsequently removed.

Elsewhere, Ukraine was the first country in the world to launch sanctioned bitcoin futures trading on its national exchange. Investor interest was also given as the main motivation for the move, which authorities announced in the midst of the Privatbank debacle.

What do you think about Ukraine’s bitcoin growth? Are you there and seeing changes? Let us know in the comments below!


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