Bitcoin billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried says digital assets could come in a ‘fall’ instead of the ‘winter’ many fear. The young billionaire thinks the Fed will continue to be the main driver of digital asset markets in the months ahead. For details, continue reading Kriptokoin.com.
Bitcoin millionaire: Fall, not winter
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have plummeted since hitting record highs in November as investors are ready to raise interest rates as the Fed grapples with high inflation. Sharp declines in stock markets and low trading volumes have given rise to rumors of a “crypto winter” where prices plummet and remain low for a year or more.
But Bankman-Fried, co-founder of the FTX crypto exchange in 2019, said in a statement that he didn’t really think it was winter and still sees a lot of activity and a lot of excitement in this space. Sam Bankman-Fried states that there may be a crypto “fall” rather than a “winter” and states that the Fed will continue to be the main driver of digital asset markets in the months ahead.
With nearly $25 billion in assets, 29-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried says Fed policy is currently the biggest driver of the crypto market. Cryptocurrencies have also fallen sharply, with shares in rapidly growing but unprofitable tech companies as the Fed prepares to end stimulus that boosts riskier investments in 2020 and 2021.
Investors turned to more economically sensitive bets such as bank stocks and commodities. Bitcoin tumbled after hitting $69,000 in November, trading at around $44,000 on Wednesday, and other major tokens like Ethereum experienced similar dips. Bankman-Fried comments:
As long as Fed policy continues to be one of the main drivers of market movements, we will likely continue to see this fairly strong correlation in the coming months.
Any crypto slowdown hasn’t dampened investor enthusiasm for Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange. Earlier this month, it raised $400 million from major investment firms to a valuation of $32 billion.
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