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Blockstream CEO expects bitcoin to hit $1 tn mark by 2022

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For this to come true, the market will need to witness an increase of around 400% in the next two years

Blockchain chief executive officer Adam Back said that bitcoin hitting the $1 trillion market cap by 2025 is conservative. He expects bitcoin to hit the $1 trillion mark by 2022 or even sooner, media reports said.

A report by Yassine Elmandjra, a crypto-asset analyst at investment advisor Ark, in its September said that Bitcoin will hit the market cap of $1 trillion to $5 trillion by 2030 at the latest.

Adam Back told the media, “Conservative. I’d say bitcoin likely sees a $1 trillion market cap within 2 years, probably sooner. $1 trillion is about BTC $50k.”

For Adam Back’s prediction to come true, the market will need to witness an increase of around 400 percent in the next two years. In October 2018, bitcoin hit a market cap of $114 billion.

Recently, Bitcoin.com acquired crypto exchange BOA Exchange for an undisclosed amount. It is reported that the two parties will finalise the deal immediately. The deal will facilitate Bitcoin.com’s expansion into the underserved Eastern European and Southern Asia markets.

With regard to the acquisition, Danish Chaudhry, Head of Bitcoin.com Exchange told the media,  “We are pleased to have made this acquisition at this time, as it furthers our reach into the European and Asian markets as we witness a consolidation in the crypto exchange space.”

Another report published last week said that the use of bitcoin has increased in Egypt since the start of the pandemic. A growing number of Egyptians are reportedly turning to bitcoin amid the economic crisis and rising unemployment.

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