Interview with DApps Fund Managing Partner Sam Yilmaz
The Bitcoin 2.0 scene is often talked about as being the next necessary step in the evolution of an autonomous society. It's the world of decentralized applications that run on top of Bitcoin's underlying technology, the block chain. Some even say the block chain itself is the most important technology to come out of Bitcoin. Also read: Bitcoin and The March Toward a Decentralized Future. Thus, the crypto world has been inundated with all sorts of unique developments which aim to take advantage of block chain tech: smart contracts, crypto equities, file storage, voting, internet, crowd....
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The co-founder and managing partner of Nexo, a major cryptocurrency lender, has predicted that the price of bitcoin will be $100K by mid-2022. He highlighted “two simple reasons” why he is bullish about the price of bitcoin this year.
Bitcoin Expected to Reach $100K by Mid-Year
Antoni Trenchev, the co-founder and managing partner of Nexo, a major cryptocurrency lender, has shared his bitcoin price prediction in an interview with CNBC Monday. He said:
I think [bitcoin’s] going to reach $100,000 this year, probably by … the middle of it.
Nexo....