Fidelity Director: $100,000 BTC By 2023, Fails To See Bitcoin Power
Jurrien Timmer showcased a profound misunderstanding of Bitcoin and its true potential on CNBC.Fidelity Investments director of global macro Jurrien Timmer appeared on CNBC today to discuss his bitcoin price prediction models, market outlook, and opinion on the current rally. Timmer shared a bearish prediction for BTC, bullish inclinations towards the dollar as the world's reserve currency, and a profound misunderstanding of the relationship between Bitcoin and gold.Timmer said the over 30 percent rally that Bitcoin has experienced this month had not been fueled by momentum traders,....
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On Monday, Jurrien Timmer, director of global macro at Fidelity, told his 56,000 Twitter followers his perspective on current bitcoin prices. “In my view, it looks like the bottom is in,” the Fidelity executive explained, sharing a BTC/USD chart. Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer Attempts to Call Bitcoin’s Bottom In mid-April, bitcoin (BTC) prices touched an all-time high at $64,895 per coin and then plummeted to $30,066 per unit on May 19. The price of BTC has not fallen below the $30K threshold but a number of investors have speculated that it could. There’s been a....
After reporting on Wednesday that Fidelity users would be able to add Second Market's Bitcoin Investment Trust to their list of securities in their Individual Retirement Accounts [IRA], we here at CryptoCoinsNews must issue a correction. Fidelity has done an apparent 180 in the time that this story has gone viral. On Wednesday, it was first reported on Marketwatch that some Fidelity clients had been allowed to invest in the Bitcoin Investment Trust through their IRAs. However, earlier today, Fidelity's director of public relations Rob Beauregard said specifically in a phone interview: We....
Fidelity Charitable is now accepting bitcoin thanks to a partnership with Coinbase. Adding Bitcoin as a method of donation allows donors to bypass high international bank fees on money transfers. Fidelity Charitable is the second largest charity in the U.S. and worked with Fidelity Labs, a unit of Fidelity Investments, on the integration. Coinbase announced on their blog that Fidelity Charitable has partnered with them to give donors the option of using bitcoin for their offers. Matt Nash, Senior Vice President of Donor Engagement for Fidelity Charitable, stated: “Enabling donors to....
The director of research at Fidelity Digital Assets gives her take on the crypto space.
Fidelity has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The ETF will track the price of bitcoin as measured by the performance of the Fidelity Bitcoin Index. Fidelity Seeks SEC’s Approval Launch a Bitcoin ETF FD Funds Management, a subsidiary of Fidelity, has revealed that it plans to provide financial backing for a bitcoin ETF called the Wise Origin Bitcoin Trust, CNBC reported. On Wednesday, the company filed a Form S-1, a preliminary registration statement for the fund, with the SEC. The filing explains that the....