Bitcoin Eyes $20K-Breakout as Morgan Stanley Predicts Dollar Crash

Morgan Stanley’s chief global strategist says that “regardless of where the price of bitcoin goes next, cryptocurrencies are here to stay as a serious asset class.” He added that bitcoin is making progress towards replacing the dollar as a medium of exchange. Morgan Stanley Bullish on Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies Morgan Stanley’s head of emerging markets and chief global strategist, Ruchir Sharma, published a report entitled “Why Crypto Is Coming Out of the Shadows” on the Morgan Stanley website last week. “Despite the jitters natural in a global....

Morgan Stanley, a Wall Street investment bank, has gotten exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) through Grayscale, indicating that institutional adoption of digital assets is growing. Morgan Stanley Owns 28k Shares According to a June 28 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the Morgan Stanley Europe Opportunity Fund, which invests in established and growing firms […]

A recent sharp pullback move in the US dollar market is insufficient to log a full-fledged upside breakout. So says Stephen Roach, the former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia. The pro-Bitcoin economist wrote in an op-ed that the US dollar could fall by as much as 35 percent by the end of 2021 due to strengthening foreign currencies, rapid macroeconomic imbalances in the US, and the end of the American hegemony over global reserve assets. […]

Morgan Stanley’s global strategist has made a case that bitcoin is making progress towards replacing the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency. “Do not assume that your traditional currencies are the only stores of value, or mediums of exchange, that people will ever trust,” he warned governments. Bitcoin Is on Its Way to Becoming the World’s Reserve Currency Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s chief global strategist and head of emerging markets, Ruchir Sharma, published an opinion piece in the Financial Times on Wednesday. He explained how....

A new Morgan Stanley report aimed at assessing whether blockchain is a threat to big banks agues that the short-term benefits of the technology are likely minimal, but that future growth is likely. Published yesterday, the report features a timeline of when Morgan Stanley predicts certain blockchain milestones will be reached. Culminating in 2025, Morgan Stanley identifies 10 roadblocks to banks integrating blockchain. However, the report includes language that suggests the global investment bank may be seeking to understand how blockchain tech may impact its portfolio or perhaps its own....