This is Bitcoin’s moment, says Virgin Galactic chairman
By Liam Frost
Chamath Palihapitiya, the CEO of Social Capital, the chairman of Virgin Galactic and the owner of Golden State Warriors, thinks that Bitcoin could potentially become “gold 2.0” by 2030 if traditional economies falter.
During today’s “Pomp Podcast” hosted by Anthony Pompliano, co-founder and partner at Morgan Creek Digital, Palihapitiya said that “Bitcoin needed a moment like this for it to be relevant.”
“There’s a real chance by 2030 we don’t find a way to inflate our way out of this, and that the only way to break the back of deflation is essentially to create some quasi form of gold standard,” said Palihapitiya.
“But it will be almost impossible to do that between governments and central banks. They’ll never agree on an instrument and they’ll never agree on an exchange. But then bottoms up people could decide to do it. And the minute when that happens, then it’s a done deal,” Palihapitiya added.
He noted that Bitcoin could become an index. And while gold’s kept in vaults, Bitcoin can be owned and possessed by everybody.
This is the US dollar that’s being printed at a rate of $1 million per second.
He added that currency markets are even more important than debt markets, and in such markets, enormous liquidity five percent moves—or 500 basis points—are newsworthy, yet take years to play out.
To improve the situation, crypto markets need to flush those players out and keep some basis of interest from long-term holders, he said. “And then you need to have it slowly look like the traditional infrastructure could really implode,” Palihapitiya added.
With the current state of events, slowly might be the wrong word.
Via: Decrypt
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