Bitcoin Price To Hit $100k in 12 Months - Messari Founder

Messari founder and CEO Ryan Selkis predicts Bitcoin will hit $100,000 within the next 12 months.

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Selkis believes the banking crisis is leading investors to put their wealth in assets like crypto and gold.

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He argues that decentralized finance (DeFi) is the direction the world is heading and is a more trustworthy system than traditional financial markets.

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Selkis cautions that fractional banking can harm crypto and calls for better coordination between the Fed and Big Banks to protect crypto from systemic risks in the US banking system.

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