Eric Trump Predicts Bitcoin To Hit $1 Million In Bold Speech
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In a keynote delivered Tuesday at the Bitcoin Mena conference in Abu Dhabi, Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organisation and the son of US president-elect Donald Trump, made a bold forecast for the BTC price. Trump’s speech touched on Bitcoin’s scarcity, global liquidity, and disruptive potential to the traditional financial sector, culminating in a pronouncement that the BTC price will reach $1 million. Eric Trump Predicts $1 Million Per Bitcoin Throughout the keynote, Trump highlighted the unique advantages of Bitcoin over traditional assets like real estate and gold. He described BTC’s scarcity – the fixed supply of 21 million coins – as a critical driver of value, contrasting it with gold, whose supply could be expanded if prices rose dramatically. “Name another commodity that’s capped. Name another commodity that as prices go up, it’s not further exploited,” he said. Trump noted that if gold soared to $20,000 per ounce, “you’d be tearing down this building” to find more. By contrast, Bitcoin’s hard supply limit cannot be altered. “With Bitcoin, you can’t. With Bitcoin, supply is capped. That scarcity, that hard limit, it makes it incredibly valuable, especially as these assets are being purchased in the billions. That’s why you see the price skyrocket the way it is.” Trump referenced the involvement of major financial institutions, asserting that their participation proves Bitcoin’s significance. “There’s no question that the institutions are petrified. Guys, they’re petrified. Why do you think BlackRock and why do you think Schwab and why do you think, you know, JP Morgan and Fidelity, (0:29) why do you think they’re buying crypto by the billions?” he asked. Drawing on his personal evolution from a skeptic to a believer, Trump referenced early conversations with MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor, a well-known proponent of Bitcoin. “I’ve known Michael Saylor…
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