The decline of the US dollar and the loss of purchasing power due to fiat currency inflation will drive global demand for Bitcoin.
Macroeconomic drivers, including the decline of the US dollar (USD), will dampen the effects of the Bitcoin (BTC) halving cycle, which is the source of the market booms and busts that have been a feature of BTC since 2009, according to investor and founding partner of venture capital (VC) firm Draper Associates, Tim Draper.
“Between 10-20 years from now, the dollar will be extinct,” Draper told Cointelegraph in an interview. “The world is changing, and we are watching it happen. We are right in the center of an anthropological leap forward,” he added.
Draper said investors increasingly view Bitcoin as an “escape valve” against poor governance, distrust of banking institutions, fiat currency inflation, and geopolitical tensions, which are all driving global adoption of the supply-capped digital currency. The VC added:
