Pakinomist – Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy’s executive chairman and former CEO, who co-founded the company, posted a tweet to celebrate the new historic price mark reached by .
Unlike his other recent tweets, where Saylor posted AI-generated photos of himself, this time he posted an actual photo with other influential people, accompanying it with a tagline: “The future is bright.” The “B” in the last word has vertical lines like in a Bitcoin logo.
The influential people pictured with Saylor are politician Robert Kennedy Jr. and Jared Kushner. Standing with them is Kennedy’s wife, actress Cheryl Hines.
Bitcoin sets new price record
Earlier today, the world’s leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, stunned the crypto market as it surged to a new all-time high above the $109,000 level. This huge price increase came despite a massive liquidation, as a whopping $1.2 billion in crypto assets were wiped off the market.
The previous all-time record of over $108,000 was reached on December 16th.
The price increase occurred as the market anticipated the inauguration of the newly elected US pro-crypto president Donald Trump. During his campaign, he accepted donations in various cryptocurrencies, not only in Bitcoin, but also in several altcoins, including meme tokens. He also pledged to create a national strategic bitcoin reserve as well as to favor adequate regulation of cryptocurrencies to maintain US leadership in financial and technology markets around the world.
Bitcoin to $1 million — Samson Mow, Michael Saylor
True to his own prophecies, another vocal Bitcoiner, Samson Mow, JAN3 CEO, tweeted today that he has seen a “God Candle” which took BTC above the $109,000 price mark.
Overall, Mow expects Bitcoin to eventually reach $1 million per coin. Saylor shares his beliefs. What’s more, he said several times that 10 years from now, BTC will be worth a staggering $12 million per coin. unit, as at that time it will have removed part of gold’s market share.
As reported by Pakinomist earlier, as Trump’s inauguration approached, the probability of creating the Bitcoin Reserve for the United States rose to over 70%, according to data from betting service Kalshi.
