{"id":1575,"date":"2022-11-21T14:44:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T14:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/heres-why-tim-draper-still-believes-bitcoin-will-reach-250k\/"},"modified":"2022-11-21T14:44:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T14:44:03","slug":"heres-why-tim-draper-still-believes-bitcoin-will-reach-250k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/heres-why-tim-draper-still-believes-bitcoin-will-reach-250k\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s Why Tim Draper Still Believes Bitcoin Will Reach $250K"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>American billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper has reiterated his bullish support for Bitcoin despite the crypto winter intensified by the sudden crash of the FTX exchange.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Draper <a data-wpel-link=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/everybody-will-accept-bitcoin-and-its-price-will-reach-250k-in-2022-says-tim-draper\/\"><span>predicted<\/span><\/a> last June, during the bull market, that the leading crypto asset would reach $250,000 by the end of 2022. However, his prediction is less likely to happen this year since the largest cryptocurrency is now trading below $17,000 following the FTX fiasco.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2> Women and Retailers Can Push Bitcoin to $250k<\/h2>\n<p>Nonetheless, the billionaire still <a data-wpel-link=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidInglesTV\/status\/1593458239378952197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">believes<\/a> Bitcoin will hit the $250,000 target and probably go beyond once the market recovers and people, especially women, start using the cryptocurrency for daily shopping.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to Draper, women control 80% of the total retail spending, which includes clothing, shelter, and food.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He added that women&rsquo;s interest in cryptocurrency has also improved. In the past, women controlled 7.14% of Bitcoin wallets, but today, the number has more than doubled to 16.6%.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The billionaire investor further outlined another reason that could ultimately push the price of Bitcoin is when merchants start accepting BTC for payments.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;When women realize they can get a discount by paying in bitcoin or retailers realize they can double their income by accepting bitcoin, it&rsquo;s going to move pretty quickly,&rdquo; he said.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The crypto asset is trading at around $16,000 after reaching nearly $70,000 in 2021. Although it is down more than 75% from its ATH, a growing list of companies worldwide have adopted the cryptocurrency as a payment option, with the <a data-wpel-link=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/major-south-african-supermarket-chain-accepts-bitcoin-payments-report\/\"><span>latest<\/span><\/a> being the South African supermarket chain Pick n Pay.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2> Draper&rsquo;s Bitcoin Plans<\/h2>\n<p>Draper started making the $250,000 Bitcoin prediction in 2020 while describing what the United States would look like if he became president for a day.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Aside from the forecasts, the billionaire venture capitalist noted that he would explore other aspects of the crypto asset if given a chance. Draper said he would try out a Bitcoin-based universal basic income (UBI) or tax system.<\/p>\n<p>The crypto proponent also <a data-wpel-link=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/tim-drapers-draper-university-teams-up-with-ceek-to-launch-virtual-hacker-house\/\">stated<\/a> that he <span>sees<\/span> Bitcoin as a hedge against bad governance during the just concluded Web Submit 2022.<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><center><span>SPECIAL OFFER (Sponsored)<\/span><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Binance Free $100 (Exclusive): <a data-wpel-link=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/pl\/binancebanner\" rel=\"nofollow\">Use this link<\/a> to register and receive $100 free and 10% off fees on Binance Futures first month<\/b> (<a data-wpel-link=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/buy-bitcoin-5-easy-steps\/\">terms<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\n<b>PrimeXBT Special Offer: <a data-wpel-link=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/pl\/primexbt2\" rel=\"nofollow\">Use this link<\/a> to register &amp; enter POTATO50 code to receive up to $7,000 on your deposits.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/heres-why-tim-draper-still-believes-bitcoin-will-reach-250k\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper has reiterated his bullish support for Bitcoin despite the crypto winter intensified by the sudden crash of the FTX exchange.&nbsp; Draper predicted last June, during the bull market, that the leading crypto asset would reach $250,000 by the end of 2022. However, his prediction is less likely to happen this year since the largest cryptocurrency is now trading below $17,000 following the FTX fiasco.&nbsp; Women and Retailers Can Push Bitcoin to $250k Nonetheless, the billionaire still believes Bitcoin will hit the $250,000 target and probably go beyond once the market recovers and people, especially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[617,404],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoteambuild.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}