Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Upholds BTC $20K, ETH $1.5K For 2018 Forecasts

Alexis Ohanian, a co-founder of both Reddit and VC firm Initialized Capital, maintained his $20,000 Bitcoin (BTC) and $1,500 Ethereum (ETH) estimates for 2018 in a meeting with CNBC on July 24.

Discussing the ‘’ battle tested” Bitcoin, Ohanian said the asset is “certainly the most robust” and “one of the best proofs” of crypto being a possible store of significant worth — something he underscored as progressively vital in a worldwide set of financial and political vulnerability.

Ohanian noticed that “as volatile as it’s been, we see [Bitcoin] continuing to go up over the long term,” including that his faith in the coin’s flexibility has been established by continuous advancements to make blockchain more versatile.

Saying something regarding whether blockchain could predominate the internet in its definitive effect, Ohanian said there is a “chance for a new internet to be built” on its premise, and considered that “the idea of being able to browse with a store of value” can possibly convey financial consideration to anybody that has access to an internet connection.

Ohanian also described decentralized cryptocurrencies as a “changing sign of the times,” while treating his position to underscore that he ” is not calling for the end of fiat or anything like that.” Nonetheless, he stated, crypto is quickly forming into a “viable alternative that is showing more and more credibility over time”

Provided with the “viable alternative that is showing more and more credibility over time” Ohanian said that Initialized Capital is wagering on “the picks and shovels” of the early business. The VC firm, which has over $250 million resources under management was one of U.S. crypto exchanges Coinbase’s first investors

Ohanian said that,

“We’re looking for those companies who are building the robust but very unsexy infrastructure that’s probably not going to make a headline anytime soon.”

Ohanian’s staunch embrace of Bitcoin comes when the assets dominance by market capitalization in the total crypto market capitalization in total crypto market posted its most elevated amount yet in 2018, passing 46 percent July 23 — a threshold observed December 22, 2017, when the coin was trading just below all-time highs of around $20,000.

Now, BTC strength has crawled up yet further to 47.2 percent, as indicated by data from CoinMarketCap. Bitcoin is trading around $8,169, up around one percent on the day. Ethereum is trading around $471, down to just over half of a percent on the course of  24hours.