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WHY YOU SHOULD’VE INVESTED $1 IN CRYPTO IN 2013

Posted by Ian King | Aug 10, 2022 | Cryptocurrency, Winning Investor Daily

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Editor’s Note: Ian King and the Winning Investor team are excited to deliver
your first issue of Tomorrow’s Biggest Tech Trends Today. Instead of our usual
article — as you’re about to see — we’ve made a big change. Starting today, and
every Wednesday going forward, Ian will bring you an in-depth essay. Each essay
will go into great detail on an exciting new technology or innovation that will
shape our future. He will also reveal, in plain English, the economic impact
these trends will have. So, you’ll be ready to pounce as investment
opportunities arise. So enjoy today’s article on the future of crypto.

“Invest just one dollar in bitcoin!”

That’s what Davinci Jeremie told 3.9 million viewers in his viral YouTube video
from 2013.

Looking back, this was one of the greatest recommendations of the decade.

But just a month before Jeremie posted the video, bitcoin had fallen 50%.

Most folks were convinced that it would not hold steady at $112 — and would
instead plummet to $0.

Instead, Jeremie countered:

If it goes to nothing, who cares? You only spent a dollar… The way I see it,
that will be worth a million dollars just in inflation, once bitcoin gets to
where it’s going to be.

But even more fascinating is his “take it or leave it” attitude:

A lot of you are skeptical, a lot of you don’t believe in the bitcoin system —
that’s fine, you can stay on the sidelines.

If you’re familiar with crypto, you might be feeling déjà vu right now. And I’ll
tell you why.

Jeremie was echoing Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin.

In his infamous whitepaper, Satoshi wrote:

If you don’t believe me or don’t get it, I don’t have the time to try to
convince you, sorry.

Nakamoto and Jeremie were right.

These days Jeremie is doing quite well for himself, if this picture from his
yacht is any indication:

If you did follow Davinci’s advice from 2013, you’d be sitting on an open gain
of 20,398%.

That means your $1 would be worth $204.

At the time, such gains were little more than a myth.

But those early gains? Well, they’re only a fraction of what’s coming from
crypto’s next generation.

Here’s why I know that for a fact…

LIKE IT OR NOT, CRYPTOS ARE HERE TO STAY

In just over a decade, crypto rocketed from zero to over a trillion dollars in
market capitalization.

Read that again. Zero. To. A. Trillion. Dollars.

That growth isn’t over.

In late July, mass adoption reached a new record: a global total of 882,262
wallets with at least one bitcoin or more. The rate of adoption reached an
unparalleled 165% per year.

That makes cryptocurrency the fastest-growing technology in history.

Incredible growth, but we’re just getting started.

Crypto optimism is on the uptick.

In March, a poll found that 53% of Americans believe crypto is the “future of
finance.” Moreover, that number rises to 68% among 35- to 44-year-olds. (As you
know, it’s hard to find anything that more than 50% of Americans agree on!)

Even Wall Street is rushing to get onboard.

As Fidelity CEO Abigail Johnson explains:

Blockchain technology isn’t just a more efficient way to settle securities. It
will fundamentally change market structures, and maybe even the architecture of
the internet itself.

JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon had to eat his words about crypto too.

Last October, Dimon bashed crypto as “worthless.” But in May of this year, just
seven months later, he did a complete 180 and said bitcoin had “significant
upside”:

I’m not a bitcoin supporter. I don’t care about bitcoin. I have no interest in
it. On the other hand, clients are interested, and I don’t tell clients what to
do.

BlackRock, with $9 trillion in assets under management, just inked a deal with
Coinbase to give its clients access to crypto products.

Even stuffy old BNY Mellon, whose predecessor was founded back in 1784, has
announced a new digital assets custody program.

It goes beyond Wall Street — Visa and Mastercard are now offering payment
options for crypto users.

PayPal announced it would be offering crypto alternatives to its 350 million
users last year.

Bottom line: Even those who once scoffed at crypto are now scrambling to adopt
it.

Fact is…

In 2021, bitcoin processed more than $3 trillion in payments. That’s more than
American Express ($1.3 trillion) and Discover ($0.5 trillion) … COMBINED.

Including intranetwork transactions, bitcoin’s transaction volume from the first
quarter of 2021 alone beat “all credit card networks combined for the entire
year.”

And that’s in just over one decade!

While crypto’s mass adoption comes as no surprise to me — I’ve been investing in
bitcoin for over 10 years — there’s an even bigger crypto mega trend playing out
behind the scenes…

A trend that’s going to turn the $100 trillion global financial industry on its
head.

FOLLOWING THE INTERNET’S PATH TO FORTUNE

Think back for just one moment to 1998.

You’re at your colorful new Apple iMac, listening to the beeps as your modem
connects to the internet.

Maybe there’s a “you’ve got mail” chime when you log in to your AOL account.

You couldn’t imagine what was coming just a few years later.

Today, instead of an iMac, you’re reading this on an iPad that looks like
something out of Star Trek.

No more modem either — just a wireless connection that’s about 125 times faster.

With this new technology came the dawn of a whole new digital economy.

Now, instead of reaching for the Yellow Pages, you tap the Google icon. You
stream your favorite movies on Netflix or FaceTime with a friend living halfway
across the world.

These online businesses account for a staggering 15% of all global GDP. That
share has grown 2.5X faster than the total GDP for the last 15 years.

Up until crypto, the internet was the world’s biggest investment success story.

And today’s cryptocurrency market is roughly on par with the internet we knew in
1998:

That’s back when Apple shares went for about a quarter (adjusted for splits)…

Before Google or Facebook even existed.

It was a crucial point between the new technology’s breakout first generation —
and the more sophisticated, far more lucrative second generation. You can see
examples of this from the internet era.

Remember Myspace? It was the first popular social media platform. Rupert Murdoch
famously bought it for $580 million, which he admitted was a “huge mistake” (his
words, not mine).

Then along came Facebook. It was a next-gen alternative that took the world by
storm. It delivered 10,000,000% for early investors.

Or what about the early search engine AltaVista? Never heard of it? You’re not
alone.

It didn’t last very long after Jeff Bezos invested $250,000 in a scrappy startup
called Google, which became the internet’s dominant next-gen search engine.

Bezos’ stake ultimately grew to $8.5 billion.

We’re now standing at the same tipping point with crypto. Except as crypto’s
next generation takes off, the potential for gains is far higher…

HOW CRYPTO IS CRACKING THE $100 TRILLION CURRENCY CODE

Crypto started out as a subversive movement against centralization.

It was a rebellious alternative for people sick and tired of the chokehold
governments have on our money.

That meant getting away from the inflation that ends up being the final
deathblow to most fiat currencies.

Take the U.S. dollar, for example.

It’s lost 90% of its value over the last 100 years.

We feel it every time we fill up our cars at the pump or check out at the
grocery store.

Most of our assets are held in the dollar too.

Not just stocks, but even your home is a dollar-denominated asset.

Your small business, your medical office or your legal practice — every single
one of these things you’ve worked so hard for — they’re all tied to the dollar’s
fate.

That means your wealth is also tied to the U.S.’ federal debt of $28 trillion
(and growing).

But with cryptocurrency, everyday Americans suddenly have an alternative to this
rigged system.

And it’s sending shock waves throughout the financial world.

You can see a glimpse of it in the credit card business.

Credit card companies collect a transaction fee of 2.5% to 3.5% from vendors.

Of course, these fees add up.

Just last year, Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover collected a
total of $100 billion in fees.

Vendors pay because it’s convenient. And there are no good alternatives.

But Ethereum can complete over 58 times the transaction volume of Visa’s
network, all at a tiny fraction of the cost.

That’s why credit card companies are in such a hurry to offer crypto. If you
can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em!

It’s like comparing dial-up internet to modern-day broadband.

There’s just no competition.

That’s just one snapshot of what’s happening across the $100 trillion global
financial system.

Crypto is shaking up everything from banking to finance, payment systems,
lending, bookkeeping and more.

Next-generation cryptocurrencies are proving to be more than just a store of
value. They’re computational networks and frameworks for whole new digital
assets and services.

Even top tech companies like Apple, Google and Amazon are losing their
developers to crypto projects. These people know a tech revolution when they see
one.

But remember, crypto investing is still in its earliest stages.

Only 36% of institutions hold any digital assets at all.

If they invested just 1% of their portfolios in crypto, its total market cap
would be $6 trillion.

I think it will be whole lot higher than that.

LAYING THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR NEXT MILLION

In less than a decade, we won’t even be using paper money.

I’m already seeing it in my daily life. The last time my family and I went out
to eat, the cashier informed us they were a cash-free establishment.

The dollar might last a little longer though.

If that shocks you, just remember this: The U.S. dollar’s lifespan is still
longer than any other world reserve currency in the last 570 years:

There’s a reckoning ahead for the U.S. dollar. It’s only a matter of time until
it loses its reserve currency status. And when that happens, anyone holding
dollars or dollar-denominated assets is in for a massive shock.

Meanwhile, crypto is racing straight toward mass adoption.

Not just with big banks and payment processors either, but with people like you
and me.

Coinbase has seen 42 million new users join in the last year alone.

Even while markets sank before leveling off in July, tens of millions were still
diving into crypto.

It’s incredible to see.

Because now is the perfect time to start buying. And I know from experience.

Crypto’s last major downturn was only four years ago. Bitcoin dropped over 80%,
and the mood in the industry was dire.

New token launches were suddenly canceled. Once-lively crypto conferences looked
like ghost towns.

But when everyone zigs, you must zag.

I stuck with my convictions and watched as bitcoin soared over 1,600% off its
lows.

The cryptos that lead the next rally will be different though.

Because they’ll be a part of decentralized finance (DeFi). This new system will
turn finance as we know it upside down.

Even an official from the Commodities Futures Trading Commission knows it:

When I think about DeFi, it’s obviously revolutionary and could lead to a
massive disintermediation in the financial system.

In the last two years, DeFi has already soared from $10 billion to $78 billion.

And as next- generation cryptocurrencies begin to take over, they’ll be setting
their sights much higher — on the $100 trillion global financial system.

So if you missed the bitcoin wave — the one that minted 100,000 millionaires —
now is your chance to mint your next million on the next generation of cryptos.

For more information on my favorite cryptocurrencies to buy right now, just go
here.

Regards,

Ian King

Editor, Strategic Fortunes

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