Here is the article mentioned in the article:
Raoul Pal is a noted crypto advocate.
In this video I discuss a video where he make the prediction of a $100T market cap in 10 years in crypto. I lay out my case why this might be too low although my view might be a bit broader.
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Reading the earlier part of the article, I like that idea that altcoin will outperform Bitcoin.
Well if you look at the simply numbers, if we take this in totality, it should dwarf Bitcoin.
That is where builders enter.
Wow that is a gigantic prediction meaning crypto has a very huge future ahead of it self.
$100T!? That would be a very large economy in crypto sphere. But honestly, with the current trend of things in crypto, this prediction looks attainable
Market cap and GDP are different metrics. We would assume the economy would have to be huge to warrant that value.
Of course, what is the economy of the Internet today? It is already tens of trillions.
This is interesting. 100T market cap seems insane from a single company, but when considering the whole crypto, that does seem a bit low. BTC is already past 1T, and ETH is around 400B. Once ETH gets ETFs, it would be easy for it to reach 1T as well. Then we have to consider stablecoins that are increasing in popularity. These are the state while crypto is still not used by the majority of the public. Once it becomes more mainstream, the marketcap will increase significantly.
What about tens of thousands of tokens having market caps of a million dollars each?
It will be realistic. If we are tokenizing everything, there are going to be tens (hundreds) of thousands of entities that are worth over a million dollars.
That's indeed a big prediction and I must say it's crazy but let's watch and see how it goes
Summary:
In this video, the host Taskmaster4450 discusses a headline from Benzinga Crypto that predicts crypto will enter a "banana zone" soon and reach a $100 trillion market cap within 10 years. While some may find this prediction absurd, the host believes it is actually an underestimation.
The host argues that the potential for crypto and blockchain technology to revolutionize asset ownership, business structures, finance, and economic productivity distribution is vast. He suggests that tokenization of real-world assets like real estate, as well as the growth of the "metaverse" and digital real estate, could contribute to an even larger crypto market cap than predicted.
The host also discusses the potential impact of technological advancements like robotics and AI, and how the financialization and tokenization of these sectors could drive massive economic growth. Drawing on the history of the internet's disruption of various industries, the host believes the integration of crypto and blockchain into finance and the economy will be a "game changer" of similar magnitude.
Detailed Analysis:
The host begins by acknowledging the Benzinga Crypto headline predicting a $100 trillion crypto market cap within 10 years, which he believes is actually an underestimation. He notes that the current crypto market cap is around $2.5-3 trillion.
The host explains that his viewpoint is that the market cap could potentially reach near a quadrillion dollars in 10 years. He bases this on the transformative potential of crypto and blockchain technology across various sectors of the economy.
Firstly, the host discusses the opportunity to see a dramatic shift in asset ownership and business structures, as well as a complete rewriting of finance. He believes the distribution of economic productivity could be done in a completely different manner, enabled by technological advancements.
The host then compares the $100 trillion prediction to the estimated $200-250 trillion global real estate market, suggesting that tokenizing a significant portion of real estate on the blockchain could account for a large portion of the predicted crypto market cap.
Beyond just tokenized real-world assets, the host also envisions the growth of "digital real estate" in the potential "metaverse," as well as the financialization and tokenization of other emerging technologies like robotics and AI. He argues that the economic productivity enabled by these advancements could be "mind-blowing."
Drawing on the history of the internet's disruptive impact across industries, the host believes the integration of crypto and blockchain into finance and the economy will be similarly transformative. He suggests that just as the internet obliterated existing business models while creating abundance, the financialization of crypto will lead to enormous opportunities.
The host concludes by acknowledging that Raoul Pal's prediction is likely focused on fungible crypto tokens, while the host's perspective encompasses a much broader view of the potential impact of blockchain technology across the economy. He believes the true potential of this technology has yet to be fully realized.