I believe in the estimates that Bitcoin will eventually hit $1 million per coin: CoinDesk Learn Editor

And Ollie, this is important because crypto is a huge, huge part of what our audience likes to invest in, even if Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger don’t get it.

OLLIE LEECH: Yes, so basically one of the big problems with Ethereum right now is that people are overpaying for fees.

And obviously, Dogecoin as well, is having this insane run-up fueled by celebrity endorsement, obviously, Elon Musk and, obviously, all the social media hype behind it.

But, you know, the crypto returns have been ginormous, which isn’t even a word, but you get the idea.

But that being said, you know, decentralized financial space where a lot of people are making money right now in these decentralized applications, they’re run by smart contracts.

Long, long term, I think with the halving coming up in 2024 and the year after that always seems to do very, very well for Bitcoin.

Ethereum, though, brings in this other element of utility that we just don’t have with Bitcoin.

ADAM SHAPIRO: Charlie– sorry, Ollie– I realize you just said Bitcoin going to a million dollars a coin.

If you look at the stock to flow model, which is a really popular metric for gauging the potential price rise of Bitcoin, it’s fairly accurate.

Ollie Leech, CoinDesk Learn editor, it was good to have you here.

The same company behind the S&P500 and Dow Jones stock market gauges launched the S&P Bitcoin Index, S&P Ethereum Index and S&P Crypto Mega Cap Index, as a way of bringing the digital currencies to Wall Street trading floors.The indexes will measure the performance of the digital assets tied to them.More crypto-indices will be launched later in the year.

“Traditional financial markets and digital assets are no longer mutually exclusive markets,” said Peter Roffman, global head of innovation and strategy at S&P Dow Jones Indices.

nonprofit Digital Dollar Project is set to launch five pilot programs over the next year to test the potential uses of a U.S.

— The parent company behind the popular Grayscale Bitcoin Trust said it’s upping the amount of shares it plans to purchase as the fund remains at a deep discount to its holdings.Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group Inc., which controls Grayscale Investments, said Monday it will now buy up to $750 million GBTC shares.

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DAO token holders could vote on projects for investment and the relationship between them and the overall organization was governed by smart contracts on Ethereum’s blockchain.

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