- Ethereum will always be the silver to Bitcoin’s gold, Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary has claimed.
- This is despite a recent bull run by the king of altcoins and JPMorgan touting it as better value than Bitcoin.
Canadian businessman and TV personality Kevin O’Leary has weighed in on the debate surrounding Ethereum’s potential to stage a massive breakout.
Speaking recently on CNBC’s Make It, O’Leary described Ethereum as an asset that has its own unique usefulness but is forever condemned to be the silver to bitcoin’s gold.
old testament: btc dominance
new testament: eth dominance— ⚔️ MAREN ⚔️ (@marenaltman) April 29, 2021
Ethereum’s purple patch
It will be recalled that on April 29, Crypto News Flash reported that Ethereum has recently managed to buck the traditional trend of crypto market movement which closely tracks Bitcoin. While Bitcoin has lost 6 percent over the past week, settling around $56,000 from an all-time high of $64,000, Ethereum has surged 50 percent over the same period.
ETH-BTC 1-month Price Comparison| Source: TradingView
A JP Morgan note published on April 27 caused great excitement in Ethereum circles because it appeared to hint at a possible long-term market leadership flip from Bitcoin to Ethereum. According to the report, Ethereum’s performance is down to greater demand for its utility, largely driven by its outsized role in DeFi and NFT spaces.
A technical analysis even suggested that $3,000 is in view for the king of altcoins. JP Morgan’s position predictably sparked a wave of triumphalism within Ethereum communities across social media. Some now believe that Ethereum is a long-term successor to bitcoin, which is seen as limited and overexposed to liquidity shocks and derivatives markets.
Bitcoin is for people who haven’t discovered Ethereum
— RYAN SΞAN ADAMS – rsa.eth 🏴 (@RyanSAdams) April 30, 2021
Not all plain sailing for Ethereum
While Ethereum crests its ongoing wave, some analysts, however, believe that it is not yet time to elevate it to the status of a bona fide challenger to bitcoin. The reasons given are that the number of active addresses on the Ethereum network is not growing, and the trading volume at least in the short term is also not growing.
Others have pointed out that regardless of the market shocks that bitcoin is prone to because of its relatively limited utility, the amount of money flowing into bitcoin is in fact still growing. Speaking on Make It, O’Leary aligned with this point of view, categorizing Ethereum as competent, but ultimately an also-ran.
Some reasons to remain bullish on #Bitcoin
1) Exchange reserves are still declining, suggesting demand remains high & the supply shortage is still growing
2) Miner sell pressure is very low, not filling this gap
IMO this dip is mostly a technical correction, not fundamental pic.twitter.com/WKT2ziD4Ts
— ETH•10K$ (@BtcEthereum2020) April 23, 2021
Making the comparison between the long term outlook for Ethereum against Bitcoin, he said:
It’s always going to be number 2. It’s going to be Best of the Beatles – the drummer that never made it into the band for the big albums. And that’s not a bad thing necessarily. What it means is that it is going to be used as a form of tracking and payment system.
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