We officially have destroyed environmental FUD.
21 Bitcoin Predictions for 2026 | Eric Yakes
I chat with Eric Yakes, author and founder of Epoch Ventures, about his Epoch Ventures 2026 Bitcoin Ecosystem Report, covering 21 predictions for Bitcoin's evolution this year. We tackle Bitcoin's path to taking gold's market share, the rotation trade catalyst that could drive prices to $150K+, and how Bitcoiners are accidentally FUDing themselves with quantum computing concerns. The conversation also explores the fa
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2 And that took like three years of data intensive, 3 systematic, cooperative Bitcoiners 4 like coming together and shitting on that FUD.
8 Okay, well, I feel pretty confident 9 Bitcoin is going to take the market of gold.
11 A lot of people have probably been rotating 12 out of Bitcoin into other assets.
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And that took like three years of data intensive,
systematic, cooperative Bitcoiners
like coming together and shitting on that FUD.
But with like the quantum stuff,
we kind of FUD ourselves.
So we're kind of shooting ourselves in the foot a bit.
Okay, well, I feel pretty confident
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I chat with Eric Yakes, author and founder of Epoch Ventures, about his Epoch Ventures 2026 Bitcoin Ecosystem Report, covering 21 predictions for Bitcoin's evolution this year. We tackle Bitcoin's path to taking gold's market share, the rotation trade catalyst that could drive prices to $150K+, and how Bitcoiners are accidentally FUDing themselves with quantum computing concerns. The conversation also explores the failure of crypto's "fat protocol thesis," Bitcoin's growing mainstream media acceptance, and the rise of application-layer adoption through projects like chat.
