Despite yesterday's volatility in cryptocurrency markets and a noticeable drop in the price of Bitcoin, well-known digital currency critic Jeffrey Gundlach said that in the near future the price of the first cryptocurrency will reach $ 5,000.

In an interview with CNBC Channel, Gundlach, who is the head of DoubleLine, which manages assets of $ 200 billion, noted that risky investors could make easy profits if they turn to Bitcoin trading.

During the session of questions and answers on the Reddit portal, the founders of the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange - brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss predicted that in the future the capitalization of the cryptocurrency market would exceed $ 7 trillion.

According to the twins, the evolution of technology in the future will change the trade, financial system, Internet and cash. They stressed that the process would not be easy and perhaps not very successful, but the brothers believe that technological revolutions will create new rules and this will lead to success.

With the advent of the New Year, a large number of forecasts regarding cryptocurrency rates appeared. Last year, many forecasts did not take into account the "bearish" trend, which dominated the market throughout 2018 and led to a fall in Bitcoin price by more than 80%. The beginning of this year was marked by the forecast rate of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, published by the independent agency Weiss Ratings.

According to the Weiss Ratings forecast, 2019 foreshadows the growth of Bitcoin popularity. The international rating agency expects that more and more people will consider cryptocurrency as a store of value, and Bitcoin will finally become stronger in its status of digital gold.

Former Goldman Sachs partner Michael Novogratz is not worried about the long drop in quotations on the cryptocurrency market and is increasing his position in the Galaxy Digital trading bank he founded.

According to the Coinopsy research group dealing with the statistics of the "dead" cryptocurrencies, 264 altcoins and tokens, which were active in early 2018, could not stand the bear market and ceased to function. More than half of them launched as ICOs in 2017.

Coinopsy refers to "dead" coins projects that have been abandoned, used to implement fraudulent schemes, do not maintain a website, do not have active networks, updates on social networks that have problems with wallets and do not have any developments and adequate amounts bidding.

There is a strong likelihood that cryptocurrencies will become the most effective asset in 2019, said Travis Kling, former head of Point72 Asset Management, a hedge fund that controls assets worth $ 12.4 billion.

The founder of the "Ikigai" fund said that cryptocurrencies were never present during the "bearish" mood in traditional finance, and the fall in the Nasdaq Composite and Dow Jones indices could bring more investors into the cryptocurrency space.