Deutsche Bank analyst Marion Laboure expressed the opinion that although cryptocurrencies are overly volatile, Bitcoin will remain for a long time and may well become the "digital gold of the 21st century."  

The American Time magazine has named Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Innovation of 2021. Along with Buterin, Time's innovators include Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. 

Former Goldman Sachs executive Raoul Pal said that for him the $ 20,000 ETH price "looks quite reasonable." 

Bloomberg analyst Mike McGlone believes that Bitcoin and Ethereum have found strong support in the past months and are in a growth phase. The Bitcoin rate, in his opinion, may well reach $ 100,000.

Despite the consolidation of Bitcoin in recent weeks, Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky is still confident that the price of BTC will reach $ 140,000 or even $ 160,000 by the end of the year. In an interview with Yahoo Finance, Alex Mashinsky stated that the main purpose of Bitcoin is to store wealth. 

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead believes that the launch of the second version of Ethereum will help ETH surpass BTC and become the largest cryptocurrency. 

Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, believes that ETH is good and demeterializes JPMorgan, and Bitcoin is 50 times more attractive for investment than Gold. 

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said he remains skeptical about Bitcoin despite the growing interest of the bank's clients in the crypto asset. Speaking at a summit hosted by the Wall Street Journal, Daimon said he hasn't softened his stance on the first cryptocurrency. He previously compared Bitcoin to tulip rush and was ready to fire any JPMorgan employee caught in cryptocurrency trading. 

Analysts at the American investment bank JPMorgan believe that Bitcoin can compete with gold as a store of value but will give way to Ethereum in the long term. According to JPMorgan, the difference between BTC and ETH is that at this stage, Bitcoin is more likely to be categorized as "consumer goods."