On New Yr’s Day 2022, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele tweeted out his predictions for Bitcoin this upcoming 12 months, making some very daring bets.

Seemingly the largest prediction out of the six he made is that “2 extra international locations will undertake it as authorized tender.” El Salvador turned the primary nation to make BTC authorized tender on September 7, 2021, sparking a revolution that caught the eye of many different world leaders. It is a very fascinating prediction particularly after El Salvador’s ambassador to the US Milena Mayorga mentioned that if profitable of their nation, different international locations “will comply with” in Bitcoin adoption.

Bitcoin “will change into a significant electoral concern in US elections this 12 months,” he mentioned. The dialogue round Bitcoin in the US amongst politicians has actually heated up over the previous 12 months. Many politicians resembling 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, alongside Republican senators Cynthia Lummis and Warren Davidson confirmed their assist for the asset class. While different U.S. politicians have expressed their considerations in regards to the matter. Like senator Elizabeth Warren for instance, who thinks it solely advantages the rich. Will probably be very fascinating to see how Bitcoin regulation unfolds in America as extra politicians educate themselves on the matter.

The development of “Bitcoin Metropolis will begin,” the president claimed. The announcement of this Bitcoiner’s paradise got here on the finish of Bitcoin week in El Salvador, internet hosting two BTC-focused conferences LaBitConf and Adopting Bitcoin. The introduced plans for the town claims it should have 0% earnings, capital features, property, payroll, and municipal taxes, in addition to 0% CO2 emissions.

Including to that, he additionally predicted that their Bitcoin bonds, which can be issued on Blockstream’s Liquid Community, “can be oversubscribed.”

President Bukele is betting that bitcoin will lastly hit the long-awaited purpose of $100,000 per coin. That worth goal gave the impression to be many individuals’s prediction for 2021 however finally fell brief at an all-time excessive of $69,010 per Clark Moody Dashboard.

Lastly, he claimed there can be a “big shock” at Bitcoin 2022 convention in Miami, Florida this upcoming April. Final summer season, Bukele, with the assistance of Strike CEO Jack Mallers, introduced that he was sending a invoice to congress to make bitcoin authorized tender in El Salvador. One can solely guess what announcement he has up his sleeve for this 12 months’s convention, the place he can be attending in individual.

Following up with a secondary tweet, the President mentioned “This tweet will age nicely.” It appears Bukele has a way of certainty in his predictions, however we should wait and see when and if all of them come true this 12 months.