The Elon Effect – Companies Now Racing for a Piece of the Bitcoin Pie
Since its creation in 2009, Bitcoin has taken the investing community on a wild ride. Weve experienced both the euphoria of bull runs and the despair of bear markets. Although it has certainly been a wild ride to get where we are now, it finally feels like Bitcoin is getting the attention and recognition it deserves. At times, there is criticism of Bitcoin for being too volatile, which often results in inexperienced investors losing money as they buy the top of a cycle and then capitulate after not being able to withstand a market correction. Volatility is also one of the major reasons why the SEC has yet to approve a Bitcoin ETF. However, it‘s important to remember that we are still in the very early days of this new asset class. A great way to analyze Bitcoin’s growth trajectory is by trying to figure out where it might fit within the technology adoption life cycle. The technology adoption life cycle is a sociological model that describes the adoption or acceptance of a new product or innovation. Visually, you can think of the cycle as a normal distribution that begins with innovators, followed by early adopters, then the early majority, before finally