Cathie Wood Says Bitcoin, Ethereum 'Didn't Skip A Beat' Even As FTX, Celsius Collapsed

Ark Investment Management CEO Cathie Wood defended Bitcoin BTC/USD and Ethereum ETH/USD, saying the two major cryptocurrencies "didn't skip a beat" despite the collapse of centralized entities such as FTX and Celsius.

What Happened: In an interview with CNBC on Monday, Wood expressed her confidence that decentralized and transparent blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum are "on the right track.”

.@ARKInvest CEO @CathieDWood tells @carlquintanilla and @SaraEisen that she is confident that decentralized and transparent blockchains like #Bitcoin and #Ethereum are "on the right track." $BTC $ETH pic.twitter.com/daDQIc2UzT

— Squawk on the Street (@SquawkStreet) February 27, 2023

“FTX, Celsius and 3AC are completely opaque and centralized. Those were the companies that went under but blockchains like BTC and Ether didn’t skip a beat and transactions did not stop. And that has given us a lot of confidence,” she said.

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Wood's Ark Invest on Feb.1 released its seventh edition of the ‘Big Ideas 2023’, which suggested that BTC is on a trajectory that could see it become a multi-trillion dollar market in the coming years.

According to Ark research, the price of Bitcoin could exceed $1 million by 2030, a target Wood has predicted time and again.

Price Action: At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading at $23,457, down 0.47% in the last 24 hours, according to Benzinga Pro.

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(Illustration: Gonzalo Lanzilotta on Benzinga)