Financial adviser and Edelman Financial Engines founder Ric Edelman said buying Bitcoin now is like buying Amazon in 1999 and predicted the cryptocurrency could reach at least $500,000 before 2030. According to ChainCatcher, Edelman said that if people worldwide allocated 1% of their assets to Bitcoin, the price would be $500,000, adding that his forecast may be conservative and the token could exceed that level sooner.

Edelman, a longtime Bitcoin advocate, said he was once booed when introducing Bitcoin to financial services peers in 2013, but now most people in traditional finance at least acknowledge that the asset has established itself. He also noted that Bitcoin was trading at about $76,522, up 1% over the past 24 hours, after posting its best August performance in years, though it remained well below its October all-time high of $126,080.