Summary
- Paolo Ardoino, Tether CEO, said AI bubble could be the biggest risk to Bitcoin (BTC) prices in 2026.
- Ardoino explained that Bitcoin has a high correlation with capital markets and can be affected by stock market volatility.
- He said the possibility of an 80% crash like in the past is low, and mentioned the growth potential of real-world asset (RWA) tokenization.
Paolo Ardoino, Tether's chief executive officer (CEO), warned that an artificial intelligence (AI) bubble in 2026 could be the greatest risk to Bitcoin (BTC) prices. He explained that Bitcoin still has a high correlation with capital markets and can be affected by stock market volatility.
On the 18th (local time), according to cryptocurrency-focused media Cointelegraph, Ardoino said, "Bitcoin still has a high correlation with capital markets," and "a stock market bubble that is thought to be forming amid the current AI boom could affect Bitcoin."
He said that aside from the risks related to an AI bubble, there are limited other risk factors likely to significantly affect Bitcoin's price in 2026, citing increased Bitcoin purchases by pension funds and governments.
Ardoino viewed the possibility of a crash like those in the past as low. He said, "A major crash on the order of 80% like we saw in 2022 or early 2018 seems unlikely to happen anymore."
Meanwhile, Ardoino also mentioned prospects for tokenization of real-world assets (RWA). He predicted that security tokens and commodity tokenization will grow on a large scale in the future.
JH Kim
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