Davos 2023: Scaramucci's SkyBridge bets on $35k bitcoin, targets credit

By Divya Chowdhury and Lisa Pauline Mattackal

DAVOS, Switzerland – SkyBridge Capital is betting on a sustained turnaround in cryptocurrency markets in 2023, the agency’s founder Anthony Scaramucci stated, whereas admitting this view was “overly bullish”.

“If bitcoin may commerce again to $35,000, SkyBridge goes to have a tremendous 12 months,” Scaramucci advised the Reuters International Markets Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland.

January’s crypto rally could possibly be sustained as 2023’s “halving”, when the variety of new bitcoins launched is minimize in half, will constrain provide and drive costs greater, he stated.

Bitcoin is buying and selling at round $20,800, a 26% achieve to date this 12 months after falling by greater than 64% in 2022.

SkyBridge has invested in bitcoin, ethereum, solana and altcoin algorand, and can be eyeing the structured credit score market to drive 2023 returns after the agency’s losses in 2022.

“Structured credit score, mortgage-backed securities, bank card debt, auto loans — that’s a beautiful house once more,” Scaramucci stated. As of final September, his agency managed $2.2 billion, together with $800 million in digital asset-related investments.

Scaramucci confirmed that SkyBridge hopes to purchase again a 30% stake from FTX earlier than the center of the 12 months, however the timeline is unsure because the cryptocurrency change’s chapter course of unfolds, he stated.

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