By coinnews 
Ledger Chairman and CEO Pascal Gauthier believes Bitcoin is firmly on the path to becoming a global financial standard — and says nothing can stop it now.
In an interview with TheStreet Roundtable host Scott Melker, Gauthier reflected on Bitcoin’s incredible journey from an experiment in 2014 to a force that “nobody can really stop.” While he admitted that market speculation isn’t his area of expertise, Gauthier focused on what he knows best — the fundamentals.
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“Bitcoin has fundamental value because it has several properties that only very few assets on the planet have,” Gauthier said. “What I’ve seen actually, since 10 years, Bitcoin was always to fulfill its destiny.”
Gauthier said he never doubted that Bitcoin would get here — and that it’s “obvious” it will be even more important in the next decade. “Now the question is: Is Bitcoin going to become the standard in all this geopolitical turmoil?” he asked.
Bitcoin was founded in 2009 by an anonymous figure or group known as Satoshi Nakamoto. It was designed as a decentralized digital currency, free from government control and intermediaries. Bitcoin uses blockchain technology to validate transactions and limit the total supply to 21 million coins.
He added, “There is no way to stop it. No one is forcing you to use it, and so it is something that just exists, that runs 24/7 online that everybody can access everywhere in the world.”
Gauthier called Bitcoin “probably the biggest invention of the century,” even comparing it to artificial intelligence, which he says may be an evolution, but Bitcoin is a true revolution.
Melker pointed to growing institutional acceptance — including Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, saying Bitcoin could become the global reserve currency. “It doesn’t get any bigger than that,” Melker said.
To this, Gauthier responded, “Yes, in a sense it is a possibility… The system that we are in right now is Bretton Woods — it’s not so long ago. And before it was the gold standard. So the fact that it’s going to change again is guaranteed.”
“Is it going to be for Bitcoin? Maybe. It definitely has a shot. And right now it’s really taking that direction. What else, if not Bitcoin, then what else?” Gauthier concluded.
Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $93,129.81, up 1.6% in the last 24 hours, per Kraken’s price feeds.