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The Gophers baseball team and head coach John Anderson had a busy offseason trying to fill some holes within the roster. Minnesota is welcoming five incoming transfer players as well as 10 new freshmen.

Transfers

A big struggle for the Gophers last season was in their pitching and that was a key component Anderson went after in the offseason. All five of the Gopher transfers are right-handed pitchers (RHP), including two Minnesotans.

Senior Richie Holetz is returning to his home state after playing for Nebraska-Omaha following his graduation from Edina High School. Holetz’s record doesn’t tell the full story, as he finished with a 5-8 record across his three seasons in 109 innings. He struck out 94 batters while allowing just a .256 average to batters.

Holetz should find a spot in the starting rotation once the season gets going, and still has two years of eligibility to help turn this Gopher team around.

Sophomore Will Semb pitched his lone collegiate season for the Hawkeyes in 2021. Semb only pitched 15 innings in seven outings throughout the season. However, that was the most innings pitched among freshmen on the team and he allowed just five runs while striking 16 batters out.

Semb was highly recruited out of the state of Wisconsin, being nationally ranked as the No. 8 overall player and No. 3 RHP in the state.

Sophomore Joe Hauser is a similar player to junior Sam Ireland who brings pitching and hitting skills to the team. Hauser, on the other hand, brings a strong arm and could find himself up the middle on defense as well as on the mound.

Hauser was previously with Arizona State where he made 10 appearances with the Sun Devils with six starts. Those six starts were the third most on the team. He pitched 16.1 innings while striking 14 batters out and allowing a .288 average against.

Redshirt junior Aidan Maldonado spent three seasons in Illinois pitching at the University of Illinois and is now back home. Maldonado graduated from Rosemount High School and has two years of eligibility left at Minnesota. The Rosemount alum pitched 55.2 innings with 47 strikeouts in nine starts and 28 appearances total at Illinois.

Maldonado’s fastball has reached up to 97 MPH and he was selected in the 38th round of the 2018 MLB draft to the Milwaukee Brewers. He also brings previous experience playing in the Big Ten and should find himself making an immediate impact in the pitching staff.

The final transfer is sophomore Randon Dauman who will have three more years of eligibility after spending two years at St. Louis University and Triton Junior College. Last season, Dauman made 10 appearances and allowed opponents to hit just .250 off him in the spring.

Dauman used the shortened COVID season to his advantage and redshirted his freshman year at Triton.

The Gophers still have a lot of work to do if they plan on making an impact in this competitive Big Ten conference, but these five transfers are sure to make a positive impact on the pitching staff as a whole.

Colorado State University and the Colorado Community College System recently signed an agreement to partner on a new associate in engineering science degree. This degree is designed to help community college students directly transfer to CSU’s mechanical engineering program.

CSU President Joyce McConnell and CCCS Chancellor Joe Garcia signed the agreement Oct. 26. The agreement will streamline a process for students to do two years of work at a community college then transfer to CSU.

The host of the signing ceremony, Woodward Inc., is a firm in Fort Collins that is a “designer, manufacturer and service provider of energy control and optimization solutions for aerospace and industrial markets.”

According to CSU SOURCE, “the agreement is essentially a broad promise between the community college system and CSU that gives students a structured, no-surprises pathway leading from an associate degree into a bachelor’s degree program in the same discipline.”

This program opens up the door for more diverse communities to approach engineering degrees. That diversity of background and thought are key to us for our future innovations.” -Douglas Salter, Woodward Inc. chief technology officer

Although students from CCCS institutions were able to transfer to CSU mechanical engineering before the agreement, some students didn’t have the prerequisites necessary to begin CSU’s program. With the new agreement, it is guaranteed that students who have completed their associate in engineering science degree at a community college can directly transfer into CSU and be on track to receive their bachelor’s once they transfer.

“The important point is that the credits are lockstep from the community college system to CSU,” Woodward Inc. Chief Technology Officer Douglas Salter wrote in an email to The Collegian. “When a student wants to start at a more cost-effective, closer school, they can be assured that their classes are both appropriate for follow-on classes and will fully transfer.”

Alongside hosting the signing ceremony, Woodward is involved with CSU’s Industrial Advisory Board. Salter supported this agreement when he joined the board. Salter emphasized innovation when discussing why Woodward supported the transfer agreement.

“Innovation works better when you have a diversity of thought and thought processes,” Salter wrote. “This program opens up the door for more diverse communities to approach engineering degrees. That diversity of background and thought are key to us for our future innovations.”

Salter wrote Woodward has many CSU alumni in their company and intern programs, sponsors senior projects in both the mechanical engineering and electrical engineering departments and contributes to the CSU System’s engineering program.

“We encourage our membership to pursue educational opportunities, and this is a great chance for people to utilize both Front Range Community College and Colorado State University,” Woodward Director of Advanced Manufacturing Keith Korasick wrote in an email to The Collegian.

The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce also gave a financial gift to help community college students who transfer to CSU for a mechanical engineering degree.

“This is absolutely an opportunity for us to streamline learning opportunities and to create important talent for the future,” President and CEO of the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce Ann Hutchison wrote in an email to The Collegian.

SOURCE also wrote about how the agreement has been years in the making and CSU and CCCS faculty are already considering additional degrees with similar arrangements.

Reach Piper Russell at news@collegian.com or on Twitter @PiperRussell10. 

Welcome back to school, Gophers. I hope your winter break included plenty of naps, a new TV show or movie you binged or a good book you spent some time with. As we re-emerge from our shells and return to lecture halls, labs and our good friend Mr. Zoom, the Minnesota Daily’s arts writers have some media suggestions on how to spend your free time — for when you inevitably ditch that chemistry homework. – Nina Raemont

Wikipedia Around: Over winter break, I read Jenny Odell’s prescient “How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy.” While I read about the ways in which tech companies harass our attention through novel technologies and social media sites, I also learned how to protect my own attention. Odell suggests that learning about nature and places around us provides us with a mechanism for maintained attention. That’s why I’ve loved learning about the history of the places around me through Wikipedia Around. You plug in your location and then the website provides you with articles to learn more about what’s around you. Did you know that the Prospect Park Water Tower is rumored to be the inspiration for Bob Dylan’s song “All Along the Watchtower”? – Nina Raemont

“Euphoria” Season Two: Even though “Succession” is over for the season, your routine of sitting down to watch weekly TV doesn’t have to be. The long-awaited second season of HBO’s critically acclaimed drama, “Euphoria,” premiered recently, and the show wasted no time in terms of giving audiences what they wanted to see. The first season was electric and emotional, filled with stunning visuals and stellar performances, and it seems like season two will raise the bar even higher. Now is a great time to catch up on the show if you want to incorporate “Euphoria” into your Sunday night routine this semester. – Macy Harder

“JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean” Part 1: There’s no show out there like JoJo — anime or otherwise — as the name implies. The latest installment of the surreal series (now produced by Netflix) features its first female protagonist. In it, Jolyne Cujoh and her band of flamboyantly dressed inmates offer up an intense first chunk of the season, fit with the absurdly chiseled characters and gratuitous violence many viewers have come to expect of the series. My life has been rapidly consumed by buff women with superpowers, and yours could be, too! Give the show a try if you haven’t already — Part 2 is expected to come out within the next few months. – Bel Moran

“Peaky Blinders”: With its final season premiering on Netflix later this year after a two-year hiatus, there’s no better time to dive into the British accent-packed early 1900’s drama, “Peaky Blinders.” Focused around Thomas Shelby, the middle child in a long line of gangsters, the series pulls the viewer into a world revolving around a family’s journey to fortune in a life stuffed with hand-rolled cigarettes, horse races, shootouts and speakeasy’s. Within the first two weeks of January’s hibernation-worthy temperatures, I watched every episode of the show and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since. Whether you have a secret obsession with pre-Great Depression cars or your guilty pleasure happens to be bad boys in suits, “Peaky Blinders” fills all your binge-worthy drama needs. – Carly Quast

“People We Meet On Vacation”: During my spare time over break, I was able to finish Emily Henry’s book, “People We Meet On Vacation.” If you love a feel-good, easy-read book about young love and adventure to relax after a stressful day, this is a story worth your time. The plot follows a young outspoken travel journalist named Poppy living in New York City. Although she should feel content with life (she’s a travel journalist, for goodness sake), she has never been more lost. She used to travel to various exotic locations for her job with her old friend Alex, until two years ago, when they had a huge falling out. In an attempt to fix everything, Poppy reaches out to Alex to go on one more vacation. What ensues is a heartfelt story about forgiveness, growth and healing. – Harry Madden

Center Josh Carlton has burst onto the scene offensively for the UH basketball team since Marcus Sasser and Tramon Mark have been out with injuries. | Sean Thomas/The Cougar

There was no hanging of heads. There was no feeling sorry for themselves. Instead, as the adversity piled up, the desire to win within the Houston men’s basketball program’s locker room grew stronger.

“I don’t think nobody else has a stronger belief system than us. Our coaches believe in us. We believe in ourselves,” said UH guard Taze Moore. “At the end of the day, we have an experienced group. We have an older group and we just know how to will ourselves and hold each other accountable to a point where we know what we want and we won’t let anybody take that from us.”

Nightmare before Christmas

Dec. 23, 2021 will always be known as “Black Thursday” to Kelvin Sampson after the events that transpired the day before.

Sophomore guard Tramon Mark, who was finding his groove before reaggravating a left shoulder injury in the first half of the Cougars mid-December matchup against Alabama, underwent season-ending shoulder surgery the morning of Dec. 22 to repair a torn labrum on both sides of his left shoulder.

Replacing Mark’s 10 points per game would not be an easy task but seemed manageable with the roster UH had.

That night in the Cougars’ final non-conference game against Texas State, things quickly turned from bad to worse.

Kyler Edwards left the game with an apparent ankle injury.

After the game, Marcus Sasser expressed that his left foot was bothering him.

Both Edwards and Sasser went to get MRIs. The next morning, all the bad news hit the UH program.

Edwards had suffered a Grade-2 ankle sprain and there was no timetable for his return.

Sasser, the Cougars leading scorer averaging 17.7 points per game, would miss the remainder of the 2021-22 season with a hairline fracture in the fifth metatarsal of his left foot that required surgery.

The dream of following up last year’s Final Four season with another deep NCAA Tournament run was quickly slipping away.

Sampson did not shy away from opening up about the challenges of navigating the remainder of the season without Mark and Sasser along with dealing with the team’s other injuries would be, describing his team as “walking wounded” and one injury away from Ryan Elvin, a walk-on, having to play 40 minutes a game.

“We’re walking a little bit of a tight rope here without any safety net under it,” Sampson said.

Veteran leadership

After finding out that the team would be without Mark and Sasser for the remainder of the season, Fabian White Jr., the longest-tenured Cougar in the program, sent a text to Taze Moore and Josh Carlton.

White knew that the role that Moore and Carlton, two college basketball veterans who transferred to UH over the offseason, needed to play for the team to win games had just increased tenfold.

Moore and Carlton, along with the rest of the team, embraced this challenge knowing that this UH team still had a chance to do something special even without two of its best players.

“The season wasn’t going to stop because Tramon (Mark) and Marcus (Sasser) can’t play,” Carlton said. “As much as we need them out there, there’s still games to play so we just knew we were going to have to find a way. There’s not much margin for error so we’re not going to be able to blow teams out like we were before but we still have to find a way to win a game.” 

Edwards, who knows what it takes to win at the highest level from his time at Texas Tech which included a trip to the national championship in 2019, expressed the same message.

“At the end of the day, we’re still Houston,” Edwards said. “We still got the best culture in the country to me I think. It doesn’t matter who goes out or comes in, we’re still good.”

Feeding the frontcourt

While the injury bug had knocked out half of the UH guard group, the frontcourt, which Sampson called the best he’s had in all his years as the Cougars’ head coach, still stood strong.

“The good news is we have our front line,” Sampson said. “Josh Carlton, Reggie Chaney, Fabian White, J’Wan Roberts, all those guys are healthy, knock on wood, and ready to go.”

Both Carlton and White had proven they can score in the past but had not been called upon to put up a big offensive performance on a consistent basis when Sasser and Mark were on the court.

Sasser and Mark’s injuries changed this, as the Cougars needed to replace the nearly 30 points per game the UH guard duo combined to average in the first two months of the season.

“It’s like watching TV. Sometimes you just got to change the channel,” Sampson said. “We played one way with Marcus and Tramon (but) we don’t have them anymore. Now we play a different way and we’re going to have to adjust again.”

Thus, the shift from running the offense through the guard group to making Carlton and White a feature focus of the offense was made.

This change in focus has paid dividends for the Cougars’ offense through the first few weeks of conference play as no team has had an answer for the UH bigs.

Carlton has looked like a man among boys in the paint, putting together a 30 point and 22 point double-double in two of UH’s first three games without Mark and Sasser.

White has been more aggressive looking for his shot offensively, including hitting 3-pointers on a consistent basis.

On top of that, Chaney and Roberts have brought toughness off the bench, bringing value on the boards and defensive end of the floor to complement the scoring of White and Carlton.

Cougar culture still alive and well

While injuries have completely changed the dynamics of the 2021-22 UH team, the staples of the program under Sampson have remained.

Someone in a Cougars uniform is still always the first guy on the floor diving after a loose ball. They still are reckless on the offensive boards, creating plenty of second chance opportunities every game. The stifling defense that has frustrated so many opponents and resulted in easy points off of turnovers for UH is alive and well.

“The thing that we’ve relied on to win games, we’ll still continue to do that,” Sampson said. “We’ll defend. We’ll rebound. We’re going to play hard. Our kids are going to continue to compete.”

Edwards returned from his Grade-2 ankle sprain two weeks after suffering the injury despite being told he would miss four to six weeks in the initial injury diagnosis because he could not stand.

Freshman guard Ramon Walker, who Sampson said was likely to be redshirted at the start of the season, has been called upon to play big minutes for a Cougars.

As a true freshman thrust into action, Walker has delivered in big ways for the Cougars whether it be hitting a timely shot or taking a charge, providing a much-needed and unforeseen boost to a crippled UH guard group.

Sampson could not be more pleased with what he’s seen from his team in the first few weeks without Mark and Sasser, calling his guys a group of “fighters.” 

“I’m just proud of our ability to stay together,” Sampson said. “You get knocked down. Isn’t that what life is about? But you’ve got to get up.”

Aiming for the ceiling

While the Cougars have handled the punches thrown at them in the early stages of conference play, Sampson acknowledges that the road ahead will be an uphill battle with plenty of roadblocks along the way.

He also knows that UH’s peak is not what it was when the season started now that Mark and Sasser won’t return.

Even with all the unknowns, the 66-year old coaching veteran is excited for the challenge ahead and has one goal in mind — to get the most out of the guys he has each and every time the Cougars take the court.

“We got some things we need to tighten up, some areas we need to add, but I’m excited about where I think this team can be,” Sampson said. “Now we don’t have the ceiling we had before (with Mark and Sasser), but we do have a ceiling. We’re going to try to hit that ceiling. Be as good as we can be. However good that is, we’ll find out.”

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Vote ‘yes’: Save the Daily Cal

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For the last decade, UC Berkeley students have supported The Daily Californian. By voting yes on the V.O.I.C.E. Initiative in 2012 and the Ink Initiative in 2016, they have given students a voice in Berkeley and brought free campus and city news to our community while giving opportunities to future generations of journalists, writers, photographers, designers and businesspeople. The Daily Cal has continued its work for 150 years as Berkeley’s newspaper of record and, for the last 50 years, as an entirely independent publication. 

But the expiration of the Ink Initiative this year could mean the end of the Daily Cal. Voting yes on the Save the Daily Cal Initiative this April will maintain this free public service for the Berkeley community at large and allow the Daily Cal to continue producing diverse, entertaining and informative content.

What is the Save the Daily Cal Initiative?

The Save the Daily Cal Initiative is a $6 semesterly fee and a $2.50 summer fee, which will allow the Daily Cal to offer its free content and educational opportunities to students. Of all fees collected, 33% will be contributed to general scholarship funds, so $2 each semester and $0.83 each summer return to financial aid.

This is an increase from the Ink Initiative’s previous $2.75 semesterly fee. The increase was proposed to make up for losses in advertising revenue since the Ink Initiative was passed.

What does the Daily Cal do?

The Daily Cal has two missions. One is to provide award-winning, professional and factual news to all members of the Berkeley community — students, faculty, staff, residents and workers. This includes breaking news, investigative journalism, arts, sports, opinion and creative content through print and multimedia platforms. Through this, the Daily Cal gives the Berkeley community an opportunity to make its voices heard on campus and beyond. 

Another is to provide an opportunity for UC Berkeley students to receive training in journalism and all aspects of print and online media production. Students trained at the Daily Cal have gone on to win Pulitzer Prizes and work at publications such as The New York Times, Rolling Stone and The Washington Post for more than a century.

Why does the Daily Cal need your support?

In the last five years, the Daily Cal’s revenue has shrunk by 47% as profits from advertising have fallen dramatically — a challenge faced by local media organizations across the country. The pandemic has further decreased revenue, which has in turn led to fewer services and opportunities. In the last two years, the Daily Cal has cut print issues and positions in an effort to keep its doors open. If the Save the Daily Cal Initiative passes, many of these services can resume. If it fails, what remains will vanish.

Why does the Save the Daily Cal Initiative matter?

Despite the budget cuts and revenue losses, the Daily Cal has continued to provide daily content and expanded its online offerings through the tireless efforts of its committed staff of students and professionals and the funding. The loss of funding from student initiatives, however, would mean the end of those efforts. If this initiative does not pass, then the Daily Cal as we know it will cease to exist. Voting “yes” on The Save the Daily Cal Initiative will maintain the Daily Cal’s digital services, increase diversity in its newsroom and save The Daily Californian.

The Save the Daily Cal Initiative Campaign will be separate from The Daily Californian’s editorial content. Students working on the Save the Daily Cal Initiative Campaign will not cover ASUC elections or related campus affairs in order to maintain unbiased and objective coverage. Contact savedailycal@dailycal.org for more information.

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In The Cougar’s weekly anonymous advice column, I talk about preparing for a job interview, school tips for the upcoming semester and frogs. To submit your questions for future issues, click the “Ask Ashley” button on our home page.

Do you have any job interview tips you want to share? If yes, what are they?

Howdy anon and thanks for the question. I’m assuming that you are job hunting right now (or about to), hence the question. Interviewing for a new job can be nerve-wracking, but I think the key thing is to practice.

What I like to do is to research the organization or company I want to work for. You want to know as much about their mission, goals and what they do. Another way to think about it is like a date. You want to impress your date as much as possible, so you find out everything about them to woo them. In this case, to woo your chosen organization, you take what you learned about it and use it towards cultivating answers for potential questions during the interview.

Where do you find potential interview questions, you may ask. You may find them on Glassdoor, a favorite website of mine, or you can compile common interview questions. As always, practice makes perfect. So be sure to practice your answers with someone for improvement tips.

If you need extra help, consider visiting University Career Services on campus. They were pretty helpful in getting my resume together. All in all, job interviews are very much like a one-on-one date on “The Bachelor” or “The Bachelorette.”

Just remember to be yourself, dress professionally, and be prepared to charm your interviewer’s pants off. Perhaps you can get that shiny Neil Lane diamond ring at the end. And by a ring, I mean the job offer. Best of luck!

Ashley, Ashley, Ashley, the new semester is here. What are some useful school hacks that other students might not know?

Happy new start of the semester, anon. Hopefully, this spring semester goes smoothly for you. Honestly, I don’t have many original school hacks since I mostly do what everyone else does: study, procrastinate and spiral from being stressed. And while it’s not the healthiest way to do school, it’s been working for me.

Maybe that’s something you should take from this. Don’t do what I do, anon. I mean, unless it’s working for you. One tip I can suggest is searching the title of your textbook from YouTube and find similar lectures using the book. This tip typically helps those in STEM-related classes, especially biology or anatomy and physiology.

Another tip is joining study groups. I think they help with keeping up with the class and its coursework. See, these are very unoriginal school hacks. But you asked, and I delivered. Regardless, I hope it helps.

How can I improve my relationship with my pet frogs?

Okay, so this is a question. And I guess I’ll provide an answer. For starters, I don’t have the slightest clue about frogs. I just know they make sounds, they are slimy and they are outside like the City Girls, JT and Yung Miami.

Have you considered talking to them? Usually, that helps. What do frogs speak anyways? Frog-anese? Ribbet? Whatever they speak, I’m sure they will like it.

Honestly, as long as you give them food, water and shelter, your frogs probably think highly of you anyways. I’m honored that you think I would know a thing or two about frogs. Maybe next time, hit up your local PetSmart for questions like this. They are more qualified than a random UH student who writes for The Cougar. 

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With a change in plan for opening the University up for the spring semester, some students are still optimistic about events being held on campus in person. 

Since the pandemic, many students are anticipating a  full spring term experience on campus alongside events within the community. 

“I am looking forward to putting on and attending more events with (the) National Society of Black Engineers,” said junior mechanical engineer major Maleah Ross. 

Concerns about the increasing spread of omicron have pushed the University to make decisions that ensure everyone’s safety while on campus.

UH announced on Jan. 7 that it will be implementing a soft opening for the first two weeks of Spring 2022 similar to the fall semester of 2021. 

Professors will have the option to change the format of their courses during the soft opening resulting in some students planning their schedules differently for the first two weeks, According to provost Paula Myrick Short in an email to students. 

Despite the potential change in course modalities for some students, some organizers for spring activities on campus are still optimistic for what the semester will bring.

“Prior to the pandemic, Frontier Fiesta saw on average well over 20,000 attendees over the three day festival,” said Frontier Fiesta chair Christopher Caldwell. “Our hope is that we will have similar attendance for this year’s event.”

The Frontier Fiesta board is eager to bring student performers to the stage and looking forward to the headlining artist, according to Caldwell.

“Our board is working diligently to plan a safe and enjoyable experience for the entire campus and surrounding Houston community,” Caldwell said. “While doing so we are sure to adhere to all safety protocols set forth by the university and local, state and federal officials.” 

Although some students are concerned about the new variant, others are trying to stay positive and are excited to attend events on campus that they haven’t been able to previously due to the University being online.

“I’m looking forward to all the campus activities planned in the spring since I never got to experience them my freshman or sophomore year,” said junior human development and family studies major Thandiwe Ndhlukula. “I’m also looking forward to my classes and all the new things I get to learn about my career in the future.”

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Top Predictions for Bitcoin in 2022

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2021 has been a banner year for virtual assets, and experts predict 2022 will even be more exciting. Find out the top predictions for Bitcoin in 2022. 

Bitcoin remains the most dominant cryptocurrency despite the growing competition from other altcoins. Bitcoin significantly influences the other digital assets’ prices and the overall crypto market as the most prominent crypto. Many investors usually use Bitcoin’s price movements as the baseline to determine the other cryptocurrencies’ future performance. Thus, Bitcoin predictions are essential indicators for analyzing the crypto market conditions.  

Over the years, research firms and market analysts have come up with various Bitcoin predictions. Some have proven true, while others have failed to meet the set limits. Nevertheless, Bitcoin has had a remarkable year, and experts predict things will get even better in 2022. The following are some of the top Bitcoin predictions for 2022. 

Bitcoin Price Predictions 

According to what most people term as conservative predictions, Bitcoin price will hit $100,000 by 2023. However, some experts insist Bitcoin is destined for a more bullish run in 2022 and would reach the $100,000 mark by Q1 2022. Others are still hesitant to predict an exact date and number but point out Bitcoin’s increasing value over time. 

Most academics and financial market analysts argue we should expect a sustainable rise in Bitcoin’s long-term growth driven by organic market movements. According to them, the $100,000 threshold is attainable and will pass soon. Bitcoin could experience volatility in the short term, but it has more excellent long-term growth prospects. 

One digital asset marketing firm’s CEO predicts Bitcoin will hit a record value of $12.5 million in 2030. He points out that post-COVID-19 inflationary pressure will drive crypto interest rates, pushing Bitcoin’s value higher than previous projections. Bitcoin underwent halving in the last quarter of 2021, and past events have proven the process usually induces new highs. 

It is not just crypto insiders who make Bitcoin predictions. Big financial institutions and crypto exchange platforms such as bitcoin prime have also made independent predictions. For instance, JP Morgan predicts Bitcoin’s long-term high of $146,000 while Bloomberg expects Bitcoin’s price to hit $400,000 by 2022. 

Other Bitcoin Predictions 

While most predictions focus on Bitcoin’s price, others also hint at other performance indicators. For example, some insiders predict Bitcoin will outperform or underperform the S&P 500 in 2022. Both Bitcoin and the benchmark index recorded impressive gains in 2021, with Bitcoin jumping 66% and the S&P 500 rising by about 27%. 

Bitcoin is likely to further amplify the stock market’s movements mainly due to its historical behavior as a risk-on-asset. Thus, Bitcoin could outperform if the stock market grows in 2022. Alternatively, it could underperform if the stock markets contract. 

Others also predict Bitcoin will remain closely tied to the VIX. They argue Bitcoin’s performance suffered greatly from the fear in the broader financial markets. Bitcoin sell-off induced spikes in the Volatility Index, which could still affect its short-term price predictions. 

Many institutions and merchants are optimistic that Bitcoin adoption will gain momentum in 2022 despite some governments’ increasing clampdown against crypto. The global economy is rapidly racing towards digitization. Consequently, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin will play a significant role in that transformation. 

The increased regulatory pressures could directly impact Bitcoin’s short-term performance, as witnessed in recent years. However, Bitcoin is already present in the global economy, with more prominent institutional investors and companies holding vast reserves. The above Bitcoin price projections are indicators of massive gains that will further drive its worldwide adoption and value over time. Thus, there is no doubt 2022 will be an excellent year for Bitcoin, promising considerable payouts to investors. 

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