Ethereum (ETH) creator Vitalik Buterin has an idea for what the state of Bitcoin (BTC) will look like twenty years from now.

In a new interview with economist Noah Smith, Buterin says that in the medium term, he thinks crypto assets including Bitcoin and Ethereum will become about as volatile as gold or the stock market, moving away from the big bubble and crash phases of the past.

The cryptocurrency visionary also says that even though crypto could satisfy a few key narratives in the next two decades, mainstream adoption is going to be the biggest factor in determining the fate of digital assets.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices