Dave WeisbergerThis time is different has been a recurring theme during the boom and bust periods of Bitcoin’s little more than a decade long existence. With the largest cryptocurrency topping $20,000 for the first time, the mantra is growing louder.Dave Weisberger, co-founder and chief executive officer of trading software provider CoinRoutes, and Frances Coppola, author of “The Case for People’s Quantitative Easing,” commented Wednesday on what’s next in the digital asset world. Their remarks have been edited and condensed.What is the significance of this threshold?Coppola: Bitcoin is clearly on a tear, and this will attract investors looking for yield, including institutional investors who are getting short commons at the moment because of very low yields. I expect more institutional investors to come in.Weisberger: Today’s price action, in particular, is instructive. There was (supposedly) a “wall of sellers” at $20,000, but those were not “natural” sellers that had bought at that previous price. Rather, they’re speculators betting against the price getting through that level. The result was an immediate pop, as those short-sellers covered. What happens next is anyone’s guess, as it could fall below that level again. I suspect $20,000 will form a new support level unless there is actual negative news.On what extent did the wave of monetary and fiscal support spark the Bitcoin rally?Weisberger: The monetary debasement has been unprecedented. That, coupled with the demonstrable success of Bitcoin’s non-inflationary monetary policy, has been and will continue to be the main driver of the rally.Coppola: Many investors think all this monetary and fiscal stimulus will debase fiat currencies, so cryptocurrencies — especially coins like Bitcoin that have limited supply — are attractive as inflation hedges. I think the theme for Bitcoin next year will be whether fiscal and monetary stimulus is unwound and whether interest rates rise. Bitcoin’s strength…