Tim Draper Stands by $250k in 2023We recently spoke to arguably one of the most insightful and successful investors in crypto and emerging technology, Tim Draper, Founder at Draper Associates, DFJ, Draper University, and asked him about his December 2019 prediction that Bitcoin would reach $250,000 in 2023.Based on his prediction and staunch belief in Bitcoin and the potential of decentralized digital currency overalls, we asked if 2021 made him feel like saying “I told you so” yet.“No, I wouldn’t say that. I won’t say I told you so until it happens,” Draper said. “But I make my predictions and I stick to them.”We asked Draper if even in light of the recent dip he expected Bitcoin to cross the $100,000 barrier in 2021 and Draper simply affirmed,“Yes. Beyond that.”In 2014, Draper won 50,000 BTC in US Marshall’s auction, and he invested in over 50 crypto companies with investments including Coinbase, Ledger, Tezos, and Bancor, among others. He is not a Bitcoin maximalist, as he explained, so we asked him, “What about Dogecoin? What’s driving it?”“A dog? People like it. It’s cute,” Draper said. “And, of course, Elon Musk has been talking about it.”Tesla Suspends BTC PurchasesElon Musk has been talking quite a bit about both Bitcoin and Dogecoin in 2021. After months of extolling the strengths of Bitcoin, on May 12, Musk tweeted a statement reading in part, “Tesla has suspended vehicle purchases using Bitcoin. We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions…”If Elon has had a lifting effect on Bitcoin with his support, two days of criticism has had a deleterious effect, dropping 9.5% on Thursday, according to Bloomberg.Not content to simply rain on the parade of more than a year-long BTC bull run, with minor corrections, Musk is actively putting…