Last December, Bitcoin soared to new heights, crossed the $100,000 mark, and at its peak was around $106,000; The currency’s rally will be fueled mainly by the victory of Donald Trump, who positioned himself throughout the campaign as a pro-crypto candidate, in the US presidential race. Among other things, Trump promised to fire the chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler (then will retire on the day of his inauguration as president), who led a strict line of regulation against crypto-currencies, and also stated his intention to establish a reserve National Bitcoin. On top of that, during 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission approved, for the first time, investment houses to open bitcoin tracking basket funds – a move that recently also reached the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
While the cryptocurrency’s meteoric rise over the past year (as of today, up about 115%) moderated a bit last week, crypto investors and industry executives who spoke to CNBC predict that in the coming year, the coin will continue its positive momentum – and even double its value to 200 thousand dollars.
These are the estimates of the financial entities that spoke with CNBC for 2025:
CoinShares: between 80 thousand and 150 thousand dollars
James Butterfill, head of the research department of the alternative assets company CoinShares, predicts that Bitcoin will receive a boost from a regulatory environment that will benefit it, and said that it is “not unreasonable” to expect the currency to be worth about 25% of the market value of gold in the US – when its value stands Now on about 10% of it.
According to Butterfly, Bitcoin may stand at the low end of its valuation, $80,000, in the event that Donald Trump’s pro-crypto policy does not come to fruition, or is disappointing – leading to a significant correction in the market.
In 2023, the company predicted that the price of Bitcoin would be $80,000 in 2024.
Matrixport: about $160,000
Crypto company Matrixport predicts that Bitcoin will reach $160,000 in 2025. “This forecast is supported by continued demand for ETFs that mimic Bitcoin, trends in the macro environment and an expanding global pool of liquidity,” said Markus Thielen, head of the company’s research department.
CNBC noted that Bitcoin is known to be a very volatile currency, with the potential for corrections of between 70-80% from an all-time high. Thielen said that the declines in 2025 will be less strong, noting that “the ever-expanding base of bitcoin investors who buy on the dip, together with significant institutional support, are expected to soften significant corrections in the market.”
Galaxy Digital: about 185 thousand dollars
Alex Thorne, head of research at the crypto company Galaxy Digital, predicts that Bitcoin will cross the $150,000 mark in the first half of the year and will reach $185,000 in the fourth quarter of this year.
“A combination of institutional, corporate and national adoption of Bitcoin will see the currency soar to new heights in 2025,” Thorne said. “Throughout its existence, bitcoin has seen a faster increase in value than all other asset classes, in particular the S&P 500 and gold, and this trend will continue in 2025.”
The company predicts that products included in the Bitcoin exchange-traded funds will total over $250 billion in assets under management in 2025. The company also predicts that over the course of the year, five Nasdaq-listed companies and five US states will add bitcoin to their list of assets or to their sovereign wealth funds.
Standard Chartered Bank: about 200 thousand dollars
The British Standard Chartered Bank predicts that Bitcoin will double its value in 2025. The head of the digital assets department wrote last month that he expects Bitcoin to reach $200,000 by the end of 2025.
The bank noted that the total holdings of financial institutions in Bitcoin, through mutual fund funds bought mainly by the crypto company micro-strategy reached 683 thousand bitcoin coins since the beginning of the year; He predicts that in 2025 the company is expected to purchase a similar or greater amount than last year.
The bank also added that pension funds are expected to start including more bitcoin in their portfolios, through basket funds imitating bitcoin in 2025, thanks to the reforms expected to be led by the incoming Trump administration – which is expected to give a significant boost to the currency’s prices. “We will be even more bullish if we see adoption of Bitcoin by American retirement funds, global sovereign wealth funds, and a potential national reserve,” the bank said.
Carol Alexander: About 200 thousand dollars
Carol Alexander, professor of economics at the University of Sussex, sees the possibility that Bitcoin will reach $200,000 next year. “I’m more bullish than ever about 2025. The price of Bitcoin could easily reach $200,000.” However, Alexander also noted that “there are no signs that the volatility of the currency will decrease.”
“By the summer, I expect the price of bitcoin to be at $150,000, with the possibility of a downward or upward deviation of $50,000,” Alexander said, clarifying that she does not own the cryptocurrency herself.
Alexander claimed that a supportive regulatory environment in the US is expected to give bitcoin a boost, but at the same time, the lack of regulation regarding crypto trading will continue to cause volatility in the currency’s price. Alexander has previously been right about the forecast she gave for the price of bitcoin, telling CNBC that it will stand at $100,000 in -2024 – which did happen.
Bit Mining: between 180 and 190 thousand dollars
Yue Yang, senior economist at the crypto company Bit Mining, predicts that Bitcoin will reach a price of between 180 and 190 thousand dollars in 2025 – but also warns against potential declines. “Bitcoin price in 2025 is expected to see positive upward momentum, along with sharp corrections from time to time,” Yang told CNBC. “In the event of a shock in the markets, such as a significant fall in the stock market, Bitcoin may drop to the $80,000 area – but the general trend is expected to remain bullish.”
Young points out that the factors expected to give bitcoin a boost are lower interest rates, support from President-elect Donald Trump, as well as increased adoption of the currency by institutional investors. On the other hand, he points out several factors that may lead to corrections during the year, including the strained US-China relations, disruptions in the global capital market, unexpected restraining measures and delays to the path of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cuts.
Last year, Yang predicted that Bitcoin would be worth $75,000 in 2024.
Maple Finance: between 180 and 200 thousand dollars
Sid Powell, CEO and co-founder of the crypto company Maple Finance, estimates that the price of Bitcoin is expected to be between $180,000 and $200,000 by the end of 2025. “If you look at it historically, when gold mutual funds entered the market, investments in them rose Dramatically after the first year — and I think you can expect a similar thing in the case of bitcoin mutual funds,” Powell told CNBC.
Powell claimed that the factors expected to support the rise of Bitcoin are increased adoption by institutional investors, as well as the expectation of the establishment of a national reserve of Bitcoin in the US. However, Powell points out that “the crypto industry remains a cyclical industry – so we will certainly see corrections.”
CNBC notes that in Bitcoin’s previous cycle, in 2021, the currency’s rally led it to a value of nearly $70,000, but the following year, the currency fell to a value of $17,000 – after a number of major crypto companies collapsed and declared bankruptcy .
However, Powell emphasized that declines of 70-80% seen in previous cycles are less likely in 2025, due to the moderating effect of investments from institutional factors.
Nexo: about 250 thousand dollars
Alicia Taskova, senior product manager at the crypto company Nexo, has a more bullish assessment than the general consensus regarding the price of Bitcoin. “We see bitcoin more than doubling its value to $250,000 within a year,” Tskova told CNBC, adding that in the next decade, she sees the total market cap of the crypto industry overtaking that of gold. “These estimates align with ongoing trends in the market: growing recognition of Bitcoin as an investment asset, more tradable products in the crypto and Bitcoin space, and growing adoption by institutional entities,” said Taskova.
Tescova stated that the softening of monetary policy by central banks around the world is expected to support the increase in the value of Bitcoin. On the other hand, she notes that sticky inflation may lead to a sharp downward trend change. “Since the US is leading the deployment of crypto assets, interest rate decisions and inflation dynamics are expected to be a major influence on the price of Bitcoin in 2025,” said Taskova.
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