{"id":646817,"date":"2024-12-13T14:40:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T13:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/?p=646817"},"modified":"2024-12-13T14:57:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T13:57:52","slug":"when-will-bitcoin-be-at-200000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ftmo.com\/en\/when-will-bitcoin-be-at-200000\/","title":{"rendered":"When will bitcoin be at $200,000?"},"content":{"rendered":"
It is an unwritten rule that as soon as an investment asset crosses an important psychological level, investors in the markets start speculating about when the next level will be hit. Such speculation cannot always be taken entirely seriously, but on the other hand it is not unreasonable to follow it.<\/em><\/p>\n Predictions by the son of US President-elect Donald Trump that he loves bitcoin and that its price will rise to $1 million thanks to the election of the most ‘pro-crypto’ president in US history, or that the US will become the world capital of the cryptocurrency market as a result, cannot, of course, be taken seriously. This is despite the fact that the election of Donald Trump as president was one of the strongest drivers in the price rise to $100,000 and above.<\/p>\n Cautious investors might take news like this more as a warning that the price may fall in the near future, which is common in the investment world. Whenever a self-proclaimed expert on an asset comes along and starts talking about a rise in its price, you need to be vigilant.<\/p>\n Anyway, the price of bitcoin surpassed the $100,000 level<\/a> in early December 2024, which for quite a long time was considered such a holy grail and a difficult milestone for many pessimists to reach. Of course, there were plenty of optimists who did not doubt that the 100,000 mark would be crossed, and there were plenty who tried to prove it by various more or less sophisticated methods.<\/p>\n For example, a chart from user OxNobler looks interesting, who is even convinced that $200,000 per bitcoin is a realistic target, which he predicts the price should reach sometime in late 2025 (and he is far from being alone). Since he came up with this chart back in late October 2024, when the price was below $70,000, we can congratulate him in the meantime.<\/p>\n Source: Twitter<\/em><\/p>\n The problem with this chart, however, is that the user has modified it in a rather strange way. It’s not so much that he used a logarithmic scale, but the scale of the graph is very strange. If we look at the second chart that Investopedia used, the dips in particular look much more ominous than the first chart.<\/p>\n Source: Investopedia, TradingView<\/em><\/p>\n It will be interesting to see what happens if bitcoin actually hits that $200,000 in a year. In the past, bitcoin has already experienced a few dips, which by the way is nicely visible on the chart, so we can look forward to that. In the meantime, we can speculate what will happen at a price around $100,000.<\/p>\n Bitcoin still remains a fairly volatile asset, so after hitting a record price of over $103,600 the very next day it dropped to a price of around $92,000. However, this drop has so far shown typical signs of profit-taking and the price is back above $100,000 after a few days, with some of the largest institutional investors such as BlackRock (which owns around $50 billion worth of bitcoins) and MARA Holdings, one of the largest bitcoin miners, taking advantage of the drop to buy.<\/p>\n Once more we mention Donald Trump, who has helped bitcoin for the second time by wanting to name Paul Atkins, CEO of Patomak Global Partners, who is considered to be a fan of cryptocurrencies, as the next head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In addition, Trump is proposing that bitcoin becomes part of the US strategic reserves and Senator Cynthia Lummins even envisions buying 200,000 bitcoins a year for the next five years.<\/p>\n This shows a trend that is unlikely to be the preserve of the US alone, that cryptocurrencies, and bitcoin in particular, will be increasingly and significantly integrated into traditional financial systems. Reducing regulation, which has been one of the main constraints on bitcoin’s widespread adoption, would only help bitcoin slowly shed its label as a speculative asset.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
Bitcoin at 100K. What next?<\/h2>\n
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Why will the price of bitcoin rise?<\/h2>\n