Bitcoin could hit $100 000 next year: Standard Chartered
Bitcoin could gain from factors including recent turmoil in the banking sector, a stabilisation of risk assets as the US Federal Reserve ends its rate-hiking cycle, and improved profitability of crypto mining, Standard Chartered’s head of digital assets research Geoff Kendrick said in a note.
“While sources of uncertainty remain, we think the pathway to the $100 000 level is becoming clearer,” Kendrick wrote. Bitcoin has rallied so far this year, rising above $30 000 in April for the first time in 10 months. It gains represent a partial recovery after trillions of dollars were wiped from the crypto sector in 2022, as central banks hiked interest rates and a string of crypto firms imploded.
Predictions of sky-high valuations have been commonplace during bitcoin’s past rallies. A Citi analyst said in November 2020 that bitcoin could climb as high as $318 000 by the end of 2022. It closed last year down about 65% at $16 500. —
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