Bitcoin to Hit $200K by 2025? Experts Say Yes, and Here’s Why 🤯

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Matt Hougan, the man in charge of money at Bitwise (yes, that serious-sounding firm), has a prediction that’s almost more exciting than finding a £20 note in your winter coat. He claims Bitcoin (BTC) will soar to a tidy $200,000 by the end of 2025. Why? Well, apparently, it’s all about supply and demand—who knew that could make prices skyrocket? 💸

In a riveting chat with CryptoMoon at Consensus 2025 in Toronto—because what’s more fun than a Canadian crypto conference?—Hougan spilled the beans. His crystal ball is powered by supply and demand metrics, and brace yourself for some numbers:

“We know that miners will produce 165,000 BTC this year. Already, publicly traded companies have bought more than that. ETFs are at $6 billion in inflows. We think governments are going to be buying. We see this sort of structural difference between demand and supply.”

Translation: supply is tightening, demand is sky-high, and apparently, we’re all next in line to become trillionaires—probably. Hougan believes that once sellers get to $100,000 (hang on, was that a typo? No, they’re stuck there), the next stop is a cool $200,000. Picture that, a Bitcoin priced so high you’d need a new calculator just to calculate the price. Bitwise, the ETF folks, have nearly $4 billion parked in Bitcoin, so they’re pretty serious about this prediction. 🎯

As if that wasn’t enough, the big institutional players have shifted the scene. No more of those painful four-year cycles with 90% crashes in between. According to Hougan, those are now just old stories—like floppy disks and dial-up internet.

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Then there’s Strategy—because why not? They’re basically doing the Bitcoin version of a shopping spree, hoarding 568,840 BTC (which sounds like a lot unless you’re Saylor, who’s probably counting in billions).

Bitcoin analyst Adam Livingston says Strategy is “synthetically halving Bitcoin”—a fancy way of saying they’re outpacing miners and gobbling up supply faster than you can say “FOMO.”

Livingston claims Strategy grabbed 379,800 BTC in just half a year. If they keep up that pace, they might own the market outright—no big deal—just the future of global Bitcoin lending, apparently.

According to Livingston, the “cost of capital” for Bitcoin will soon be dictated by Strategy’s own policies. Whatever that means—probably something to do with buying more Bitcoin than your average investor.

Market analyst Ki Young Ju (because who else would you ask?) says Bitcoin’s supply is now deflationary—yes, shrinking—by about 2.33% annually. That’s like trying to fix a leaky faucet, but instead, the faucet decides to close itself. Supply dwindles, demand climbs, and before you know it, some geniuses are dreaming of Bitcoin at $1 million. 💰

But wait, it gets better. Investor Arthur Hayes, possibly sipping cocktails while predicting the future, says Bitcoin will reach $1 million in just three years. His secret? A perfect storm of macroeconomic chaos and central-bank liquidity injections that are basically making money rain from the sky. ☔️

If this all sounds a bit mad, well, you might want to start saving for a Bitcoin mansion in the clouds. After all, at this rate, the only way is up! 🚀

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2025-05-16 20:15