Bitcoin “embrace 2025” : a number of institutions are bullish this year boldly forecast to go straight to $250,000!

After Bitcoin’s 110% rally in 2024, crypto investors and industry executives are betting that the flagship cryptocurrency will hit another record high this year.

In the past month, Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, has broken through the $100,000 mark, hitting an all-time high, as market players take a positive view of the crypto-friendly policies to be brought in by US President-elect Donald Trump.

Previously, Trump won a historic victory in the November election, and one of his campaign platforms was a pro-cryptocurrency policy. During the campaign, Trump vowed to fire current Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler, who has taken a tough regulatory approach to various crypto companies; In addition, Trump envisioned that the United States could create a strategic Bitcoin reserve by pooling funds confiscated from criminal activities.

As Trump nears his return to the White House, his statements have boosted sentiment around cryptocurrencies, and many industry executives and analysts expect Trump to create a more favorable regulatory environment for digital assets.

The bold prediction of Bitcoin price

In the year 2024, the price of Bitcoin has more than doubled. Wall Street insiders generally expect the token’s price to show more positive momentum by 2025, with some bold predictions going straight for $250,000.

James Butterfill, head of research at cryptocurrency-focused asset management firm CoinShares, said he believes the price of bitcoin will be in the range of $80,000 to $150,000 in 2025.

Butterfill said that a favorable U.S. regulatory environment next year will be the main driver supporting Bitcoin’s price, and that in the long term, Bitcoin will reach a $250,000 price, “which is not going to happen in 2025, but it will go in that direction.”

As for the lower end of his expected $80,000 range, Butterfill said that would be the result of Trump’s promised pro-cryptocurrency policies not materializing, and that “disappointment and skepticism about Trump’s proposed crypto policies could trigger a significant market correction.”

Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, an asset management firm focused on cryptocurrencies, expects Bitcoin to surpass $150,000 in the first half of the year and reach $185,000 in the fourth quarter.

According to Thorn, “Adoption by institutions, businesses, and countries will take Bitcoin to new heights in 2025.” Since its inception, Bitcoin has appreciated faster than all other asset classes, especially the S&P 500 and gold, and this trend will continue in 2025. Bitcoin will also reach 20% of gold’s market cap.”

Geoffrey Kendrick, head of digital asset research at Standard Chartered Bank, said the price of bitcoin doubled. In a recent report, he predicted that Bitcoin would reach $200,000 by the end of 2025.

The bank noted that since the beginning of the year, institutions have bought large amounts of bitcoin through the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF and MicroStrategy, a “big bitcoin player,” with net purchases reaching 683,000 bitcoins. Of these, 245,000 bitcoin inflows occurred in the weeks following the US election. Institutional money flows are expected to continue this year at or above the rate of 2024 flows into Bitcoin, and MicroStrategy’s bitcoin purchases should “meet or exceed 2024 purchases.”

Sid Powell, co-founder and CEO of financial platform Maple finance, is targeting a bitcoin price of between $180,000 and $200,000 by the end of 2025.

“Historically, when gold ETFs come to market, after the first year, inflows increase dramatically in subsequent years – and I think we can expect the same for Bitcoin ETFs,” Powell said. He added, “I think we will see more inflows in subsequent years as bitcoin and cryptocurrencies become core asset allocations for institutional asset managers.”

Still, Powell remains wary of a correction in the crypto market, as previous market cycles have seen Bitcoin rise sharply for several months and then drop sharply in value. “Cryptocurrencies are still a cyclical industry,” he noted.

The boldest prediction is to go straight for $250,000. Elitsa Taskova, chief product officer at Nexo, a crypto lending platform, is bullish about Bitcoin’s prospects in 2025.

According to Taskova, “We expect Bitcoin to more than double to $250,000 within a year.” She added that in the long term, such as in the next decade, she believes the market cap of the entire crypto market will surpass that of gold.

She noted that “these predictions are consistent with current trends and societal markers: increasing recognition of Bitcoin as a reserve asset, and wider adoption of more Bitcoin and crypto-related exchange-traded products.”

Venture capital investment in crypto will double

Recently, PitchBook analyst Robert Le predicted that venture capital investment in the crypto industry could exceed $18 billion in 2025, with multiple quarterly investments expected to reach $5 billion.

According to the data, the total amount of crypto venture capital in 2023 is about $9 billion, and it is expected to reach $11 billion in 2024, with an average quarterly investment of about $2 billion to $2.5 billion. Despite a slowdown in investment activity over the summer, data picked up after the US election results, and general-purpose venture capital firms expect to refocus on the crypto space next year.

Le also pointed out that the investment theme of “encryption and artificial intelligence” will continue to heat up, and encryption technology will either provide innovative solutions to some core problems in the expansion process of artificial intelligence, or become a new growth point.