• Bitfinex analysts consider Bitcoin may attain between $140,000 – $200,000 by mid-2025
• “Consistent buying pressure” with ETFs will see future Bitcoin price correction “shorter in duration”
• If Bitcoin follows the 2021 cycle, it has the potential to succeed in $339,000

Bitcoin may surge to $200,000 underneath “favorable conditions,” based on a brand new report from Bitfinex analysts.

In its Bitfinex Alpha report, printed on December 16, analysts famous that Bitcoin has achieved unprecedented milestones in 2024, surpassing a $2 trillion market capitalization and reaching a brand new all-time excessive of above $100,000.

The analysts added that Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have emerged as a dominant drive, with US spot ETF inflows reaching $35.5 billion.

“Looking ahead, we believe the current run-up to over $100,000 has captured a significant portion of Bitcoin’s price appreciation for this cycle,” the analysts wrote. “Our minimum price target for Bitcoin remains at $140,000 – $200,000 around mid-2025.”

Bullish motion post-halving

Seeking to 2025, the analysts consider that any corrections will “remain mild, thanks to institutional inflows.” In addition they level out that as 2024 was a halving yr for Bitcoin, “historically the following year post halving has been bullish.”

“In previous cycles, once Bitcoin entered price discovery following a halving, corrections before mean reversion to new ATHs were relatively contained,” the analysts wrote. “In the 2017 cycle, the maximum correction was 33.2 percent, while the 2020 cycle saw a slightly smaller correction of 27.1 percent.”

Based on Bitfinex, Bitcoin’s present bull cycle, which began in mid-to-late 2023, the asset’s corrections have been smaller because the launch of Bitcoin ETFs in January. Analysts consider that with “consistent buying pressure,” future corrections will likely be “limited and potentially shorter in duration.”

Bitcoin at $339,000?

Bitfinex predicts Bitcoin’s price may peak at $339,000, if it follows the sample of the 2021 cycle; nonetheless, if it follows the 2017 cycle with diminishing returns, Bitcoin may hit round $290,000 by 2026.

On the time of publishing, Bitcoin is buying and selling underneath $104,000, based on information from CoinMarketCap. Yesterday, the crypto asset reached a brand new all-time excessive of above $108,000.

Market sentiment has surged since President-elect Donald Trump gained the US election in November. Since then, Trump has appointment a number of pro-crypto candidates within the run up to his administration getting into the White Home in January.

Earlier this month, Trump named pro-crypto Paul Atkins as the following Chair of the US Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC). He’ll take over from present Chair Gary Gensler who’s stepping down on January 20.

Trump additionally has Tesla CEO Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy main the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) to “dismantle government bureaucracy.” In the meantime, David Sacks would be the lead coverage advisor on synthetic intelligence and crypto.