Bitcoin could be pushed up by financial institutions.BTCTwo research reports examined by Cointelegraph suggest that coin prices could rise to $200,000 in 2025.
Standard Chartered’s analysts, Intellectia AI and Intellectia AI have said that institutional Bitcoin demand by exchange-traded products (ETFs), and traders who want to protect themselves against macroeconomic risks could lead to Bitcoins price more than doubling this year.
“While the forecast is optimistic, it’s also conditional. Any black swan — from a major regulatory clampdown to a geopolitical event — can disrupt trajectories,” Fei Chen is Intellectia AI’s Chief Investment Strategist, according to Cointelegraph.
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Bullish remarks
Bitcoin’s price surpassed $90,000 for the first time on April 22, 2018. the first time in six weeksThis reflects traders’ embrace of Bitcoin and gold, as hedges to looming geopolitical instability and trade wars.
Prices followed this trend. biggest daily net inflows Since January, US-based Bitcoin ETFs have been available.
CoinGlass reported that on April 21, the US 11 BTC spot funds received a collective net of more than 380 million dollars. data.
Intellectia AI said institutional demand drivers — including corporate Bitcoin buyers and exchanges such as Coinbase and Kraken — could continue to propel positive price action.
According to a report, corporate Bitcoin treasuries currently hold BTC worth nearly $65 billion. data from Bitcointreasuries.net.
Hedging and speculation
BTC Gold “appear to have become more important components of investors’ portfolios structurally” As they seek to hedge against geopolitical risk and inflationIn a research note published in January, JP Morgan Investment Bank said that.
However, Bitcoin’s correlation with gold — historically a preferred hedge against macroeconomic uncertainty — has been low since US President Donald Trump announced sweeping import tariffs on April 2, Binance Research said on April 7.
Binance has said that Bitcoin’s correlation with stocks is actually higher.
Spencer Yang of Fractal Bitcoin and core contributor to the crypto infrastructure project told Cointelegraph that sustained ETF investments could worsen Bitcoin’s reputation as a hedge against macroeconomic risks, thus eroding its attractiveness for institutions.
“Despite growing institutional interest, Bitcoin’s long-term resilience won’t be secured by balance sheet optics alone — it depends on real usage,” Yang said.
“That means people actually transacting, building, and experimenting on the network — not just holding BTC as a speculative asset.”
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Source: cointelegraph.com
