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Bitcoin Price Can Break Beyond $50,000 or Even $100,000 in 2019, Predicts Analyst

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Bitcoin Price Can Break Beyond $50,000 or Even $100,000 in 2019, Predicts Analyst

 


The price of bitcoin is racing higher day after day, and it looks like the good times won’t be ending anytime soon. A clutch of analysts and traders believe that the price of bitcoin could hit new highs in the coming days or months, and brokerage firm eToro has joined the chorus.

Simon Peters, an analyst at eToro, estimates that the bitcoin price could hit new all-time highs in a matter of two weeks at the most.

In an email to CCN, Peters wrote:

“If the price of Bitcoin maintains its current parabolic trajectory, partly stoked by Facebook’s foray into the world of cryptoassets, it could reach the all-time high of $20,000 within the next 7-14 days. This was the approximate timeframe to reach $20,000 from the last time we were at $11,800.”

Chart showing the bitcoin price rally.

But this is not where Peters stops. He goes on to make a bigger claim about where the price of bitcoin could be at the end of the year.

Institutional money will drive gains

The eToro analyst estimates that bitcoin has a lot of room to run higher amid growing institutional interest. Peters adds:

“What’s interesting about this rally is that it doesn’t seem to be fuelled as heavily by new retail investors as previous rallies to all-time highs. Looking at historic Google trends data, the search terms for ‘Buy Bitcoin’ have typically spiked with the price as new retail investors jumped on the train. The fact that trends data hasn’t spiked with price on this occasion suggests that new capital is instead coming from institutions, which bodes well for the long term, as well as money from investors who had previously parked their funds in stablecoins such as Tether.”

Peters is making a solid point here. CCN had earlier reported that Google searches for the term “buy bitcoin” are 93 percent lower than the 2017 rally, when retail investors brought in the money to propel the price to new highs.

The fact that retail investors haven’t jumped into the latest bitcoin bull run just yet bodes well for the digital asset as it means that institutions are walking the talk. Earlier this year, Fidelity reported that nearly half of the institutional investors it surveyed were interested in putting their money in digital assets.

We asked: what do institutions really think about #digitalassets? https://t.co/3Lq5h5ITbT

— Fidelity Digital Assets (@DigitalAssets) May 2, 2019

It looks like those investors have recognized the importance of bitcoin as an investment class and don’t want to miss out the latest price rally.

Bitcoin price could hit $50,000 or $100,000 this year despite a correction: Peters

Encouraged by the inflow of institutional money, Peters believes that the price of bitcoin could end up hitting six figures by the end of the year even if there are pullbacks on the way. Peters wrote in the email:

“Is the surge sustainable? With the number of sell positions building in the market it’s possible we could see a correction very soon. Even if that was the case though, Bitcoin continues to remain on track to close out the first half of the year on a highly positive note. We could see Bitcoin reaching $50,000 or even $100,000 this year.”

He was singing a different tune earlier, stating that bitcoin could fall to $6,500 before its next meteoric rise.

Peters’ price prediction should not be shrugged off as a fantasy. Bitcoin has historically exhibited a remarkable tendency of bouncing back over 150 percent after a 30 percent pullback, so don’t be surprised to see eToro’s ambitious price prediction turning into reality in the coming months.

Click here for a real-time bitcoin price chart.

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