Bitcoin Price In 2026: Predictions Vs. Charts And Reality 2025
Bitcoin faces clashing forecasts for 2026: tempered institutional targets around $150,000 versus bearish charts warning of major declines.
Looking to 2026, Bitcoin (BTC) forecasts clash with historical chart patterns and evolving market realities, as traditional finance plays a bigger role in the cryptocurrency space.
Standard Chartered and Bernstein forecast Bitcoin to hit $150,000 in 2026, revising down earlier higher targets due to slower ETF inflows.
Grayscale predicts a new BTC all-time high in H1/2026, driven by institutional adoption ending the traditional four-year cycle.
Technical point to a potentially deep drawdown to $40,000-$70,000 if historical patterns repeat.
The post-2024 halving cycle brought significant gains earlier in the year; however, late-2025 consolidation and volatility have led to a pullback amid macroeconomic uncertainty and fluctuations in ETF flows.
The 47% drawdown from $126,000 all-time highs in October saw Bitcoin price drop to $80,500 in November.
Analysts are largely bullish for 2026, though their predictions are tempered compared to earlier euphoria.
Standard Chartered has cut its 2026 Bitcoin target from $300,000 to $150,000 after spending 2024 and early 2025 calling for moonshots, citing slower institutional buying through ETFs.
Related: Coinbase ‘cautiously optimistic’ on 2026 as crypto nears institutional inflection point
Source: CoinTelegraph
