Bitcoin Unlikely To Replicate January’s Surge To New High: 21shares...
Bitcoin’s downturn has barely anything to do with “anything crypto specific,” but it’s unlikely to surge early next year, says 21Shares co-founder Ophelia Snyder.
Current market conditions will make it difficult for Bitcoin to replicate its early 2025 price gains going into 2026, says 21Shares co-founder Ophelia Snyder.
“It’s unlikely that the factors driving the current volatility will fully resolve in the short term,” Snyder told Cointelegraph.
“A repeat performance next January will depend heavily on broader market sentiment.”
Snyder explained that January often sees “renewed inflows” into Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds as investors rebalance and reposition portfolios at the start of the year.
Snyder said it is unclear how Bitcoin will perform in January, given the current low level of positive market sentiment.
Bitcoin reached a then-peak of $109,000 on Jan. 9, just one day before Donald Trump was set to be inaugurated, as traders bet his proposed plans for the crypto sector would spark a rally.
Bitcoin climbed to its current high of $125,100 on Oct. 5, but it soon entered a downtrend, following the $19 billion crypto market liquidation event on Oct. 10.
The event prompted many market participants to adopt a cautious short-term price outlook after initially holding more optimistic year-end price expectations.
Bitcoin is trading at $92,150 at the time of publication, down almost 10% over the past 30 days, according to CoinMarketCap.
Source: CoinTelegraph
