Bitcoin at $100000 in 2021? Outrageous to some, a no-brainer for backers
Bitcoin investors, which include top hedge funds and money managers, are betting the virtual currency could more than quintuple to as high as $100,000 in a year. It’s a wager that has drawn eye-rolls from skeptics who believe the volatile cryptocurrency is a speculative asset rather than a store of value like gold.
Since January, bitcoin has gained 160%, bolstered by strong institutional demand as well as scarcity as payment companies such as Square and Paypal buy it on behalf of customers. Bitcoin is within sight of its all-time peak of just under $20,000 hit in December 2017. It debuted in 2011 at zero and was last trading at $18,415.
Going from $18,000 to $100,000 in one year is not a stretch, Brian Estes, chief investment officer at hedge fund Off the Chain Capital, said. “I have seen bitcoin go up 10X, 20X, 30X in a year. So going up 5X is not a big deal.”
Estes predicts bitcoin could hit between $100,000 and $288,000 by end-2021, based on a model that utilizes the stock-to-flow ratio measuring the scarcity of commodities like gold. That model, he said, has a 94% correlation with the price of bitcoin. Citi technical analyst Tom Fitzpatrick said in a note last week that bitcoin could climb as high as $318,000 by the end of next year, citing its limited supply, ease of movement across borders, and opaque ownership.
The so-called whale index, which counts addresses or wallets holding at least 1,000 bitcoins, is at an all-time high, said Phil Bonello, research director at digital asset manager Grayscale. Bonello said more than 2,200 addresses were linked to large bitcoin holders, up 37% from 1,600 in 2018, suggesting that institutional money has stormed in.
Top Cryptocurrencies with Price Predictions
| # | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
| 1 |  BTC |
Bitcoin predictions | 81.6% | 29 | $62 880.79 | -0.34% | 4.85% | $1 242 317 669 377 |  |
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| 2 |  ETH |
Ethereum predictions | 79.2% | 43 | $2 543.89 | 3.03% | 4.87% | $306 147 363 657 |  |
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| 3 |  USDT |
Tether predictions | 96% | 1 | $1.000208 | 0% | -0.04% | $119 097 562 039 |  |
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| 4 |  BNB |
Binance Coin predictions | 78.8% | 37 | $567.47 | 0.01% | 2.22% | $82 812 786 289 |  |
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| 5 |  SOL |
Solana predictions | 76.4% | 39 | $146.96 | 2.26% | 6.18% | $68 847 921 811 |  |
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| 6 |  USDC |
USD Coin predictions | 95.6% | 1 | $1.000133 | 0.02% | 0% | $35 787 446 042 |  |
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| 7 |  XRP |
XRP predictions | 78% | 36 | $0.585409 | -1.23% | 2.58% | $33 037 282 339 |  |
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| 8 |  DOGE |
Dogecoin predictions | 84% | 30 | $0.105230 | -0.83% | -1.93% | $15 367 655 262 |  |
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| 9 |  TON |
Toncoin predictions | 77.6% | 44 | $5.60 | -2.18% | -3.72% | $14 181 556 392 |  |
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| 10 |  TRX |
TRON predictions | 90% | 8 | $0.151989 | 0.52% | 2.08% | $13 172 859 955 |  |
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| 11 |  ADA |
Cardano predictions | 78% | 41 | $0.351275 | -0.56% | -2.33% | $12 632 078 921 |  |
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| 12 |  AVAX |
Avalanche predictions | 74% | 45 | $27.30 | 2.88% | 10.29% | $11 081 593 423 |  |
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| 13 |  STETH |
Lido stETH predictions | 92.8% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 |  |
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| 14 |  WTRX |
Wrapped TRON predictions | 96% | 1 | $0.116354 | -0.46% | 0.23% | $10 171 995 609 |  |
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| 15 |  WBTC |
Wrapped Bitcoin predictions | 90.8% | 1 | $65 806.83 | 0.78% | -2.68% | $10 083 957 608 |  |
