[For fun] Can bitcoin get to all time high this year

[Oshosondy]

Sometimes Strategy do surprise his fans like me with price speculations that I will see, but not see it to be what can become true. This is what I am talking about:

Strategy sold $216 million in Bitcoin to fund its dividend payments, as wealth manager Bernstein maintained its year-end Bitcoin price target of $150,000.

Strategy 17 months of cash to cover dividend obligations and interest payments can be seen to be true, but how about the bitcoin price speculation of bitcoin getting to $150000 this year?

[Nathrixxx]

Not again this season  

We are already on a bearish season after we exited the bull season, let's wait for another halving to come, the bull that we anticipated for now are the altcoins bull seasons, maybe a number of them could make all time high if this finally begins this year or next year as the case may be, except if maybe you are also referring to the all-time low for this season with Bitcoin.

All this institutional buying and selling could be confusing to some of us, while they could also set set such as a way that triggers the market to react.

[Zaguru12]

Strategy 17 months of cash to cover dividend obligations and interest payments can be seen to be true, but how about the bitcoin price speculation of bitcoin getting to $150000 this year?

For me all are speculations and bitcoin over the years has proven that it can actually be unpredictable.

First of all I wouldn’t say the prediction of bitcoin price creating a new ATH this year or also reaching $150k is actually impossible but I will say it’s improbable at the moment base on historical data, bitcoin actually doesn’t sets a new ATH in bearish year.

Bitcoin is currently around $62k that’s means it will need around 2.5x from this price to actually get to the $150k price tag for this to happen in just under 6 months is actually not viable because of bitcoin volatility which is is definitely reducing. I will say a $100k price tag is possible but even a new ATH is improbable at the moment

[sergiorus]

So all time high or $150,000?
That's quite the difference.

The ATH was ~$126 thousand. It can go there but not to $150,000.

Anyway, Bitcoin growths are pretty explosive and we still have half a year in 2026. If DXY breaks down its uptrend and overall risk-on sentiment comes back I don't see why it can't revisit its ATH. $150,000 is a bit extreme so probably not, the selling pressure at the ATH will be very intense.

[Itz-prisigold]

I believe that's possible, but I wouldn't say that is actually guaranteed. Bitcoin has caught investors off guard numerous times in the past, so I wouldn't be surprised if it sets another all time high.  Meanwhile, the market can shift rapidly, and unforeseen events can slow the process down.

I do not think that it is advisable to focus on one price such as $150k, but rather to see how the demand keeps on rising over the next coming months.  As long as buying pressure stays strong, then Bitcoin definitely has a good chance of reaching a new all time high.

[aoluain]

I voted no!

I am basing that on the fact that we are in a Bear market and possibly until September,
maybe after that.

I also have read reports that th market may bottom out lower than we are at now before
breaking into the start of a Bull season.

So its impossible highly unlikely the market would have enough time reamaining in
the year to hit a new ATH.

Year end tarket of $150k - justy another wild prediction or statement of hopw IMO.

[Wiwo]

One thing we know with time is that, bitcoin doesn't react that much to institutional actions like strategy selling.

I don't know why there has been so much noise around it because of strategy selling, when we known them to buy as much as this amount in previous times and possibilityto buy more as they usual approach.

Companies bitcoin holdings, are aimed at funding future financial obligations like strategy selling to fund their dividends.

[Charles-Tim]

All I know is that Strategy are optimistic about bitcoin price but which is not bad. Although, people should know what they should listen to, they should not blindly follow institutions but they should just do their own research and follow their own analyses. I do not think bitcoin is going to get to all-time high this year.

[OgNasty]

It would be nothing short of a miracle if Bitcoin was able to reclaim $90K this year. The trend is down and the low isn’t in yet. Strategy is selling at a loss with more sales planned (this is what liquidation looks like for the structure they created) and there is little positive news in the pipeline.

[coinrifft]

Just like the majority, I don't think that we can get into a all time high this year.

We are still in the middle of the bear market, meaning price is going down and there are no upside for this year. On the other hand, with so many negative news, like Michael Saylor statement of them selling and the possibility in the next month or even next year to sell more, then it will have a huge impact in the price.

So forget about new all time high, on the contrary, just continue to accumulate and buy if the price goes to $50k.

[Marykeller]

If we think Bitcoin will reach $150k this year, when the market is still in the bearish season, haven't entered the bull run season. What then will become the Bitcoin price when the bull run kick starts fully?

Are we to be thinking of, $300k as new ATH of Bitcoin around 2028/2029. Because I know that, there will be people who will speculating unimaginable price or $1 million for Bitcoin to reach in 2028/2029. Let's not be surprise when we hear of such predictions about Bitcoin.

For this year, I don't see Bitcoin crossing above $100k

[EluguHcman]

We are already on a bearish season after we exited the bull season, let's wait for another halving to come, the bull that we anticipated for now are the altcoins bull seasons, maybe a number of them could make all time high if this finally begins this year or next year as the case may be, except if maybe you are also referring to the all-time low for this season with Bitcoin.

All this institutional buying and selling could be confusing to some of us, while they could also set set such as a way that triggers the market to react.

Don't underestimate bearish market rally because market phase can be transitional and it is undoubtedly that it has occurred in the historical performances where buying power majorly surpasses the selling power in the bear market.
While enthusiasts were expecting more declines to the markets it, was the opposite for Bitcoin recovering and beating every previous resistance and sums at the new ATH.
Of course the market can be ridiculous that we expect what seems to come after on but we usually gets it wrong.

Let me just leave it here that even the alt coin season you are anticipating might not come until Bitcoin price up rise before they (alt coin) follows.
Else it is frustrating and worse predicting the alt coin market as though.

[Smack That Ace]

I believe that's possible, but I wouldn't say that is actually guaranteed. Bitcoin has caught investors off guard numerous times in the past, so I wouldn't be surprised if it sets another all time high.  Meanwhile, the market can shift rapidly, and unforeseen events can slow the process down.

I do not think that it is advisable to focus on one price such as $150k, but rather to see how the demand keeps on rising over the next coming months.  As long as buying pressure stays strong, then Bitcoin definitely has a good chance of reaching a new all time high.

Anything is possible. But if we look at the current market conditions realistically, the chances of Bitcoin reaching a new ATH this year are very low.

Market operate in cycles, and each cycle takes time to complete. We have just gone through the longest bull market cycle, while the bear market has lasted for less than a year. Expecting Bitcoin to reach an ath at this point is somewhat overly optimistic and unrealistic.

[Marvelockg]

The ATH was ~$126 thousand. It can go there but not to $150,000.

Anyway, Bitcoin growths are pretty explosive and we still have half a year in 2026. If DXY breaks down its uptrend and overall risk-on sentiment comes back I don't see why it can't revisit its ATH. $150,000 is a bit extreme so probably not, the selling pressure at the ATH will be very intense.

Even with the $126k, it does not look realistic that we can get there this year considering that we have gone pass the middle of the year and still experiencing some relative degree of bear. lately, it is getting more difficult predicting on bitcoin and seeing that it is not doing too well of late still makes it difficult to predict on the future direction it is most likely to take especially within this year.

Maybe we might see bitcoin going towards the $100k era once again and breaking out of this bottom zone. that will be so much of an encourager to holders even if it does not break the last ATH. speculation comes freely and anyone can just say whatever they want to say but the real speculation is in being intentional about how one is leveraging on current DIP while waiting for the time that bitcoin will fully recover.

[ZeroVinsonN]

Sometimes Strategy do surprise his fans like me with price speculations that I will see, but not see it to be what can become true. This is what I am talking about:

Strategy sold $216 million in Bitcoin to fund its dividend payments, as wealth manager Bernstein maintained its year-end Bitcoin price target of $150,000.

Strategy 17 months of cash to cover dividend obligations and interest payments can be seen to be true, but how about the bitcoin price speculation of bitcoin getting to $150000 this year?

The more people try to predict bitcoin the more we realize that bitcoin can not be predicted, we can guess all we want and maybe sometimes ours guesses might be right but that doesn't mean we were able to predict it, it just means that we got lucky enough to guess the right price, I've joined in a few bitcoin price prediction threads here and all I've come to realize over and over is that I can't predict the price of bitcoin.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

Strategy sold $216 million in Bitcoin to fund its dividend payments, as wealth manager Bernstein maintained its year-end Bitcoin price target of $150,000.

Strategy 17 months of cash to cover dividend obligations and interest payments can be seen to be true, but how about the bitcoin price speculation of bitcoin getting to $150000 this year?

Given Saylor’s success with exactly the same prediction for 2025, don’t expect me to be particularly enthusiastic about this one:

MSTR’s Michael Saylor Predicts Bitcoin Will Hit $150,000 by Year-End, Expects $1 Million Within 8 Years

I’d like to see that happen, but realistically I very much doubt the price will exceed $100,000 this year.

[Die_empty]

All I know is that Strategy are optimistic about bitcoin price but which is not bad. Although, people should know what they should listen to, they should not blindly follow institutions but they should just do their own research and follow their own analyses. I do not think bitcoin is going to get to all-time high this year.

Wealth managers could have different predictions of the performance of a company or asset based on certain factors. There is no certainty that their speculation would be right or wrong. Wealth manager Bernstein believes that Strategy is financially stable, considering it has sufficient funds to cover more than one year's dividend commitments and interest payments.

Bernstein retaining its prediction of $150,000 for this year look over ambitous. I doubt if Bitcoin would get to that price this year, considering how tough the global economy has been on businesses and countries.