{"id":104471,"date":"2021-01-05T18:16:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T18:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myfintale.com\/?p=104471"},"modified":"2021-01-05T18:16:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T18:16:26","slug":"bitcoin-price-could-eventually-climb-to-146000-jpmorgan-predicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myfintale.com\/economy\/bitcoin-price-could-eventually-climb-to-146000-jpmorgan-predicts\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin price could eventually climb to $146,000, JPMorgan predicts"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Bitcoin boom may not be over yet.<\/p>\n
The price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency could eventually hit $146,000 if institutional investors keep adding it to their portfolios, JPMorgan Chase analysts reportedly predict.<\/p>\n
The megabank’s strategists said in a research note that Bitcoin is in for a long-term surge if it continues to give gold a run for its money as an “alternative” currency for investors, according to Bloomberg News.<\/p>\n
The price of a single Bitcoin would hit the $146,000 mark if the cryptocurrency’s total market value grows by 4.6 times to match the total private-sector investment in gold through bars, coins or exchange-traded funds, JPMorgan reportedly says.<\/p>\n
But such a long-term rise would depend on Bitcoin’s volatility converging with gold’s, which the bank doesn’t expect to happen any time soon, reports say.<\/p>\n
“A convergence in volatilities between bitcoin and gold is unlikely to happen quickly, and is in our mind a multiyear process,” JPMorgan strategists led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou wrote in their note, according to The Street. “This implies that the above $146,000 theoretical bitcoin price target should be considered as a long-term target, and thus an unsustainable price target for this year.”<\/p>\n
Bitcoin has swung wildly in recent days amid a massive rally fueled by increased interest from big investors seeking protection against inflation, as well as hopes that it will become a more mainstream digital payment method.<\/p>\n
The price of one Bitcoin suffered its biggest intraday loss since March on Monday, falling as much as 17 percent just a day after hitting an all-time high above $34,000. It was trading up 3.1 percent at $31,841.18 as of 8:17 a.m. Tuesday, according to CoinDesk.<\/p>\n
Despite the possibility of long-term growth, JPMorgan sees Bitcoin coming up against roadblocks in the short term thanks to the large amount of speculation in the cryptocurrency market, according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n
“While we cannot exclude the possibility that the current speculative mania will propagate further pushing the Bitcoin price up toward the consensus region of between $50,000-$100,000, we believe that such price levels would prove unsustainable,” the bank’s strategists reportedly wrote.<\/p>\n
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