The London-based bank released its forecast in a research report published on Monday, predicting a new bitcoin all-time high of $120K by the summer, followed by a $200K price by the end of December.
Bitcoin to Reach $200K by Year’s End: Standard Chartered
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Standard Chartered Sees Bitcoin Soaring to $200K in 2025
Geoffrey Kendrick, head of digital assets research at Standard Chartered, is doubling down on his prediction of a $200,000 bitcoin ( BTC) price by the end of 2025. Kendrick and his team published their forecasts in a research report circulated to clients on Monday.
Kendrick says investors are squirreling away money into non-U.S. assets such as bitcoin because of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented tariff policies. The report points to the fact that the U.S. treasury term premium is at a 12-year high, evidence that investors currently see treasuries as riskier investments and are either ditching them or demanding juicier premiums.
The report also provides other factors that Kendrick and his team believe will buoy the cryptocurrency’s price: wealthy investors who hold 1,000 BTC or more, colloquially dubbed “ whales,” are continuing to accumulate more bitcoin, and gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are losing ground to bitcoin ETFs. All of these factors combined, will see the cryptocurrency soar to an all-time high of roughly $120K in the second quarter of 2025, ultimately topping $200K by the end of the year, according to the report.
“We expect these supportive factors to push BTC to a fresh all-time high around USD 120,000 in Q2,” the report says. “We see gains continuing through the summer, taking BTC-USD towards our year-end forecast of 200,000.”
