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Several crypto industry leaders expect the Bitcoin price to rise sharply this year, hitting between $200,000 and $1 million. The growth will be underpinned by many factors, including higher tariffs, a weaker dollar, lower interest rates, and quantitative easing. But not everyone agrees with these predictions, with 60% of betters on Polymarket predicting the price will not exceed $110,000 in 2025.Crypto industry leaders expect the good times to roll for Bitcoin (BTC) for the remainder of 2025, with forecasts of between $200,000 to $1 million by year-end, as investors flee growing instability in traditional markets.
The price of BTC has foundered amid the global macro rollback, falling as much as 14% to a low of under $75,000 just days after Donald Trump first announced his much-touted tariffs against nearly 200 countries on April 2.
Bitcoin has now clawed back those losses after U.S. President Trump paused the tariffs for 90 days, except for China.
As Bitcoin tumbled amid the global trade tensions, bringing its safe-haven credentials into question, some analysts began to warn of further pain, suggesting the Bitcoin bull market was finished.
Yet, crypto royalty, including Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao, or “CZ”, BitMEX exchange co-founder Arthur Hayes, American businessman and author Robert Kiyosaki, and many others, are bullish about BTC this year.
They expect the top cryptocurrency to rally and the price to more than double its previous all-time high. Here are six Bitcoin predictions from some of the leading voices in crypto and why they think it will surge.
CZ: Bitcoin is Going to $1 Million
CZ is the co-founder and former CEO of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange. He recently said at a crypto event in Lahore, Pakistan, that Bitcoin ‘will definitely hit $1 million,’ but did not provide a precise timeline.
Zhao, named the strategic advisor for the Pakistan Crypto Council earlier this month, said the growth will take time. “We’re still in the early stages. Good things don’t happen overnight,” he stated.
In 2025, Zhao is convinced that BTC could break its previous record high of $108,000.
The billionaire expects that Bitcoin’s growth will be underpinned by nation-state adoption, as governments worldwide, including the U.S., are starting to see and accumulate the benchmark cryptocurrency as a reserve asset.
Kiyosaki: BTC Well Placed as Dollar Hegemony Weakens
Robert Kiyosaki, author of the best-selling personal finance book series Rich Dad Poor Dad, has routinely discussed how decentralized assets like Bitcoin will rise alongside gold and silver as the U.S. dollar diminishes.
He has previously described Bitcoin as the pathway toward what he calls “financial heaven”, while criticizing the Federal Reserve for “destroying the dollar” and sending “billions of savers and uninformed to financial hell.”
Kiyosaki believes the dollar’s dominance as the global reserve currency of choice is coming to an end, encouraging investors to save Bitcoin, along with gold and silver, so they can “go to financial heaven.”
In his latest prediction, Kiyosaki “strongly believes” the Bitcoin price will reach $180,000 to $200,000 by the end of this year. Over the next decade, he sees BTC at $1 million, gold at $30,000 per ounce, and silver at $3,000.
Gold rallied to a peak of $3,500 on Tuesday, as the US Dollar Index (DYX) fell to 97, down 11% since Trump took office. The decline comes amid fears of renewed political pressure on the Federal Reserve and ongoing trade wars.
Kiyosaki’s million-dollar prediction aligns with forecasts from other key crypto leaders. Twitter founder Jack Dorsey expects BTC to reach $1 million in five years. Samson Mow, CEO of JAN3, says BTC will hit the $1 million milestone in 2025.
Tariffs, Weaker Dollar to Lift Bitcoin Higher, Says Hougan
Bitwise chief investment officer, Matt Hougan, recently doubled down on his December prediction that Bitcoin would reach $200,000 by year-end.
Like Kiyosaki, Hougan believes the dollar’s demise is inevitable. He says the Trump administration wants a weaker dollar, even if it means ending its role as the world’s reserve currency. And that’s good for Bitcoin.
In a blog post published on April 9, Hougan wrote:
“In the short term, there’s a well-documented inverse relationship between the U.S. Dollar Index and Bitcoin. Dollar down equals Bitcoin up. I expect this pattern to continue.”
Hougan referred to an April 7 speech in which Steve Miran, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, criticized the dollar’s reserve status for distorting global trade and undermining U.S. manufacturing.
The die is cast for the Bitwise CIO. He said that Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs and a weaker dollar will propel BTC to a new all-time high of $200,000 by the end of 2025.
“My sense is that we will move from a single reserve currency (the dollar) to a more fractured reserve system, with hard money like Bitcoin and gold playing a bigger role than it does today,” Hougan detailed.
“In this context, the case for Bitcoin is simple: When international dynamics are fraught and global currencies are in flux, where else can investors go for a scarce, global, digital store of value that sits outside the control of any government or entity?”
Hayes Says the Fed ‘Will Flood Market With Dollars’
BitMEX co-founder and Maelstrom chief investment officer Arthur Hayes suggested that Bitcoin could benefit from the trade wars. He says tariffs are correcting what he described as “global imbalances”.
The resulting “pain” will force the Federal Reserve to print more money to buy bonds, and lower interest rates will encourage spending and support the economy.
All these factors will lead to more capital seeking refuge in safe-haven assets like BTC and gold, he adds.
“Bitcoin trades solely based on the market expectation for the future supply of fiat,” Hayes wrote in a substack article published earlier in April. Continuing, Hayes said:
“If my analysis of the Fed’s major pivot from quantitative tightening (QT) to quantitative easing (QE) for treasuries is correct, then Bitcoin hit a local low of $76,500 last month, and now we begin the ascent to $250,000 by year-end.”
Hayes’ convictions have led him to purchase “Bitcoin and shitcoins at all levels between $90,000 to $76,500.” He says he will buy more BTC if his predictions are accurate.
Poppe: Rising Global Liquidity a Boon for Bitcoin
For Michael van de Poppe, crypto analyst and chief investment officer at hedge fund MN Fund, BTC’s price top will be based on the cryptocurrency’s correlation with the global liquidity index.
He believes Bitcoin will reach a new all-time high in this second quarter if money supply growth continues to rise. Poppe did not provide a figure for his Q2 Bitcoin prediction but has previously said the price could hit $200,000 to $300,000 by year-end.
“The M2 supply is rallying back upwards,” Poppe wrote on X. “If the correlation remains, then I assume that we’ll see Bitcoin rally to an ATH in this quarter. This would also imply a rise in CNH/USD, a fall in yields, a fall in gold, a fall in DXY, and a rise in altcoins.”
He added that Bitcoin “is stuck in the final range” and once it breaks the $87,000 mark, “we’ll likely break upwards to the rally of a new ATH.”
Global liquidity is hitting record territory. Bitcoin has historically shown a two-to-three-month lag behind this metric.
Bo Hines: US Plans to Buy BTC with Revenue from Tariffs
Bo Hines, the Executive Director of President Donald Trump’s Council of Advisers for Digital Assets, said the U.S. may buy Bitcoin using revenue from tariffs—a move considered by analysts to be bullish.
In an interview with Bitcoin proponent Anthony Pompliano at the White House last week, Hines spoke about the administration’s policy priorities, including stablecoin regulation and plans for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
“We have obviously made it very clear that we want to acquire as much [BTC] as we can get,” Hines said. “…we have to acquire Bitcoin in budget-neutral ways that don’t cost the taxpayer a dime.”
According to a recent White House economic projection, “a global tariff of 10% would grow the economy by $728 billion.”
Senator Cynthia Lummis’ proposed BITCOIN Act of 2025 calls for the U.S. to acquire 200,000 BTC annually for five years, building a million-bitcoin reserve. Hines said the administration will look into the proposal.
While Hines did not put a figure on the price of Bitcoin in 2025, the fact that the United States is making concrete plans about a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve similar to gold is seen by analysts as very positive for the asset. It could push the BTC price higher as demand from governments keen to follow the example of the U.S. rises, they say.
What Do the Predictions Mean for Investors?
Ryan Lee, chief analyst at BitGet Research, says bullish predictions from CZ, Hougan, and others “signal strong market optimism.”
Speaking to Cryptonews, Lee added:
“For the next three months, Bitcoin’s price is expected to maintain upward momentum, potentially testing ATH, driven by institutional inflows and pro-crypto policies. However, investors should remain cautious of volatility from macroeconomic shifts, like tariff impacts or regulatory changes.”
But not everyone agrees with these optimistic forecasts. Punters on the decentralized prediction market, Polymarket, are betting on a much lower Bitcoin price for 2025.
According to the data, only 9% of traders expect Bitcoin to hit $250,000 this year, while 60% are predicting a price of $110,000.
Source: Ashwin/X/PolymarketBitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff has also come out swinging. He said last week that the coming “global financial depression” will prove that “Bitcoin is not digital gold, but digital risk.” Schiff says BTC will go to $0, as a result.
“Bitcoin pumpers…are making a big deal about Bitcoin’s resiliency, as it hasn’t dropped as much as the NASDAQ lately,” he posted on X.
“But that’s only because investors are hoping it eventually follows gold. When they get tired of waiting and sell, Bitcoin will crash.”
Recently, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju said that the Bitcoin bull market is over, predicting “6–12 months of bearish or sideways” trading ahead.
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