Nik Bhatia
Resolved (8)
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Bitcoin will rally to new highs after one more test of the $69,420 support level.
“One more battle at $69,420 then we head to the moon I don't make the rules #bitcoin”
Predicted moon after retesting $69,420; from $64,223 BTC never reached $69,420 (high $65,553) and instead fell to $58,161.
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Maximum pain for Bitcoin in 2026 is $58,000, with price likely to chop around that level.
“MAX PAIN IS $58K IN 2026”
BTC fell as low as $57,718 in [2026-06-06..2026-07-01], reaching the $58,000 downside target.
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If Bitcoin holds $73,000 this spring, expect magnificent things going forward.
“I would like to see bitcoin hold $73,000 this Spring and expect magnificent things going forward if it does.”
BTC fell to $59,073 in [2026-05-09..2026-06-21], below the $73,000 floor.
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Bitcoin has hit bottom; while it does not mean we are in a bull market yet, it is a sign the bear market is over.
“I think Bitcoin has hit bottom. While this doesn't mean we're in a bull market yet, it's a sign that the bear market is over.”
Called the bottom in / bear market over at $81,438 on 2026-05-06; BTC subsequently fell to $58,000/$58,161, far below.
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Bitcoin is leading and its bounce is foreshadowing volatility coming down; expects it to roll back up and trigger a buy signal sometime in the next few months, with a path toward the US directing capital into Bitcoin.
“I can see the path to the United States trying to direct capital into Bitcoin. Bitcoin is leading. The bounce that Bitcoin is showing is foreshadowing volatility coming down. Roll it back up and trigger a buy signal sometime in the next few months.”
BTC did roll back up from $71,245 to a high of $82,814 within the window (by 2026-06-18), but the broader thesis was mixed and it then collapsed to $58,161.
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Expects BTC to trade between $100,000 and $150,000 over the next several months (2x to 3x the ~$50,000 realized price).
“is $150,000. So I would expect the price to be between $100,000 and $150,000 here over the next several months. As that $50,000 realized price goes to $80,000, then the range then moves from, you know, to $160,000 to $240,000 and that we're oscillating. Now, if you go from $240,000 to 160,000, that's a pullback of 33%. That could happen even over a year. And it still wouldn't be this previous,”
BTC fell to $80,525 in [2025-07-25..2026-01-25], below the $100,000 floor.
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With realized price ~$50k and Bitcoin oscillating around 2x-3x realized value, he expects the price to be between $100,000 and $150,000 over the next several months.
“So right now the realized just crossed over $50,000 and the cap at a trillion. So two times that is $100,000. Three times that is $150,000. So I would expect the price to be between $100,000 and $150,000 here over the next several months.”
BTC's high was only $126,296 through the 2026-01-25 horizon; never reached $150,000.
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Nik Bhatia predicts Bitcoin will reach $100,000, stating he became comfortable saying so in late 2023 and affirms it is happening.
“My comfort in starting to verbalize 100K, I got really comfortable late last year... I started writing about it. I want the readers to understand it's time to prepare yourself. We're going 100K. It's happening.”
BTC traded as high as $108,389 in [2024-03-20..2024-12-20], reaching the $100,000 target.
Open (9)
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Bitcoin will reach $300,000 long-term, which he identifies as his own price target.
“For every $300k guy (me), you need a $30k guy in your life.”
Not reached yet (high $64,212 since 2026-06-23); 2029-06-23 horizon not passed as of 2026-07-01.
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Bitcoin will surpass $1 million in the 2030s.
“I believe Bitcoin will surpass $1 million in the 2030s”
Not reached yet (high $82,814 since 2026-05-06); 2039-12-31 horizon not passed as of 2026-07-01.
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A new peak of $130,000 for Bitcoin within the next 18 months would confirm the path toward seven figures (i.e., Bhatia expects a new all-time high above ~$130k within roughly 18 months of May 2026).
“a new peak of $130,000 for Bitcoin within the next 18 months would confirm this journey”
Not reached yet (high $82,814 since 2026-05-06); 2027-11-06 horizon not passed as of 2026-07-01.
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The classic four-year halving cycle is no longer the main scenario; cycles can now spread over a wider period of time.
“the classic "4-year halving cycle" theory is no longer the main scenario”
Framing claim that the 4-year cycle is no longer the main scenario; open-ended regime thesis not confirmed or refuted by the realized path.
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Bitcoin's base case price target is $1 million.
“$1 million is the base case based”
Not reached yet (high $82,814 since 2026-05-06); 2032-05-06 horizon not passed as of 2026-07-01.
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Bitcoin's volatility is compressing as it matures, and the more compressed the volatility, the lower the likelihood of an 80% decline going forward.
“I'm a big fan of consolidation in Bitcoin. Well, it's just compressing in volatility, and that's a sign of it maturing. and the more compressed the volatility is the less likelihood of an 80% decline.”
Open-ended probabilistic claim with no deadline; max drawdown was ~48% ($111,042 to $58,000), well short of the 80% threshold he downplayed, so it remains undetermined.
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For the first time he is willing to put a year on Bitcoin hitting $1 million, saying it is now within current market reach rather than speculative.
“I've never been able to put a year on Bitcoin hitting a million until this year. But I don't feel like it's speculative now. Now it's within, you know, our current market reach.”
Not reached yet (high $126,296 since 2025-07-25); 2026-10-25 horizon not passed as of 2026-07-01.
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Nik Bhatia says ETF demand is accelerating his estimate of when Bitcoin can reach gold parity (~$500,000) and eventually $1 million.
“the demand that actually happens when the things go live and the jump off price point together are starting to accelerate my estimation of when we can get to gold, which would be about half a million. And then, of course, a million.”
Not reached yet (high $126,296 since 2024-03-20); 2029-03-20 horizon not passed as of 2026-07-01.
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Nik Bhatia predicts a rotation of roughly $6 trillion from stocks and bonds into Bitcoin, which would bring Bitcoin to approximately $300,000.
“I see a rotation out of the 150 trillion of stocks and bonds into Bitcoin alongside money market funds so that they'll have this cash pool in money market fund shares of six trillion and this Bitcoin cash pool of six trillion. And, you know, that gets Bitcoin to 300K.”
Not reached yet (high $126,296 since 2024-03-20); 2027-03-20 horizon not passed as of 2026-07-01.