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$500K After Major Crash? Veteran Trader Makes Startling Bitcoin Prediction

source-logo  u.today 15 August 2025 23:26, UTC
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Peter Brandt, one of the most famous cryptocurrency traders, has predicted that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) could potentially soar to the pie-in-the-sky $500,000 level.

However, before this happens, Bitcoin might plunge to as low as $60,000, Brandt predicts by November 2026.

Has Bitcoin peaked?

Brandt believes that there is roughly a 30% chance that Bitcoin has already reached the peak of the current cycle.

"Dear readers, I am a Bayesian and must always consider binary narratives even if they oppose my personal viewpoints and hodlings. This is how I have survived five decades of commodity trading," Brandt explained.

On Thursday, the leading cryptocurrency by market cap surged to a new all-time high of $124,517 on the Bitstamp exchange. However, the bulls were then caught off guard by a significant sell-off, which was fueled by July's underwhelming wholesale inflation report.

Bitcoin extended its plunge on Friday, dropping to an intraday low of $116,909 at 20:000 UTC on the Bitstamp exchange.

More bullish predictions

As reported by U.Today, Placeholder's Chris Burniske previously predicted that the largest cryptocurrency could reach a cycle peak of roughly $143,000.

Meanwhile, multinational bank Standard Chartered previously predicted that Bitcoin could potentially surge to as high as $200,000 by the end of this year.

As of now, Bitcoin has a 40% chance of hitting $150,000 this year, according to Polymarket bettors.

Legendary venture capitalist Tim Draper previously forecasted that Bitcoin would finally be able to breach the $250,000 level this year.

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