Bitcoin Price Prediction as Chinese Promises Steep Tariffs
The value of Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped 3.14% over the last day, and it is being heavily impacted by news that China will hit the United States with retaliatory tariffs.
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On-chain data revealed that large transactions drove the surge back up to $77K, with purchases of over $1 million spiking in the last few days. This means that the whales are active and looking to buy up Bitcoin while it is still priced very low.
Tariff Fears Push Bitcoin Lower
Bitcoin is going to have a tough time trying to climb back up to $90K and certainly to $100K in the near future. There is simply too much investor fear surrounding recent tariff announcements by the United States and Chinese government. As U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed his new tariffs last week, specifically targeting the European Union, China, Japan, and Taiwan, China has announced that they will issue strong tariffs of their own.
This hurts the stock market and the cryptocurrency markets since investors are less likely to trade in either of these when the economy is in danger. There is fear that a recession is on the horizon, especially since the newly announced tariffs were higher than expected. The jobs market and the cost of consumer goods are both pointing toward economic decline, which means that investors will be tightening their belts and avoiding risky purchases like stocks and cryptocurrencies.
New Bitcoin Price Prediction
Analysts have to adjust their forecasts for where Bitcoin is headed after this latest development. There are tariff concerns to worry about, but these may start to die down well before the end of the year. There are very active whales buying up Bitcoin and driving up the price, but Bitcoin is way below its 2024 highs right now and has a lot of ground to make up to hit a new record high.
Conservative estimates say that Bitcoin will finish the year off elevated compared to its current position. We could see a climb to around $120K by the end of the year, but higher than that is unlikely. For Bitcoin to surpass that mark, something drastic would have to happen that would spur Bitcoin onto extreme growth.
We saw that last year with the U.S. elections, and the market does not have a repeat of that event to fall back on. What would help is if Trump decided to rework the cryptocurrency legislative framework to give more freedom to investors and crypto coin exchanges. If that happens well before the end of the year, we could see a much higher support level for Bitcoin that pushes it past the $120 mark.
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