📉 $50,000 for BTC — new short-term forecast by Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered — a British bank with assets over $800 billion, one of the first major banks with official forecasts for the crypto market.

Short-term expectations:

• BTC may drop to $50,000
• ETH — to $1,400

Target indicators for the end of 2026 (revised downwards):

• BTC: $150,000 → $100,000
• ETH: $7,500 → $4,000
• SOL: $250 → $135

Why was it revised:

• The outflow from Bitcoin ETF amounted to almost 100,000 BTC since the peak in October 2025
• The average purchase price for ETF investors is around $90,000 — the current loss is about 25%
• Investors with losses tend to realize their losses rather than buy the dip

Positive: unlike in 2022, there is no collapse of major platforms like Terra and FTX. The market is maturing and becoming more resilient.

Long-term forecasts for 2030 remain unchanged: BTC at $500,000 and ETH at $40,000.