📉 Bitcoin loses shine in institutional projections: The renowned global bank Standard Chartered has surprised the crypto market by **reducing its price forecast for Bitcoin (BTC) by the end of 2025 from **$200,000 to just $100,000, meaning a reduction of 50% compared to its previous projection.
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📊 What is really happening?
🔎 Institutional demand weaker than expected
According to the bank's analysts, the bullish pressure coming from large corporations accumulating BTC in their treasuries (like Strategy) has faded, forcing a recalibration of expectations.
📉 Bitcoin inflows via ETF are falling
Another key factor is that flows from Bitcoin ETFs — previously a constant source of capital inflow — have fallen to their lowest levels since their launch, leaving less 'support' to push the price up.
📍 In this context, BTC has been trading around $90,000, which aligns with analysts' more cautious view.
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🛠️ What does this cut mean?
📌 Less short-term bullish pressure
The target of $100K suggests that, in the bank's base scenario, Bitcoin will not exceed that level before December 2025.
📌 Change in market engines
Previously, projections were based on a combination of:
corporate purchases,
constant inflow of ETFs,
but now the main engine would only be the ETFs, which may make the market more volatile and dependent on speculative capital.
📌 Long-term outlook still optimistic
Despite the cut, Standard Chartered maintains a bullish outlook for the long term, adjusting a target of $500,000 for 2030, although later than previous estimates.
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💬 Implications for investors and traders
🔥 Headline that will generate a lot of engagement:
> “Standard Chartered says goodbye to the dream of $200K for Bitcoin in 2025 — now only projects $100K”
📌 Key messages for social media:
🤯 Standard Chartered has just halved its Bitcoin target!
📉 BTC now more dependent on ETFs than on corporate purchases.
📊 Is this the turning point for the crypto market?
