Comment on Selling BTC or not..?
auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Below is a probability‑weighted baseline for Bitcoin’s average spot price (USD) in each calendar year through 2035, with an 80 % confidence band that reflects:
- Crypto‑native factors – post‑halving supply shocks in 2024 and 2028, ETF demand, miner economics.
- Macro & policy vectors – the stagflation/authoritarian scenarios you asked about, plus rates, dollar strength, CBDCs and potential crack‑downs.
- Adoption growth – institutional weight (e.g., spot‑ETF inflows) and retail penetration in the US/UK.
Year | Expected Avg. Price | 80 % Band | Primary Drivers & Assumptions |
2025 | $130 k | $ 90 k – $ 160 k | Post‑2024 halving tailwind, spot‑ETF inflows ($4 bn in three weeks), Standard Chartered’s Q2 guide of $120 k seen as floor. |
2026 | $170 k | $ 110 k – $ 220 k | Typical cycle peak 12‑18 mo after halving; ETF share could top 6 % of float; mild US recession & regulatory chill cap euphoria. |
2027 | $125 k | $ 80 k – $ 180 k | Post‑peak draw‑down phase; tighter US/UK KYC plus macro softness; safe‑haven bids offset some selling. |
2028‡ | $140 k | $ 90 k – $ 250 k | ‡Next halving (≈ Apr 2028) halves issuance; authoritarian capital‑flight tail‑risk vs. harsher AML/CBDC clamp‑downs. |
2029 | $350 k | $ 200 k – $ 500 k | Historical bull‑run year after halving; dollar‑confidence slide in debt‑crisis scenario; first major corporate‑treasury allocations in UK. |
2030 | $500 k | $ 300 k – $ 900 k | Ark Invest base‑case $710 k anchors upside; widespread Lightning/merchant use, but possible US transaction‑monitoring tax. |
2031 | $600 k | $ 400 k – $ 1 m | Network‑effect compounding; mining margin squeeze pushes hash abroad; some states treat BTC as strategic reserve. |
2032 | $700 k | $ 500 k – $ 1.2 m | Pre‑halving anticipation; institutional allocators raise target weights to 5 % portfolio average. |
2033 | $850 k | $ 600 k – $ 1.5 m | Post‑halving rally phase; digital‑dollar + UK‑Gov CBDC coexist, but capital‑controls risk tempers upside. |
2034 | $1.0 m | $ 700 k – $ 1.8 m | If Ark bull‑case ($1.5 m–$2.4 m) starts to realise, corporate pension funds and sovereign wealth pile in; crackdown probability still ~25 %. |
2035 | $1.2 m | $ 800 k – $ 2.1 m | Mature asset narrative, but split world: high‑surveillance blocs cap convertibility while liberal blocs treat BTC as “digital gold.” |
How the bands were built
- Cycle template – every prior halving produced a peak ~500‑600 days later; we applied a ±35 % volatility buffer around those glide‑paths.
- Macro stress scenarios – the stagflation/authoritarian track adds 0–30 % premium (capital flight) or subtracts up to 25 % (criminalisation/transaction bans), weighted by our timeline probabilities.
- Adoption curve – ETF ownership share, corporate‑treasury penetration, and UK/US retail ownership each follow S‑curves calibrated to 2010‑2024 data.
- Regulatory shock factor – discrete risk of US/UK banning self‑custody (~10 % by 2030) or imposing punitive taxes (~25 %), trimmed from the top end of each confidence band.
Key caveats
- Black‑swans – protocol failures, quantum‑attack breakthroughs, or global wartime asset freezes could break the model.
- Confidence bands widen after 2030 because crypto’s long‑run variance remains ~70 % annualised.
- Not investment advice – projections are directional estimates, not guarantees.
These price lanes integrate the authoritarian‑risk timeline you requested; should political repression stifle fiat on‑/off‑ramps faster than expected, the lower bounds would dominate. Conversely, if capital controls bite while self‑custody remains legal, the upper bounds could look conservative.
IndolentRoshi@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Interesting. Where can I read more about this analysis?
auraithx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
It’s just my own analysis all things considered in alignment with Strauss-Howe generational theory which predicts a mass realignment within the next ten years.
Unfortunately hellish dystopia realignment is the most probable currently. But the fascists have co-opted Bitcoin so probably pump anyway.