Bitcoin to $250K by Year End?

In this Market Mondays Medium clip, hosts Rashad Bilal, Troy Millings, financial enthusiast Tom Lee, and analyst Ian Dunlap dive deep into the explosive topic of Bitcoin’s future. Is a wild run to $250,000 by year end possible, or is this pure optimism? Tom Lee kicks off with his signature bullish take, predicting Bitcoin could soar to between $200K–$250K before the year wraps up, aligning with technical forecasts and seasonal strength. Rashad breaks down Tom’s history as a Bitcoin bull and points out exactly how big a leap this would be—from $110,000 to $250,000 in just 75 days! Ian Dunlap brings the data, laying out Bitcoin’s strong performance following its halving cycles: past years have shown jumps up to 7,000%, 291%, and 541%. This year’s gain is around 44%, and he feels a doubling could happen, but sees $250K as unrealistic in such a short window. He explains how cycles and rate hikes affect predictions, and why historical trends matter. Troy Millings challenges viewers to do their own thought exercises—what global events would actually propel Bitcoin that high? Is extreme optimism driving media narratives, or is there substance behind the hype? He pushes for understanding beyond headlines, and reminds us that market players and institutions control much of the flow. Both Ian and Troy agree: While $250K by year end seems extremely unlikely, a major run-up next year is within the realm of possibility—if institutions, governments, and hedge funds all strike “risk on” mode. This clip is a must-watch for any crypto investor, trader, or enthusiast wanting honest talk, historical context, and no-nonsense debate. Whether you’re all-in on Bitcoin’s future or skeptical of market predictions, you’ll get actionable insights here. *Drop your thoughts: Is $250K for Bitcoin possible by end of year, or just wishful thinking? Let us know in the comments!* *Hashtags:* #MarketMondays #Bitcoin #Crypto #TomLee #FinancialAnalysis #BTC #Ethereum #CryptoInvesting #HalvingCycle #BullMarket #CryptoPredictions #Investing #Finance #MarketTalk #EconomicInsights --- *Don’t forget to subscribe for weekly clips breaking down the biggest stories in investing, trading, and economic trends!*

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Let's talk about bitcoin, shall we? Let's show this clip.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
Actually, you know, I'm still bullish on bitcoin. In the
fourth quarter seasonally bitcoin strong, but now we have the
Fed flipping dubvish after being essentially hawkish all year. That's
a tailwind for bitcoin. So I think bitcoin gets to

(01:06):
two hundred to two hundred fifty thousand by the end
of the year, and that aligns with Mark Newton's technical targets.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
Okay, Tom Lee's out to tumbley if you're not familiar
who Tom Lee is bitcoin bull somebody that's been He's
always bullish on bitcoin, but a very intelligent person. He
says that he sees Bigcoin getting to two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars by year in so there's only two

(01:35):
months in the year. Bitcoin is currently at one hundred
and ten thousand dollars, so that would be over one
hundred percent increase in seventy five days. He also said
in an unrelated well and later on in that conversation
that he sees ethereum not now now getting to sixty

(01:58):
thousand dollars.

Speaker 4 (02:00):
Wow.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
But he's always been a bull, Like I said, Tom
Lee's always been. He's been a big Coin ball for years.
So two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in the next
seventy five days is that something that.

Speaker 4 (02:14):
Troy Troy, you know what? Yeah say, I'll say this
that is very lofty.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
So I'll use the historical data, right, based on bitcoins
having cycles, the first year after having cycle is usually
the best year.

Speaker 4 (02:32):
Right, So.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
Twenty twelve first having cycle, twenty thirteen being the next
year Bitcoin was up seven thousand percent, right, seven thousand
percent twenty sixteen, So this is every four years, right,
So we're twenty twelve to twenty sixteen, and twenty seventeen.
Bitcoin was up two hundred and ninety one percent. Twenty twenty, right,
that's the next cycle. Twenty twenty one, the year after

(02:57):
bitcoin was up to five hundred and forty one percent, right,
So these are huge jumps. Twenty twenty four we had
having last April. So this year we are now up
forty four percent this year. Now, if we paid the
law of averages, if we get up to maybe ninety

(03:17):
to one hundred percent, that would take us to about
one hundred and forty seven thousand, two hundred and fifty
thousand for biitcoin, if the law of averages play out
at about one hundred percent return. So when we looked
at our price points and this we kind of been
given this predictive number of one hundred and forty. I

(03:38):
know you had one hundred and fifty, were in the
same rangerede hundred and forty. I can see it there.
I can see it there based on how it's performed historically.
After the year of having we've seen a great gain.
I see it in that landscape two hundred and fifty.
I'm just not sure how we calculate that now. I
know he said that the Fed was hawkish, right, there

(04:00):
was supposed to be maybe no rate changes. We got
one already, and now they're saying there's two more. I mean,
there's only three months left in the year, right, well,
two months left in the year. We got one in September.
We'll see what happens here in October. So now November
December only two months left.

Speaker 4 (04:17):
I just I don't know how we get to that level.
I just don't. I can't see it.

Speaker 1 (04:22):
But Tom Tom leys Is he's been right, not just
in Bitcoin. He's been right about the S and P,
he's been right about the DOW, he's been right about
the NASTAG.

Speaker 4 (04:29):
He is super bullish in the market. I don't see it. Yeah,
I like Tim Lee a lot.

Speaker 5 (04:35):
Great lesson is in assets that are determined to go
up as better to be bullish anything bearish.

Speaker 4 (04:43):
With that being said, I don't see two fifty one
four four ninety.

Speaker 5 (04:51):
I can see, but you don't have to take my
word for I want you to go on to LLM
GPT or Claude or Perplexity act as the World CLI
Investor tell me the ten scenarios in which bitcoin will
go from where it is now at one ten to
two point fifty, and what geopolitical events would have to
happen in order for the market to run that high.

(05:14):
That's the thought exercise I want you guys to do tonight.

Speaker 4 (05:19):
Also too, it's November. Client money is coming in.

Speaker 5 (05:23):
So if you say I think ethereum is going to
tenk why having a fun based around ethereum. You gotta
sell a big picture going back to is the media
is selling you what you want to hear, or is
it selling you fear so you can sell extreme optimism
or like the other side is Robert Kiyosaki every other
week saying the market is gonna crash and it keeps
going up, Right, you have to be mindful. I love

(05:46):
tom a lot two fifty for bitcoin by end of
the year.

Speaker 4 (05:50):
No, they see two fifty next year.

Speaker 5 (05:53):
Yes, Also, if they were not moving in pace with
the market when it was actually detached before the.

Speaker 4 (05:59):
Endtitutions came in and.

Speaker 5 (06:02):
Had a mass adoption phase and took it over, I
could see a run up of that nature. But unless China,
our government and all hedge funds go risk on more
so than they are already. It's gonna be tough to
get to two fifty buys by Christmas. It's gonna be
really tough in post boy next year. I can see it, though, Earners.

Speaker 4 (06:25):
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