Analyst Predicts Bitcoin [BTC] Could Top $75,000 in Next Peak, Maybe Higher

Now that most industry observers and technical analysts are in agreement that the bottom is in and trend could be reversing, they are starting to look towards the next high points. There are many ways of attempting to predict market cycles but looking back at previous ones is a good place to start.
 

Previous Appreciation Waves May Be The Answer

Whether a final capitulation is forthcoming or not the likelihood of Bitcoin ending this year a lot higher than it started it is very strong. One analyst has taken the approach of looking at growth between previous peak to peak cycles to try to predict the next one.

As reported by Seeking Alpha, historical waves could give us the answer. The first one took Bitcoin from $5 to $200 which was an appreciation of around 3900 percent. A bear market followed and the second wave saw prices appreciate from $50 to $1,200 which was approximately 2300 percent. Wave three, the most recent, saw Bitcoin surge from $200 to almost $20,000 in an epic pump of 9800 percent.

Using the lowest appreciation of 2300 percent and taking $3,200 as Bitcoin’s low point in the current market gives wave four a peak price of $74,000. Taking an average appreciation 5333 percent from the three waves the price at the peak could be as high as $170,000.
 

Peak to peak prices can also be used to attempt an estimation of future prices. Peak one to two saw a 2750 percent gain from $7 to $200, peak two to three was just below 500 percent from $200 to $1,150. The latest peak at just below $20,000 was 1640 percent higher.

Again, using the lowest figure of 500 percent from the most recent all-time high gives a next peak value of around $100,000. So in conclusion the analyst, Victor Dergunov, concludes that the next bull run could take Bitcoin to a high of between $75k and $100k which is likely to take a couple of years to play out over its next growth cycle.

Bitcoin prices all time, logarithmic scale.

He adds that the driving factor for appreciation will be simple. With an estimated 18 million people owning Bitcoin, according to his own research, and over 3.2 billion people using the internet, the penetration rate for BTC is just 0.56%. The remaining 99.44% may choose to get more exposure to Bitcoin in the future. A comparison to the web monopolies such as Amazon, Google and Facebook, that did not even exist a few years ago, server as a good example of mass adoption.
 

The arguments are pretty convincing, on paper anyway, and the renewed confidence in Bitcoin and crypto assets which are finally making measurable moves upwards again could see markets on the way to their next peak very soon.

By Luke Thompson April 10, 2019