Top 2025 Forecasts according to Alec Bakhouche's post on X:

📊 Standard Chartered: $200K — driven by weakening faith in fiat systems.

📊 H.C. Wainwright: $225K — post-halving performance + regulatory momentum.

📊 21 Capital: $135K–$285K — based on breakout patterns and quant models.

📊 Fundstrat (Tom Lee): $250K — contingent on U.S. Fed returning to rate cuts.

📊 Chamath Palihapitiya: $500K — Bitcoin as “sovereign-level insurance.”

📊 VanEck: $180K peak before summer dip.

📊 10X Research: $122K early year rally based on technicals.

📊 GFO-X Survey: $150K median target among institutional investors.

Market Sentiment Update:

So far in 2025, BTC$BTC has experienced sharp swings—+9.5% in January, followed by corrections in February and March, and then a strong April comeback with +14.2%. At the time of writing, BTC is holding a steady upward trajectory, showing a +2.29% rise this week and +0.56% in the past 24 hours.