Cross-asset strategists place Bitcoin in the same bullish basket as gold in their "2025 bitcoin price forecast", powered by macro hedge demand during potential equity market downturns in late 2025. While Citi’s base case points to significant gains, it also outlined potential risks. A bear case for Bitcoin is tied to weakness in the equity markets . The outlook for Ether is considered more complex. Analysts noted that its forecasts are more uncertain due to the complexities of modeling user activity and value accrual from Layer-2 networks. However, they acknowledged that strong investor flows could still lead to meaningful price appreciation for the second-largest crypto asset. Every single one of the predictions above is just an out-and-out guess based on the belief that more money from new investors will flood in and purchase Bitcoin and other cryptos. But isn’t this just the same thing that stock analysts do when they put a target price on a stock? No. Projections of crypto prices differ in a key fundamental way from projections for stock prices. Professional traders are noting that the "2025 bitcoin price forecast" is being revised upward by several Wall Street firms, citing increased corporate adoption and sovereign reserve interest. Price models using the stock-to-flow ratio project an average of $95,000 for Q2, though intra-year swings could exceed 15%.
