At press time on April 21, Bitcoin (BTC) was changing hands at a price of $87,340. A 3.46% surge in Bitcoin price in the last 24 hours has seen the flagship digital asset add over $3,000 in value overnight.
Amidst this sharp move to the upside, personal finance guru Robert Kiyosaki, and perennial BTC bull, has set a new price prediction for the cryptocurrency for the end of 2025. The ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ author believes that Bitcoin’s price could reach $180,000 to $200,000 by the end of the year, per an April 20 X post.
“BITCOIN is $84k today. Strongly believe Bitcoin will reach $180k to $200k in 2025. What do you think?”
Is Kiyosaki’s Bitcoin price prediction realistic?
Although it isn’t a new development, Kiyosaki’s bullishness on BTC seems to be intensifying. A day before he made his newest Bitcoin price prediction for 2025, the author posited that the leading cryptocurrency could trade at $1,000,000 by 2035.
For the famed investor’s 2025 price prediction to come to fruition, Bitcoin would have to surge by 105.97% to 128.85% from current prices. In absolute terms, BTC would have to more than double, adding $92,660 to $112,660 to its current price of $87,340. Moreover, his price target for 2035 would equate to a massive 1,044.29% rally.
Kiyosaki’s 2035 price forecast entails a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28.05% — and while the 1,044.29% figure appears imposing at first glance, it implies a relatively modest CAGR compared to historical performance, per data retrieved by Finbold from BiTBO.
With that being said, past performance is no guarantee of future results. As a highly speculative asset, Bitcoin could very well spearhead a crash if a recession occurs. In addition, while adoption by financial institutions and state actors appears to be a straightforward bullish signal at first, it exposes the cryptocurrency to geopolitical risks.
Once everything is said and done, Kiyosaki’s Bitcoin price prediction, although plausible, seems to rely on a ‘best-case scenario’, in which neither a recession nor a market crash occurs in the next 10 years — a prospect that is looking increasingly unlikely day by day.
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