- Key causes behind short-term bearishness
- Bitcoin’s maturity period
Alex Thorn, head of analysis at Galaxy Digital, has dramatically lowered his year-end Bitcoin value goal for 2025 from $185,000 to $120,000. That mentioned, Thorn stays bullish on Bitcoin in the long run.
Key causes behind short-term bearishness
Massive Bitcoin holders (“whales”) have been transferring cash to ETFs and institutional patrons.
A serious leverage unwinding on October 10 brought on a big market drawdown, negatively affecting liquidity.
Furthermore, Thorn has famous that capital and a spotlight have rotated away from Bitcoin AI and gold, which have dramatically outperformed Bitcoin this yr.
There may be much less new institutional funding immediately into BTC. Fast progress in stablecoins has redirected enterprise and institutional focus to fintech and funds infrastructure as an alternative of Bitcoin.
The weak spot of Bitcoin treasury corporations additionally represents one more bearish headwind.
Regardless of discussions, no authorities has introduced Bitcoin reserve purchases (such because the proposed U.S. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve)
Bitcoin’s maturity period
Based on Galaxy, Bitcoin has now entered into its maturity period with low volatility and rising dominance of institutional traders.
Therefore, he expects the tempo of value appreciation to ultimately decelerate.

