Jan3 founder Samson Mow anticipates billionaire investor and Tesla CEO Elon Musk will aggressively transfer into Bitcoin in 2026.
It was certainly one of 5 daring Bitcoin (BTC) predictions from Mow for 2026, coming off a 12 months the place a number of Bitcoin forecasts from outstanding crypto executives missed the mark.
“@elonmusk goes onerous into BTC,” Mow mentioned in an X publish on Saturday.
Musk has proven his help for cryptocurrency through the years, however has raised issues round Bitcoin’s environmental dangers. Tesla stopped taking Bitcoin funds in Might 2021 attributable to environmental issues. The next 12 months, in July 2022, the electrical car producer revealed that it had offered 75% of its Bitcoin holdings.
Bitcoin might attain seven-figure territory in 2026, says Mow
Mow, who is not any stranger to optimistic Bitcoin value targets, additionally predicted that Bitcoin’s value will attain $1.33 million in 2026, which is round 1,367% from its present value of $90,596, in line with CoinMarketCap.
Mow instructed Journal in June 2025 that Bitcoin might attain $1 million throughout 2025, or if not, 2026. “[It] is a given at this level, possibly this 12 months, possibly subsequent 12 months.”
Mow has beforehand pointed to nation-state adoption as a significant catalyst that might set off an exponential surge in Bitcoin’s value. In September 2025, Mow mentioned that an growing variety of nations are making ready to ramp up Bitcoin adoption. “I feel we’re on the tail finish of step by step, and we’re originally phases of out of the blue.”
He isn’t too targeted on reflecting on his 2025 predictions, nevertheless.
Mow responded to an X person on Saturday who requested, “What number of of your 2025 predictions did you hit?” by saying, “Let’s not dwell on the previous.”
“By no means look again. Solely ahead,” he mentioned.
Different executives are extra conservative
Different crypto executives will not be anticipating such outsize returns for Bitcoin over the following 12 months.
On Dec. 28, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan mentioned he anticipates an upward development, however nothing extraordinary. “I feel we’re in a 10-year grind upward of robust returns. It’s not spectacular returns, [but] robust returns, decrease volatility, some up and down.”
It follows a number of high-profile crypto executives whose daring Bitcoin value predictions within the earlier 12 months didn’t materialize.
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BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes and BitMine chair Tom Lee predicted Bitcoin would attain $250,000 by the top of 2025, at the same time as lately as October, when the cryptocurrency was buying and selling at round half that stage, after reaching an all-time excessive of $125,100.
Mow additionally predicted that the inventory value of Michael Saylor’s Technique (MSTR) would attain $5,000, an approximate 3,084% improve from its present value of $157.
He predicts Bitcoin will “outperform metals,” coming simply after gold and silver hit document highs of $4,549 and $83 in December. He additionally mentioned that “at the least one nation” will launch a Bitcoin bond.
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