Published: Dec. 9, 2025 at 6:14 p.m. ET
As bitcoin edged higher Tuesday, Standard Chartered said it now expects the cryptocurrency to end the year higher at $100,000. That’s still a halving of its previous year-end target of $200,000, which was issued in June 2024.
The bank also halved its bitcoin forecast for year-end 2026 to $150,000, from $300,000, and lowered its year-end projections through 2029. But it still expects bitcoin BTCUSD can reach $500,000 in 2030, according to a Tuesday note by Geoff Kendrick, global head of digital-assets research at Standard Chartered.
