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Standard Chartered bumps up bitcoin forecast to $120,000
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investing.comLONDON (Reuters) — Top cryptocurrency bitcoin could reach $50,000 this year and $120,000 by the end of 2024 Standard Chartered said on Monday, predicting the jump in its price could encourage bitcoin 'miners' to hoard more of the supply.
Standard Chartered (OTC:SCBFF) published a $100,000 end-2024 forecast for bitcoin back in April on the view the so-called «crypto winter» was over, but one the bank's top FX analysts, Geoff Kendrick, said there was now 20% «upside» to that call.
«Increased miner profitability per BTC (bitcoin) mined means they can sell less while maintaining cash inflows, reducing net BTC supply and pushing BTC prices higher,» Kendrick said in a report.
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