On December 30, PANews reported that Galaxy Research predicts Bitcoin (BTC) will exceed $150,000 in the first half of 2025, and may even reach $185,000 in the last quarter of the same year. The research agency believes that adoption at the institutional, corporate, and national levels is the main factor driving this top cryptocurrency to these high points. Galaxy Research also stated that it foresees BTC continuing to maintain its trend of outperforming other asset classes, including the S&P 500 index. Regarding gold, the Galaxy team expects BTC's total market capitalization to reach 20% of the total market capitalization of precious metals. At the time of writing (December 29, 2024), BTC's market capitalization is approximately $1.85 trillion, while gold's market capitalization is estimated to be close to $18 trillion.
