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BTC

Analysis as of: 2025-12-27

Bitcoin Network

Bitcoin is a proof-of-work monetary network primarily used as censorship-resistant store-of-value and reserve collateral.

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Summary

Reserve collateral goes mainstream via regulated rails

A maturing, highly liquid reserve asset with credible neutrality can still compound meaningfully as allocation becomes institutional default. The key watchpoints are fee-market durability and policy chokepoints.

Analysis

Thesis

By 2030 Bitcoin can re-rate as neutral reserve collateral in an AI-accelerated world: deeper regulated access (ETFs/custody), corporate/sovereign absorption, and halvings tightening float support a ~$11.5T network value (~$550k/BTC) if mining decentralization and policy resilience hold.

Last Economy Alignment

As human cognition commoditizes, trust/neutral collateral wins: Bitcoin’s brand, liquidity, and PoW security make it a default reserve asset for digital finance rails.

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Opportunity Outlook

Average Implied Multiple (to 2030)

6.6x (from 5 most recent analyses)

Reasoning

BTC’s upside is non-linear because it is already the reference collateral: each step-change in regulated allocation (ETFs/model portfolios), treasury adoption, and macro hedging can move trillions. L1 doesn’t need high throughput; it needs “credible final settlement.” If halvings keep supply tight and institutions keep integrating, a mid-teens-trillion network value by 2030 is plausible despite low on-chain feature velocity.

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Risk Assessment

Overall Risk Summary

The biggest risks are structural: (1) subsidy decline without a durable fee market, (2) policy action via regulated chokepoints (custody, mining, self-custody software), and (3) centralization creep in pools/custodians that can weaken censorship-resistance optics exactly when it matters.

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Trends

Key Changes

Supply is nearing 20M mined (scarcity narrative strengthening).
Miner revenue run-rate is lower YoY; fee share has cooled vs earlier congestion spikes.
Spot ETF complex matured further; large ETFs reached landmark AUM levels in 2025.
BTC remains well off the Oct 2025 ATH, keeping expectations more two-sided near-term.
Macro “hard asset” bid (gold) strengthened late-2025, supportive for SoV framing.

Thesis update

Core thesis intact; stronger ETF plumbing supports adoption, but fee-market durability remains the key uncertainty.

Forecast update

Slightly more conservative repricing due to softer fee/issuance optics and macro beta despite better distribution rails.

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Institutional Research Consensus

Cycle (12–24m) Target Price

$160000.00

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