Bitcoin price predicted to hit US$145K in 2025
Institutional uptake, booming crypto ETFs and strong technicals point to a possible rally before the year is out.
Bitcoin is predicted to jump over 30% to US$145k by the end of the year, according to a panel of experts.
In Finder's recent Bitcoin price prediction survey for July, 25 crypto industry specialists gave their forecasts on how Bitcoin will perform in 2025 through to 2035.
Finder analyses expert predictions each quarter, with the latest survey held in late June 2025.
On average, experts thought Bitcoin (BTC) will be worth US$145,167 by the end of 2025, up from the US$135,048 predicted in an April report.
Meanwhile, the most bullish predictions saw Bitcoin hitting US$250,000 by the end of 2025, while bears expected it to plunge as much as US$70k.
What will drive Bitcoin's price?
Panelists pointed to positive technical indicators alongside growing institutional and government support as main drivers behind Bitcoin's predicted upside.
Ruadhan O, founder of Seasonal Tokens, says the technicals point to Bitcoin hitting a new high of US$190,000 in 2025, in spite of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
"The support at US$100K was strong enough to hold despite the outbreak of war between Israel and Iran and the subsequent US involvement," he told Finder.
"This suggests that it's unlikely to break, which means that the price will probably break out to the upside and reach new all-time highs in the coming months."
In fact, its stability even as tensions escalate suggests adopters may be viewing it as an alternative to gold, according to several experts, including Josh Fraser, the co-founder of Origin Protocol.
"We're currently seeing a flight to hard assets, including Bitcoin. As countries continue to print fiat currency at unsustainable rates, people will find alternative ways to store value," said Fraser.
Founder and CEO of Omnia Markets Mitesh Shah believes inflows into spot Bitcoin ETFs and institutional uptake over the next 12 months would drive BTC to US$170,000 this year.
He said that ETFs like the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF, which has attracted over US$13.7 billion in funds, are "absorbing a shrinking available supply" with on-chain data showing almost 70% of Bitcoin having not moved in over a year.
What do the bears say?
While most panelists believed Bitcoin would end the year higher, not all experts agree.
John Hawkins, senior lecturer at the University of Canberra predicts Bitcoin will fall over 26% to US$80,000 by the end of the year.
"BTC, and crypto in general, is being propped up by the Trump administration," Hawkins told Finder.
"But it still lacks any fundamental value, and after 16 years, it has still failed to meet its initial aspiration to be a common means of payment. It remains a speculative bubble."
And while some experts foresee Bitcoin increasingly becoming a safe haven asset, others believed the ongoing war would see funds moving out of cryptocurrencies.
John Murillo, chief dealing officer at B2BROKER says that historically this has been the case.
"Warfare requires investors to store money in cash and safe havens. Furthermore, governments tend to impose additional levies on taxable assets, which is bad news for stocks and alternative investments," he told Finder.
You can check out the full report here: Finder's Bitcoin (BTC) Price Prediction Report 2025
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