Tom Lee Predicts $3M BTC — Hopium or Real Talk?

[Macro Exchange]

Without any back and huge support it survives and now living without any support because many big names were always criticizing and give warnings about this, but now their views are changing, and they are having positive mindset which is big change with the limited supply for me this figure of $3m is also not perfect because this can go above this as well. Timing is not important but still it's always on cards things are taking changes and peoples are having change of mindset which is big success when this will turn into 7 figures now it's matter of time because all set for rule of Bitcoin in finances world.

If time does not really matter, and the world exists for a couple of centuries, Bitcoin might hit 10 million dollars one day or even more. Probably you and I won't be there to see something like this. But nothing is impossible. The upcoming world war may affect the market, and Bitcoin may reach its lowest price during the war. There are numerous possibilities.

Let's discuss what is truly possible within the next decade or shortly. I think it is very much possible that Bitcoin would reach 0.5 million dollars within the next few years, or at least in a decade. But everything should stay same as it is now.

You make some good points, but I’m not fully convinced Bitcoin will be around for centuries. The world is changing fast — new tech, new threats, and evolving regulations could reshape everything.

That said, reaching $500k within a decade seems possible, especially if global trust in fiat keeps fading. But beyond that? Hard to predict. Long-term survival will depend on how well Bitcoin adapts to a very different world ahead.

[Synchronice]

That's not the correct way to think. Bitcoin rose from nothing to $100,000 in 16 years because it's a revolution in financial system and this coin started from 0 market cap. Now this coin's market cup is 2 trillion. That's a lot of money. So, when something goes from 0 to 2 trillion, the price of the coin is going to bring a huge ROI but now you talk about going from 2 trillion to where? Do you think that it's easy to go from 2 trillion to somewhere higher? It is already on maximum. You have to look at other companies and gold's market cap to understand what Bitcoin's 2 trillion means. Bitcoin can't go from 100K to 100 million. From this point, Bitcoin can slowly increase but dramatic price increases aren't going to happen, that's simply impossible unless the USD totally crashes.

I agree with you because I also tried to point out some illogicalities in speculations like the one we are discussing in this thread. I think there is still a lot of potential for the price of BTC to rise, but definitely not in the percentages that have been the case in the past. Everything will of course depend on the demand in the years to come and how much BTC will be available on the market at a given moment.

The fact is that in the next 5-6 years, about 1 million more BTC will be mined (which is a large amount), but after that, only 1% (210 000) will remain for the next 100+ years. Accordingly, if demand is even greater than today, it is logical that the price will go up, especially if we know that fiat currencies (especially the USD) do not have a bright future.

What would be a game changer is if central banks started buying BTC, and the world's largest companies followed suit - this means that in a few years millions of BTC would be removed from the market, and if we add to that that ETFs and Saylor have already removed around 2 million BTC - it is not unrealistic to speculate that the price of 1 BTC could be at least three to four times higher than it is today.

Definitely there is a potential like never before, now the door is open to Bitcoin and only more things are ahead. I'm sure that soon governments will keep some part of their savings into Bitcoin and this will only grow with time. I'm also sure that FAANG companies will adopt Bitcoin and keep some part of their reserves into it. I'm sure that Bitcoin's market cap will double in size very soon, people simply have no idea how it grows and they come here to become rich overnight but those golden times are gone and will never come back in case of Bitcoin but there might be an altcoin that will rock it, though, it's hard to find such an altcoin, it's very hard to choose the right coin for a huge ROI that will not be based on pure speculation.
I'm sure that Bitcoin has the potential to reach $500K in the next ten years. I simply hope that the war won't end us.

[lionheart78]

Could this just be a cooldown before the next leg up? Or are the bulls too optimistic again?

Did Tom Lee set a time limit?  If no then there is a possibility but for now I consider this a hopium because Bitcoin has yet to reach the $150k mark which many speculators guessed that would be the possible ATH of this cycle.

To consider it a real talk, the price range should be in a realistic range with a time frame when it would be happening.

You make some good points, but I’m not fully convinced Bitcoin will be around for centuries. The world is changing fast — new tech, new threats, and evolving regulations could reshape everything.

Remember Bitcoin is made up of codes, these codes can be developed, and modified to fit the current needs of the economy and can evolve.  Bitcoin can adapt the fast-changing and fast upgrading technology since Bitcoin itself is a modifiable technology.

[JeffBrad12]

Tom Lee from Fundstrat recently made headlines on CNBC, saying Bitcoin could one day hit $3,000,000 and called it “the best asset in human history.”

I would say the same thing here again. It's just that they are showing how confident they are with Bitcoin and its future. I don't want to say Bitcoin will hit three million dollars one day. The best I can think of is a million dollars. If the world becomes that rich one day and can afford to invest that much money, probably Bitcoin may hit three million dollars, but the odds are too high.

It may take several decades before Bitcoin hits three million dollars because I do not expect Bitcoin to hit a million dollars before 2040.

Doesn't even need the world to be rich, what it needs is m2 supply going higher and higher because money printing is a thing and people will value other asset beside fiat more than it is nowadays.
Even right now BTC price action is tightly coupled with m2, investors are clearly and obviously reacting to m2 supply going high and as a result the asset that are depicted as hedge against inflation is gaining traction.
Bitcoin at 3 million gonna happen regardless whether you believe it or not because how the tradfi works is that it needs inflation which equates to printing money.

[Macro Exchange]

Tom Lee from Fundstrat recently made headlines on CNBC, saying Bitcoin could one day hit $3,000,000 and called it “the best asset in human history.”

I would say the same thing here again. It's just that they are showing how confident they are with Bitcoin and its future. I don't want to say Bitcoin will hit three million dollars one day. The best I can think of is a million dollars. If the world becomes that rich one day and can afford to invest that much money, probably Bitcoin may hit three million dollars, but the odds are too high.

It may take several decades before Bitcoin hits three million dollars because I do not expect Bitcoin to hit a million dollars before 2040.

Doesn't even need the world to be rich, what it needs is m2 supply going higher and higher because money printing is a thing and people will value other asset beside fiat more than it is nowadays.
Even right now BTC price action is tightly coupled with m2, investors are clearly and obviously reacting to m2 supply going high and as a result the asset that are depicted as hedge against inflation is gaining traction.
Bitcoin at 3 million gonna happen regardless whether you believe it or not because how the tradfi works is that it needs inflation which equates to printing money.

I get your point - with endless money printing and rising M2, it makes sense that people are looking for alternatives like Bitcoin.

But I’m still not fully convinced that it must reach $3M. Value isn’t only about inflation  iti s also about real-world usage, trust, and long-term relevance. If those things don’t evolve alongside the price, will people still see BTC as the answer?

Maybe. But I think it’s less guaranteed than it seems..

[Shishir99]

Bitcoin at 3 million gonna happen regardless whether you believe it or not because how the tradfi works is that it needs inflation which equates to printing money.

I don't understand these concepts very well. However, I want to say that it would take Bitcoin a while to reach $ 3 million. It cannot be done overnight. I don't expect Bitcoin to reach even 1 million before 2030. We may expect Bitcoin to reach 1 million dollars after 2030. Miracles might happen, and we may reach 1 million dollars before 2030, but let's stay in reality.

It seems the world war is starting, and I am sure if more countries get involved, and the world war runs for a couple of years, the crypto market may start crashing. So, I am not expecting much in the near future.

[Lucius]

Definitely there is a potential like never before, now the door is open to Bitcoin and only more things are ahead. I'm sure that soon governments will keep some part of their savings into Bitcoin and this will only grow with time. I'm also sure that FAANG companies will adopt Bitcoin and keep some part of their reserves into it. I'm sure that Bitcoin's market cap will double in size very soon, people simply have no idea how it grows and they come here to become rich overnight but those golden times are gone and will never come back in case of Bitcoin but there might be an altcoin that will rock it, though, it's hard to find such an altcoin, it's very hard to choose the right coin for a huge ROI that will not be based on pure speculation.
I'm sure that Bitcoin has the potential to reach $500K in the next ten years. I simply hope that the war won't end us.

Man's greatest enemy is man himself - and every day it seems to me that we are getting closer to the edge of the abyss into which we will push ourselves. Bitcoin definitely has the potential to become something big, although as things stand, not in the way Satoshi envisioned. Some might say that it is better for it to progress and survive in any way, others that it wouldn't make much sense if it were somehow "privatized" and "modeled" according to their needs by those who see it only as digital gold.

It seems quite realistic to me that in the next 10 years BTC could reach $500k, but we should take into account that inflation will take its toll during that period and that we certainly won't be able to buy what we can buy today for that amount then. Still, I would be happy with that price, because I think that kind of growth still beats most other investments.

[Strongkored]

Tom Lee from Fundstrat recently made headlines on CNBC, saying Bitcoin could one day hit $3,000,000 and called it “the best asset in human history.”

Should I be happy with this prediction?
Predictions will not affect our current assets until happen.

You don't be surprised, because after this number comes out in the prediction, higher numbers will come out, what's important is when will it happen?

It has been predicted to reach $400k for the past few years but it has not been achieved yet, so I will focus more on that price as it is still more likely to be achieved in the near future than the million dollar figure.

[Macro Exchange]

Tom Lee from Fundstrat recently made headlines on CNBC, saying Bitcoin could one day hit $3,000,000 and called it “the best asset in human history.”

Should I be happy with this prediction?
Predictions will not affect our current assets until happen.

You don't be surprised, because after this number comes out in the prediction, higher numbers will come out, what's important is when will it happen?

It has been predicted to reach $400k for the past few years but it has not been achieved yet, so I will focus more on that price as it is still more likely to be achieved in the near future than the million dollar figure.

Exactly — predictions are fun to read, but they don’t change the present reality.

It’s easy to throw big numbers like $1M or $3M around, but the real question is when, and whether the journey there even plays out the way we expect.

$400k still feels like a huge milestone on its own — and more realistic in the near term. Sometimes it's better to focus on what’s within reach before dreaming too far ahead.

[freedomgo]

Bitcoin at 3 million gonna happen regardless whether you believe it or not because how the tradfi works is that it needs inflation which equates to printing money.

I don't understand these concepts very well. However, I want to say that it would take Bitcoin a while to reach $ 3 million. It cannot be done overnight. I don't expect Bitcoin to reach even 1 million before 2030. We may expect Bitcoin to reach 1 million dollars after 2030. Miracles might happen, and we may reach 1 million dollars before 2030, but let's stay in reality.

It seems the world war is starting, and I am sure if more countries get involved, and the world war runs for a couple of years, the crypto market may start crashing. So, I am not expecting much in the near future.

Being optimistic about bitcoin isn’t a bad thing, but getting outside the realities about bitcoin isn’t good anymore. This forum serves a learning avenue for everyone of us so we need to stick with realistic and attainable predictions and speculations, and sorry to yell bitcoin reaching $3m is actually too far to happen, although I’m positive about bitcoin.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Being optimistic about bitcoin isn’t a bad thing, but getting outside the realities about bitcoin isn’t good anymore. This forum serves a learning avenue for everyone of us so we need to stick with realistic and attainable predictions and speculations, and sorry to yell bitcoin reaching $3m is actually too far to happen, although I’m positive about bitcoin.

To put it bluntly, the prediction of bitcoin price reaching $3 million is not only far-fetched but also delusional and unrealistic. The chances of that happening are very low and close to zero if we are talking about that goal in the next few decades.


What I see is that people who make wild predictions about bitcoin, the only thing they can say is that they are certain, have faith that bitcoin will reach that level...blah...blah..blah. They never provide any credible reasons or evidence to prove that their predictions and goals are what they really think, and not just random and thoughtless guesses.


I am also bullish on bitcoin, but honestly, I don't see any scenario where bitcoin can reach 3 million.

[Macro Exchange]

Being optimistic about bitcoin isn’t a bad thing, but getting outside the realities about bitcoin isn’t good anymore. This forum serves a learning avenue for everyone of us so we need to stick with realistic and attainable predictions and speculations, and sorry to yell bitcoin reaching $3m is actually too far to happen, although I’m positive about bitcoin.

To put it bluntly, the prediction of bitcoin price reaching $3 million is not only far-fetched but also delusional and unrealistic. The chances of that happening are very low and close to zero if we are talking about that goal in the next few decades.


What I see is that people who make wild predictions about bitcoin, the only thing they can say is that they are certain, have faith that bitcoin will reach that level...blah...blah..blah. They never provide any credible reasons or evidence to prove that their predictions and goals are what they really think, and not just random and thoughtless guesses.


I am also bullish on bitcoin, but honestly, I don't see any scenario where bitcoin can reach 3 million.

Totally agree with you on this. It’s honestly fascinating to think about how the global financial system might shift in the next few decades. With everything evolving so fast- crypto, DeFi, digital currencies it really makes you wonder what the “new normal” in finance will even look like. Could be something we can't even imagine yet.

[STT]

The best things in life are free and Tom must be quite astute at this as he just did that.  The question and answer are right next to each other in this topic.

Tom Lee from Fundstrat recently made headlines

So he made headlines, got some free advertising with his name, firm and business better known too and it costs him nothing but minor effort to come up with some target that eventually is likely to be true some day.  He even gets an appearance fee for his trouble, genius of a trade kudos to him.
   BTC can be any price in prospect if fiscal budgets can never be balanced they will monetize the dollar into constantly paying off the trillions in debt and $3m for BTC will be possible and 30 dollars for your daily newspaper, all prices are possible.

https://www.marketplace.org/story/2023/05/12/could-we-mint-31-trillion-coin-pay-national-debt

[Yaunfitda]

Being optimistic about bitcoin isn’t a bad thing, but getting outside the realities about bitcoin isn’t good anymore. This forum serves a learning avenue for everyone of us so we need to stick with realistic and attainable predictions and speculations, and sorry to yell bitcoin reaching $3m is actually too far to happen, although I’m positive about bitcoin.

To put it bluntly, the prediction of bitcoin price reaching $3 million is not only far-fetched but also delusional and unrealistic. The chances of that happening are very low and close to zero if we are talking about that goal in the next few decades.


What I see is that people who make wild predictions about bitcoin, the only thing they can say is that they are certain, have faith that bitcoin will reach that level...blah...blah..blah. They never provide any credible reasons or evidence to prove that their predictions and goals are what they really think, and not just random and thoughtless guesses.


I am also bullish on bitcoin, but honestly, I don't see any scenario where bitcoin can reach 3 million.

Totally agree with you on this. It’s honestly fascinating to think about how the global financial system might shift in the next few decades. With everything evolving so fast- crypto, DeFi, digital currencies it really makes you wonder what the “new normal” in finance will even look like. Could be something we can't even imagine yet.

Yeah, it's really hard to see what will be the future, specially the world has evolved so much and it used to be credit card before as the new system. No paper money and every convenient to us. Now it looks like there will be another big shift as we talk about crypto. Only our phone, a QR code and we are done with it. And it also being look by countries as their national reserves. In any case for Tom Lee, I do also agree that this is a free advertisement for him and his name as now synonymous with a perma bull as now he looks like predicting a price that we can only imagine. But there is a possibility that this can be achieved maybe in the next couple of halvings. And then when we go back and see his predictions, we might say that he has the vision to see the future. So it's a win win for him and for us as well.

[Macro Exchange]

Tom Lee from Fundstrat recently made headlines on CNBC, saying Bitcoin could one day hit $3,000,000 and called it “the best asset in human history.”

Sounds bullish, but the market right now tells a different story.
BTC is moving slow after the halving, ETH is stagnating, and overall sentiment feels cautious. There’s no strong catalyst pushing prices up yet, and macro uncertainty (like global trade tensions and weak risk appetite) still hangs over the market.

We’re also seeing how the classic “Sell in May and go away” pattern is partly playing out — trading activity is down, and some funds are clearly sitting on the sidelines.

Could this just be a cooldown before the next leg up? Or are the bulls too optimistic again?

Well, turns out the bulls weren’t that crazy after all 😎
BTC broke ATH even in a “cautious” market- imagine what happens when the real momentum kicks in. If this is just the cooldown phase, the next leg up could be wild.

[Lanatsa]

Being optimistic about bitcoin isn’t a bad thing, but getting outside the realities about bitcoin isn’t good anymore. This forum serves a learning avenue for everyone of us so we need to stick with realistic and attainable predictions and speculations, and sorry to yell bitcoin reaching $3m is actually too far to happen, although I’m positive about bitcoin.

To put it bluntly, the prediction of bitcoin price reaching $3 million is not only far-fetched but also delusional and unrealistic. The chances of that happening are very low and close to zero if we are talking about that goal in the next few decades.


What I see is that people who make wild predictions about bitcoin, the only thing they can say is that they are certain, have faith that bitcoin will reach that level...blah...blah..blah. They never provide any credible reasons or evidence to prove that their predictions and goals are what they really think, and not just random and thoughtless guesses.


I am also bullish on bitcoin, but honestly, I don't see any scenario where bitcoin can reach 3 million.

Totally agree with you on this. It’s honestly fascinating to think about how the global financial system might shift in the next few decades. With everything evolving so fast- crypto, DeFi, digital currencies it really makes you wonder what the “new normal” in finance will even look like. Could be something we can't even imagine yet.

Yeah, it's really hard to see what will be the future, specially the world has evolved so much and it used to be credit card before as the new system. No paper money and every convenient to us. Now it looks like there will be another big shift as we talk about crypto. Only our phone, a QR code and we are done with it. And it also being look by countries as their national reserves. In any case for Tom Lee, I do also agree that this is a free advertisement for him and his name as now synonymous with a perma bull as now he looks like predicting a price that we can only imagine. But there is a possibility that this can be achieved maybe in the next couple of halvings. And then when we go back and see his predictions, we might say that he has the vision to see the future. So it's a win win for him and for us as well.

No one knows on what the future looks like but if we do base up on how far Bitcoin had been able to reach out after 15+ years then we can be able to say that it does have that kind of potential on which you can be able to find yourself having that kind of confidence on investing into it. Now, speaking about into these speculations about reaching up a million per coin then we can definitely say that it is that indeed unrealistic. Why? Basing up into its movements and come to think that we've been reaching out 15 years and still playing around $100k+ price and speaking about a million on which we are that 10x fold with the current price then we can say that it would be that hard to achieve it out on a short period of time. If ever then it might be able to reach for another 20+ years basing up into the current movement but actually no one really knows on what would happen on which considering that this market is always been that unpredictable then there's no way that we can be able to tell on where it would be heading.

For those people who do made out those words and speculations then just let them be, because we are on a speculative market on which means that anyone could be that free on telling on what are their own insights and speculations towards the price. We do know that there are people who are that optimistic towards into something specially if they have invested heavily into Bitcoin then they would be saying about into those bullish approach even if it means or shows that it is just that too much or unrealistic, but well just like been said that its their own views and there's nothing we can do about it. If they are that too hopeful with their investment then so be it. Just be careful on not to make yourself that being hype or having that feeling of fomo because there are those some insights and speculations on which these people are just that trying out to hype things out so that they can be able to sell out their bags whenever they have seen some % gains into their investment and thats the basic of trading in the first place.

[alani123]

If Bobby Lee made a bitcoin price prediction it would be more realistic 

Why does everyone come out and give out some outlandish prediction as if it's bound to become reality.

The people saying bitcoin to 100k on 2021 were right be it happened 4 years later? I don't think there's any value in such predictions because so many things would have to happen in between that it'd be sheer luck.

Anyway. Good luck to everyone HODLing but don't pay so much attention to this.

[tabas]

Why does everyone come out and give out some outlandish prediction as if it's bound to become reality.

That's simply because they're bullish in it and have decided to hold BTC for long term. It would be one of the best moments of every holder if BTC reaches $3M. But knowing that when, no one can say until it happens.

The people saying bitcoin to 100k on 2021 were right be it happened 4 years later? I don't think there's any value in such predictions because so many things would have to happen in between that it'd be sheer luck.

I remember that on 2021, most of us thought that it will make reach $100k but it happened on the next cycle. And maybe we're not yet running out of luck, the instis are in it and they could really drive the prices near to that but maybe a million but we have to see first $200k and so on.

Anyway. Good luck to everyone HODLing but don't pay so much attention to this.

I agree, just let happen what has to happen and keep on HODLING if we're all for the long term.

[fuguebtc]

Why does everyone come out and give out some outlandish prediction as if it's bound to become reality.

That's simply because they're bullish in it and have decided to hold BTC for long term. It would be one of the best moments of every holder if BTC reaches $3M. But knowing that when, no one can say until it happens.

I don't think that's optimistic, it's delusional and unrealistic, and it's not simply a prediction. Those who make predictions like bitcoin will reach 3 million or 14 million like Saylor have their own agenda. They want to attract public attention, polish their names...instead of being optimistic and making predictions that they believe will happen.
If they are truly optimistic and it is a prediction that comes from their belief in bitcoin, they should give reasons, evidence to convince the audience. But they don't, they just make random guesses without thinking.

[peter0425]

Why does everyone come out and give out some outlandish prediction as if it's bound to become reality.

That's simply because they're bullish in it and have decided to hold BTC for long term. It would be one of the best moments of every holder if BTC reaches $3M. But knowing that when, no one can say until it happens.

I don't think that's optimistic, it's delusional and unrealistic, and it's not simply a prediction. Those who make predictions like bitcoin will reach 3 million or 14 million like Saylor have their own agenda. They want to attract public attention, polish their names...instead of being optimistic and making predictions that they believe will happen.
If they are truly optimistic and it is a prediction that comes from their belief in bitcoin, they should give reasons, evidence to convince the audience. But they don't, they just make random guesses without thinking.

It is no surprise. Many often do predictions based on the current price without any market analysis. I don't want to write their predictions off as invalid because they may still have used factors that affect the economy and political climate which still makes sense. But sometimes you can observe if someone is simply just exaggerating or what. Anything is possible in bitcoin but there is always time involved and saying like it will reach a million in a year for example is a bit too much. If you really observed the market, you will not say things like this.