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10 Bitcoin Price Predictions and Key Catalysts for 2018

By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler • January 24, 2018

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The latest Bitcoin price predictions for 2018 show little restraint, despite prices falling 50% from their all-time high set in mid-December.

Bitcoin bulls have issued predictions ranging from a relatively modest $24,000 to a stratospheric $250,000.

Bitcoin price predictions

The current Bitcoin price is about $11,000, well off the Dec. 17 record high of $19,783, but above the recent low of $9,200.

That means the Bitcoin bulls foresee gains of anywhere from 118% to 2,170% from today's levels.

That's in line with what we've seen the last two years...

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The Bitcoin price rose 1,325% in 2017, which came on the heels of increases of 123% in 2016, and 82% in 2015.

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These Bitcoin price forecasts are all the more remarkable given the seemingly endless stream of bad news that has dogged the cryptocurrency in recent weeks.

Why the Bitcoin Price Will Shrug Off the Negative News

Bitcoin has suffered from moves by the Chinese government to further restrict Bitcoin trading (it shut down the domestic exchanges last September) and curb mining (about 70% of Bitcoin mining is done in China).

The price of Bitcoin has also taken a hit from rumors South Korea was considering a total ban. But this week, the government decided instead to ramp up regulations, putting a stop to the use of anonymous bank accounts to trade the cryptocurrency.

Back in the United States, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a letter explaining in blunt language why it won't be approving a Bitcoin ETF (exchange-traded fund) any time soon.

But none of these developments truly threaten Bitcoin. Trading in China will likely move underground. The Chinese miners are already making plans to relocate to friendlier locales, such as Canada.

And the new South Korean regulations will serve to reign in excesses - a positive thing for Bitcoin in the long run.

The folks making those lofty Bitcoin price predictions realize the situation is not nearly as dire as the mainstream media would have you believe.

Bitcoin has survived the collapse of its biggest exchange (Mt. Gox, in 2014), the rise of more than 1,300 rival cryptocurrencies, and a civil war over scaling that resulted in the Bitcoin Cash hard fork.

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Remember, the Bitcoin price hit its all-time high just three months after China shut down its exchanges.

It will rebound.

What's more, the price of Bitcoin will have several new catalysts driving it in 2018, such as the Lightning Network. Lightning technology addresses Bitcoin's two biggest drawbacks right now - slow confirmation times and congestion on the network.

So these dramatic Bitcoin price predictions come as no surprise to me...

Bitcoin Price Predictions for 2018

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David Zeiler, Associate Editor forĀ Money MorningĀ at Money Map Press,Ā has been a journalist for more than 35 years, including 18 spent atĀ The Baltimore Sun. He has worked as a writer, editor, and page designer at different times in his career. He's interviewed a number of well-known personalities - ranging from punk rock icon Joey Ramone to Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak.

Over the course of his journalistic career, Dave has covered many diverse subjects. Since arriving atĀ Money MorningĀ in 2011, he has focused primarily on technology. He's an expert on both Apple and cryptocurrencies. He started writing about Apple forĀ The SunĀ in the mid-1990s, and had an Apple blog onĀ The Sun's web site from 2007-2009. Dave's been writing about Bitcoin since 2011 - long before most people had even heard of it. He even mined it for a short time.

Dave has a BA in English and Mass Communications from Loyola University Maryland.

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Total BS for retirement savings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mari Human vd Westhuizen
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Very informative from people already in the Trade of BTCs!

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