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Demand from financial institutions could push the price of Bitcoin (BTC) as 
high as $200,000 per coin in 2025, according to two research reports reviewed 
by Cointelegraph.
Analysts from Standard Chartered and Intellectia AI said institutional Bitcoin 
demand from exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and traders seeking to hedge against 
macroeconomic risk could cause Bitcoin&#8217;s price to more than double this year.
&#8220;While the forecast is optimistic, it&#8217;s also conditional. Any black swan &#8212; 
from a major regulatory clampdown to a geopolitical event &#8212; can disrupt 
trajectories,&#8221; Fei Chen, Intellectia AI&#8217;s chief investment strategist, told 
Cointelegraph.
_Bitcoin ETF inflows since January 2024. Source: __CoinGlass_ 
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### **Bullish sentiment**
The reports come as Bitcoin broke past $90,000 on April 22 for the first time 
in six weeks, reflecting traders embracing Bitcoin and gold as potential 
hedges against looming trade wars and geopolitical volatility.
The price action followed the biggest daily net inflows into US spot Bitcoin 
ETFs since January.
The US&#8217;s 11 spot BTC funds collectively pulled more than $380 million in net 
inflows on April 21, according to CoinGlass data.
Intellectia AI said institutional demand drivers &#8212; including corporate 
Bitcoin buyers and exchanges such as Coinbase and Kraken &#8212; could continue to 
propel positive price action.
Corporate Bitcoin treasuries already hold nearly $65 billion worth of BTC, 
according to data from Bitcointreasuries.net.
_Hedgers still prefer gold over Bitcoin. Source: __Binance Research_ 
### **Hedging or speculation?**
Gold and BTC &#8220;appear to have become more important components of investors&#8217; 
portfolios structurally&#8221; as they increasingly seek to hedge against 
geopolitical risk and inflation, investment bank JP Morgan said in a January 
research note.
However, Bitcoin&#8217;s correlation with gold &#8212; historically a preferred hedge 
against macroeconomic uncertainty &#8212; has been low since US President Donald 
Trump announced sweeping import tariffs on April 2, Binance Research said on 
April 7.
In fact, Bitcoin has been more closely correlated with equities, Binance said.
Paradoxically, sustained ETF inflows could further diminish Bitcoin&#8217;s status 
as a macroeconomic hedge, eroding one of its most attractive traits for 
institutions, Spencer Yang, a core contributor for crypto infrastructure 
project Fractal Bitcoin, told Cointelegraph.
&#8220;Despite growing institutional interest, Bitcoin&#8217;s long-term resilience won&#8217;t 
be secured by balance sheet optics alone &#8212; it depends on real usage,&#8221; Yang 
said.
&#8220;That means people actually transacting, building, and experimenting on the 
network &#8212; not just holding BTC as a speculative asset.&#8221;
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tensions between the United States and China. CNBC’s Eamon Javers, citing a 
source that attended a White House conference, reported that U.S. Treasury 
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