Several industry watchers interviewed by CNBC predicted the price of bitcoin in 2025, with the highest expectations for bitcoin to rise to $250,000. James Butterfill, head of research at CoinShares, said the price of bitcoin could be between $80,000 and $150,000 in 2025. Matrixport said bitcoin could reach $160,000 by 2025. Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, expects bitcoin to break through $150,000 in the first half of this year and $185,000 in the fourth quarter. The head of research at Standard Chartered expects Bitcoin to reach $200,000 by the end of 2025. Carol Alexander, a professor of finance at the University of Sussex, believes that the price of Bitcoin could reach $200,000 next year. Youwei Yang, chief economist at Bit Mining, expects the price of Bitcoin to reach $180,000 to $190,000 in 2025. Sid Powell, CEO and co-founder of Maple Finance, predicts that the price of Bitcoin will reach $180,000 to $200,000 by the end of 2025. Elitsa Taskova, chief product officer at Nexo, believes that Bitcoin will reach $250,000 within a year.