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Tim Draper: Bitcoin to $250,000 by Dec 31, 2025

Tim Draper's prediction that Bitcoin would reach $250,000 by December 31, 2025 did not come true. Bitcoin's best close before the deadline was $124,720 on October 6, 2025, 50% below the target. Tim Draper made the call on CoinDesk on May 13, 2025, when Bitcoin was at $102,800. The target needed a 143% rise in eight months.

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What was said

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Tim Draper

Founder and Managing Partner, Draper Associates

CoinDesk, May 13, 2025SourceArchive

6 predictions · 3 missed · 3 open

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Draper reiterated his prediction that bitcoin will rise to $250,000 by the end of 2025, and that after a decade it will be “infinity against the dollar because there won’t be a dollar.”

The article does not give reasons tied specifically to the $250,000 figure. In the same CoinDesk interview Draper argued that bitcoin will replace U.S. dollar dominance within about a decade, that there will be a run on fiat banks as trust in governments wanes, and that stablecoins are subject to inflation while bitcoin is not.

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Price when said
$102,800 closeprice data
Target
$250,000+143%
Best close
$124,720price data

The prediction comes true if any daily close from May 13, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025, inclusive, is at or above $250,000. Prices are daily closes in UTC, not intraday highs.

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