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- Price when said
- $93,454 closeprice data
- Target
- $300,000+221%
Tom Lee: Bitcoin to $300,000 by Dec 31, 2026
As of September 29, 2026, Tom Lee's prediction that Bitcoin would reach $300,000 by December 31, 2026 is open. Tom Lee made the call on CryptoPotato on December 4, 2025, when Bitcoin was at $93,454. The target calls for a 221% rise in one year and one month.
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What was said
Tom Lee
Head of Research, Fundstrat Global Advisors; Chairman, Bitmine Immersion Technologies
CryptoPotato, Dec 4, 2025SourceArchive
8 predictions · 2 hit · 4 missed · 2 open
Photo: Xuthoria, CC BY-SA 4.0
He added that BTC will mirror the performance of the S&P 500 US stock index next year and predicted a price high of $300,000.
Lee argued that Bitcoin no longer follows a four-year cycle and would make new highs in early 2026. He said BTC would mirror the performance of the S&P 500 next year.
How we checked this
The prediction comes true if any daily close from Dec 4, 2025 to Dec 31, 2026, inclusive, is at or above $300,000. Prices are daily closes in UTC, not intraday highs.
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