{"id":23715,"date":"2025-05-06T17:58:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/binance-founder-changpeng-zhao-predicts-bitcoin-surge-to-1-million\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T17:58:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:58:52","slug":"binance-founder-changpeng-zhao-predicts-bitcoin-surge-to-1-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/binance-founder-changpeng-zhao-predicts-bitcoin-surge-to-1-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Predicts Bitcoin Surge to $1 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The price of digital gold could reach $500,000 and even $1 million in the current market cycle, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) shared in an interview with Farokh Radio.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n1W5VbLFZtw?si=1Zevqdp2unTu6V97\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The businessman believes the total capitalization of the crypto market will exceed $5 trillion by 2025. CZ did not specify exact timelines for reaching these values.<\/p>\n<p>This is not Zhao&#8217;s first prediction: in 2020, he forecasted Bitcoin&#8217;s rise to $100,000, which materialized in December 2024.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Waiting for the new headline: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> &#8220;CRASHES&#8221; from $101,000 to $85,000.<\/p>\n<p>Save the tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CZ ? BNB (@cz_binance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance\/status\/1339486504062648320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In February this year, he hinted at $1 million, ironically commenting on a &#8220;crash&#8221; from $1,001,000 to $985,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Waiting for the new headline: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> &#8220;CRASHES&#8221; from $1,001,000 to $985,000.<\/p>\n<p>Save the tweet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gLWGtUvYoJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/gLWGtUvYoJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CZ ? BNB (@cz_binance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cz_binance\/status\/1894435820888559982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $94,252, with the crypto market capitalization at approximately $3 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, CZ described meme coins as &#8220;speculative noise,&#8221; predicting the collapse of 99.99% of them. He sees potential in the integration of blockchain with artificial intelligence and <span data-descr=\"decentralized science\" class=\"old_tooltip\">DeSci<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The Binance founder noted a sharp reversal in U.S. regulatory policy under Donald Trump&#8217;s administration:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;In 100 days, the situation changed 180 degrees.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He also predicted the dominance of decentralized exchanges over centralized ones, calling them &#8220;different doors to the same world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zhao ruled out returning to Binance and stated he would focus on mentorship. According to him, after <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/binance-founder-changpeng-zhao-sentenced-to-four-months-in-prison\">four months in prison<\/a>, his priorities have shifted to health and family.<\/p>\n<p>In April, CZ <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/cz-to-advise-kyrgyz-government-on-cryptocurrency-matters\">became<\/a> an advisor to the Kyrgyzstan government on cryptocurrency and blockchain issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The price of digital gold could reach $500,000 and even $1 million in the current market cycle, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) shared in an interview with Farokh Radio. The businessman believes the total capitalization of the crypto market will exceed $5 trillion by 2025. CZ did not specify exact timelines for reaching these values. 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