{"id":92975,"date":"2026-01-09T14:23:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=92975"},"modified":"2026-01-09T14:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:25:14","slug":"vaneck-predicts-bitcoin-could-reach-2-9-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/vaneck-predicts-bitcoin-could-reach-2-9-million\/","title":{"rendered":"VanEck Predicts Bitcoin Could Reach $2.9 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By 2050, the price of the leading cryptocurrency could reach $2.9 million, according to analysts from the investment firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaneck.com\/us\/en\/blogs\/digital-assets\/matthew-sigel-vaneck-bitcoin-long-term-capital-market-assumptions\/\">VanEck<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have termed this figure as the base scenario, which could materialize if Bitcoin becomes a currency for international settlements and is included in central bank reserves.<\/p>\n<p>The report&#8217;s authors suggest that:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the asset&#8217;s share in global finance will reach 1.66%;<\/li>\n<li>central banks will allocate 2.5% of their reserves to cryptocurrency;<\/li>\n<li>the average annual growth rate of quotes will be 15%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-fa6048b8c0325954-3173994393414721-1024x362.png\" alt=\"\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a \u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430 2026-01-09 124119\" class=\"wp-image-273091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-fa6048b8c0325954-3173994393414721-1024x362.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-fa6048b8c0325954-3173994393414721-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-fa6048b8c0325954-3173994393414721-768x271.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-fa6048b8c0325954-3173994393414721.png 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: VanEck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Analysts Matthew Sigel and Patrick Bush view Bitcoin not as a speculative tool, but as a long-term hedge against debt crises and the devaluation of fiat currencies. They cite the expansion of global liquidity and the easing of monetary policy as key growth drivers.<\/p>\n<p>They cite the expansion of global liquidity and the easing of monetary policy as key growth drivers.<\/p>\n<p>The company outlined three scenarios for future developments:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Base scenario:<\/strong> assumes Bitcoin will capture 5\u201310% of the international payments market, comparable to the British pound&#8217;s position (7.38% according to SWIFT). For comparison, the US dollar currently leads with 47.79%, followed by the euro at 22.77%, with the yen and yuan trailing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bearish scenario:<\/strong> price at $130,000 (with annual growth of 2%).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bullish scenario:<\/strong> price at $52.4 million (with growth rates of 20% per year).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The main obstacle to widespread adoption remains network scalability. Analysts emphasized the importance of developing <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">second-layer solutions<\/a>, which will speed up transactions and reduce fees.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-4609d43c9745e1f9-3174014927638174.webp\" alt=\"\u0421\u043d\u0438\u043c\u043e\u043a \u044d\u043a\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0430 2026-01-09 124348\" class=\"wp-image-273092\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: SWIFT.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in April 2024, VanEck experts <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/vaneck-predicts-ethereum-l2-tokens-to-reach-1-trillion-market-cap\">predicted<\/a> the market capitalization of L2 tokens on Ethereum to reach $1 trillion by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By 2050, the price of the leading cryptocurrency could reach $2.9 million, according to analysts from VanEck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Bitcoin could reach $2.9 million by 2050, according to VanEck analysts.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[480,1146,783],"class_list":["post-92975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin-price","tag-cryptocurrency-market-forecasts","tag-vaneck"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"202","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Bitcoin could reach $2.9 million by 2050, according to VanEck analysts.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92977,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92975\/revisions\/92977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}