{"id":94231,"date":"2026-02-12T19:37:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=94231"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:40:18","slug":"standard-chartered-predicts-bitcoin-drop-to-50000-before-rebound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/standard-chartered-predicts-bitcoin-drop-to-50000-before-rebound\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Chartered Predicts Bitcoin Drop to $50,000 Before Rebound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Analysts at Standard Chartered have lowered their short-term forecast for cryptocurrencies, warning of a potential continued correction with a recovery by the year&#8217;s end. This was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/389609\/standard-chartered-bitcoin-50000-ether-1400-rebound\">The Block<\/a>, citing the company&#8217;s report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;In the coming months, we will see more challenges and the final capitulation of digital asset prices. The macroeconomic situation is unlikely to provide support until we approach the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/trump-nominates-crypto-friendly-kevin-warsh-to-lead-the-fed\">appointment of Kevin Warsh<\/a> as head of the <span data-descr=\"Federal Reserve System of the USA\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Fed<\/span>,&#8221; said Geoffrey Kendrick, head of cryptocurrency research at Standard Chartered.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The expert anticipates Bitcoin falling to $50,000 and Ethereum to $1,400. In his view, investors will start buying actively at these levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By the end of 2026, Kendrick forecasts a recovery in the prices of leading coins to $100,000 and $4,000, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The analyst also lowered target levels for other digital assets:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Solana \u2014 $135 (previously $250);\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>XRP \u2014 $2.80 (previously $8);<\/li>\n<li>BNB \u2014 $1,050 (previously $1,755);<\/li>\n<li>Avalanche \u2014 $18 (previously $100).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-031efb17d0873b23-6130283913418412-1024x594.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-275092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-031efb17d0873b23-6130283913418412-1024x594.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-031efb17d0873b23-6130283913418412-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-031efb17d0873b23-6130283913418412-768x446.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-031efb17d0873b23-6130283913418412-1536x892.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-031efb17d0873b23-6130283913418412.png 1902w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Standard Chartered&#8217;s price forecasts. Source: The Block.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Standard Chartered analyst noted that the digital asset class will remain under pressure in the short term, but the broader forecast remains unchanged.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Factors Behind the Decline<\/h2>\n<p>Kendrick identified the behavior of Bitcoin-<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\">ETF<\/a> investors due to unrealized losses as a primary reason for the market&#8217;s negativity. According to the expert&#8217;s estimates, the volume of assets in the funds has decreased by nearly 100,000 BTC since the price peak in October 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Macroeconomic conditions are also exerting pressure on sentiment. Recent US economic data points to mixed prospects, and market participants do not expect interest rate cuts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Standard Chartered believes the current situation may hinder new investments in cryptocurrency in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the pessimistic short-term outlook, Kendrick noted that the current decline is less severe than in previous cycles. The absence of major collapses and bankruptcies indicates a more resilient crypto market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, analysts at K33 Research <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoins-60000-dip-a-local-bottom-says-k33\">observed<\/a> signs of investor capitulation simultaneously in the spot market, the ETF sector, and derivatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysts at Standard Chartered have lowered their short-term forecast for cryptocurrencies, warning of a potential continued correction with a recovery by the year&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Standard Chartered warns of potential crypto correction before year-end recovery.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1146,46,1347],"class_list":["post-94231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-cryptocurrency-market-forecasts","tag-ethereum","tag-standard-chartered-plc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"254","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Standard Chartered warns of potential crypto correction before year-end recovery.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94231","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=94231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94233,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94231\/revisions\/94233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}