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Here’s what we got for you today:
- ✍️ $160k $BTC by year’s end
- ✍️ How to use options to predict prices
- 🎙️ The Milk Road Show: Government Shutdown, Unstoppable U.S. Debt Spiral & Long-Term Crypto Outlook w/ Trajan King
- 🍪 Jobs data came in weak
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Prices as of 2:00 PM ET, provided by CoinGecko.
BITCOIN TO $160K BY YEAR’S END? THIS PATTERN SAYS ‘YEP!’ 🤝
“History doesn’t repeat, but it often rhymes.”
Bitcoin is embodying that saying right about now…
Its price action this year is mimicking a lot of what came before it in 2024.
Check out the weekly 2024 price action in blue on the chart below – it’s largely been followed in 2025, only diverging when tariffs were first announced back in February:
And yeah, you’re right – we totally buried the lead…
The most exciting part of this chart is that (if the correlation holds) we’re being told to expect a ~$160k $BTC by the end of the year. 🫡
Actually, scrap that.
The most exciting part is actually this…
If $BTC hits $160k this year, it will have broken the 8yr resistance line we’ve been talking about over the past few months – flipping it into support.
(Meaning the price should struggle to break below the white line below, instead of above it.) 👇
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HOW TO USE OPTIONS MARKETS TO PREDICT FUTURE PRICES 🔮
You know what’s more reliable than goofy patterns drawn on a chart?
Big-dog investors putting their money where their mouth is.
And that’s exactly what you get when you look at the options market.
Options are just what they sound like: options to purchase assets at a fixed price in the future.
E.g. If a trader thinks $BTC is going to hit $160k by December, they might fork out $100 today and buy the option to purchase $BTC at $140k come December.
If $BTC is above $140k when that time comes, they can execute the option → buy $BTC below market price → sell it, and eke out a profit.
The cool part of this is: we can see where the market believes $BTC will be in the future, by looking at which ‘strike’ price (the price they’re willing to buy at) is most popular right now.
So here’s what the market thinks Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana will be at or above by December 26, 2025 (where the tallest blue chart line represents the strongest bet). 👇
1/ Bitcoin: $140k+
$140k? Not bad.
The coolest part here? The second most popular strike price is $210k!
2/ Ethereum: $6k+
A 40% gain in 3 months? Hell yeah!
The only slightly worrying thing here is, the second most popular strike price is $4k (-7% from where we are today).
3/ Solana: $300+
$SOL looks to be in a similar ballpark to $ETH.
The leading bet of $300 would mean a ~37% gain from today’s prices, while the second most popular bet of $235 would result in a ~7% gain.
Now, if these prices were the predicted bull market peak – we wouldn’t be disappointed…but we wouldn’t be overly excited either.
(What, no euphoric rip up n’ to the right?)
But remember what we covered yesterday:
We think we’re about to enter an extended cycle, with a market peak hitting in the second half of 2026 (maybe even early 2027).
So with that fresh perspective – color me bullish. 🤝
P.S. If you want to get updates on where we are in the cycle (along with when to buy/sell/hold assets) we do just that every Thursday for Milk Road PRO subscribers. Click here to join!
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