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Cryptocurrency bettors have dialed back hopes about\u00a0Bitcoin\u00a0(CRYPTO:\u00a0BTC)<\/a>\u00a0reaching $100,000 in 2026, even as SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci\u00a0remains optimistic about the asset reclaiming that key milestone. <\/p>\n Prediction Market Skeptical About $100,000 <\/p>\n Polygon\u00a0(CRYPTO:\u00a0POL)<\/a>-based\u00a0Polymarket\u00a0currently assigns only an\u00a08%\u00a0chance\u00a0<\/a>of Bitcoin topping $100,000 before Dec. 31, down from a peak of 92% in January, and 50% in May. <\/p>\n In fact, punters are pricing in less than a 15% chance of Bitcoin hitting $90,000 this year, and only a 31% chance of it topping $80,000. <\/p>\n Markets are betting heavily on the downside, with a 76% chance that Bitcoin falls below $60,000. About $53.75 million has been wagered on the outcome. <\/p>\n Read Also:Anthony Scaramucci Says Trump ‘Acts Like a Fascist,’ Warns US Is ‘Very Close to Breaking the System’<\/a> <\/p>\n Scaramucci Stays Bullish for the Long Haul <\/p>\n Even as Bitcoin endures a prolonged bear market, forecasts surrounding its price action have intensified <\/p>\n SkyBridge Capital founder\u00a0Anthony Scaramucci\u00a0said that Bitcoin is “going to grind for a while, but will eventually move back up over $100,000<\/a>. He, however, did not specify a timeframe. <\/p>\n Scaramucci argued that Bitcoin’s drawdown of roughly 55% is shallower than previous cycles, indicating that a larger base of net buyers is building positions ahead of the next bull phase. <\/p>\n Notably, Standard Chartered\u00a0also maintained its $100,000 year-end 2026 price target<\/a> for\u00a0Bitcoin\u00a0in a research note published last month. <\/p>\n Price Action: At the time of writing, BTC was exchanging hands at $64,336, up 0.43% over the last 24 hours, according to data from Benzinga Pro. <\/p>\n Read Also:Anthony Scaramucci Says He Was ‘Rolled in Broken Glass’ and Put Through a ‘Sausage Grinder’ After Being Fired by Trump: His One Rule for Bouncing Back<\/a> <\/p>\n Photo Courtesy: Al Teich On Shutterstock.com <\/p>\n This article Anthony Scaramucci Predicts Bitcoin Will Surpass $100,000, Standard Chartered Says 2026-End Target Remains on Track\u2014 But Crypto Punters Have This to Say<\/a> originally appeared on Benzinga.com<\/a> <\/p>\n \u00a9 2026 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Cryptocurrency…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21387],"tags":[44413,3408,44414,20677],"class_list":["post-106764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-standard-chartered","tag-anthony-scaramucci","tag-bitcoin","tag-skybridge-capital","tag-standard-chartered"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117122476414085995","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}