$231K Bitcoin? Citibank Issues Bold Short-Term Crypto Prediction

Citibank has issued fresh 12-month price targets for Bitcoin and Ethereum, laying out a wide set of possible outcomes that range from steep drops to large ￰0￱ Reading: No Accident: The Powerful Factors Behind Bitcoin’s Late-September Rally According to the bank’s latest note, Bitcoin’s base case sits at $181,000, while a bearish scenario puts it at $82,000. A bullish run could push Bitcoin to $231,000 within a ￰1￱ Lays Out Wide Range Based on reports, Citi is avoiding a single forecast and instead gives three clear paths for ￰2￱ bank’s bearish mark of $82,000 represents a 31% fall from Bitcoin’s current quoted price of $120,314. The base case of $181,000 would be a 52% ￰3￱ the top end, Citi’s $231,000 figure is roughly 95% above today’s ￰4￱ are big ￰5￱ show how much uncertainty traders ￰6￱ introduces new 12-month price targets for digital assets: Bear Base Bull BTC $82k $181k $231k ETH $2k $5.4k $7.3k ￰7￱ — matthew sigel, recovering CFA (@matthew_sigel) October 2, 2025 Macro Forces, Institutional Demand Citi points to the US dollar and gold as key factors that could cap Bitcoin’s upside.

A stronger US dollar and weaker gold prices were noted as headwinds for crypto ￰8￱ the same time, the bank highlighted continued interest from large investors and more institutional flows as reasons Bitcoin could ￰9￱ note also compared these targets with Citi’s earlier year-end calls — $132,000 for Bitcoin and $4,500 for Ethereum — and said it extended the timeline to a 12-month horizon that runs to October ￰10￱ Reaction, Other Forecasts Reports have disclosed that over the last 24 hours Bitcoin was up 2% and Ethereum rose 2.10%. Other big-name forecasts were mentioned alongside Citi’s ￰11￱ Chartered and Fundstrat’s Tom Lee are among analysts saying Bitcoin could reach between $200,000 and $250,000 by the end of this ￰12￱ Lee has put forward a much higher figure for Ethereum, forecasting $15,000 for ETH — a number well above Citi’s most bullish ￰13￱ Reading: Fast And Furious: XRP’s Next Rally Predicted To Shock Markets Ethereum’s Path Less Clear?

According to Citi, Ethereum faces more ￰14￱ bank set a bear case for ETH at $2,000, a base target at $5,400, and a bullish number at $7,300. Those levels sit around a 65% rise from Ethereum’s current price of $4,480 in the best ￰15￱ explained that Ethereum’s ecosystem is still shifting, so it’s harder to predict how value will be shared across projects and staking participants. Citi’s range is both a warning and a ￰16￱ warns that prices can fall sharply — as shown by the $82,000 bear case for Bitcoin and $2,000 for Ethereum — but it also maps possible ￰17￱ image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView