Tom Lee Predicts $200K Bitcoin — Peter Schiff Isn’t Buying It

Peter Schiff has renewed his critique of Bitcoin as Tom Lee of Fundstrat pushes a headline-grabbing $200,000 price target for the ￰0￱ Reading: Why $50 XRP By December 2025 Isn’t ‘Hopium’ If ETFs Get Greenlight: Analyst According to reports, Lee says the market’s recent weakness is tied to the Federal Reserve’s reluctance to cut interest rates, while Schiff points to gold’s recent rally as a warning sign for ￰1￱ Points To Gold’s Rally In an X post, the gold bug Schiff highlighted that the yellow metal rose 10% over the last two months and reached a new high of $3,620. “Markets are forward-looking. That’s why gold is up 10% in advance of coming rate cuts,” he said, arguing that gold’s move shows traders expect easier policy ahead.

Bitcoin, he added, has not followed gold’s lead, and that gap worries ￰2￱ @fundstrat forecast Bitcoin will hit $200K by year-end, as Bitcoin is sensitive to Fed rate ￰3￱ said the Fed’s two-month pause is why Bitcoin hasn’t rallied over that time ￰4￱ gold rallied 10% during those two months, hitting a record $3,620 as he spoke. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) September 8, 2025 Lee’s $200,000 Call And His Explanation Tom Lee remains ￰5￱ has argued that the influx of institutional investors gives Bitcoin new “counter-cyclical characteristics,” and that bigger players could push prices much higher over ￰6￱ on reports, Lee blames the recent underperformance on the Fed and keeps the $200,000 figure in public ￰7￱ stance continues to make him one of Wall Street’s best-known permabulls – persons who maintain a perpetually optimistic ￰8￱ Odds And Traders’ View Polymarket users appear unconvinced by Lee’s ￰9￱ press time, markets show an 8% chance of Bitcoin reaching $200k this ￰10￱ same markets place roughly an 8% chance on Bitcoin dropping below $70,000 by the end of ￰11￱ odds suggest bettors are split and that headline targets are being treated with skepticism.