Jan3 founder Samson Mo predicts billionaire investor and Tesla CEO Elon Musk will actively enter Bitcoin in 2026.
That is one in all Mow's 5 daring Bitcoin (BTC) predictions for 2026, revealed in a 12 months the place a number of Bitcoin predictions by outstanding crypto executives have been off the mark.
“@elonmusk is captivated with BTC,” Mo stated in an X put up on Saturday.
Musk has lengthy expressed help for cryptocurrencies, however he has expressed issues about Bitcoin's environmental dangers. Tesla stopped accepting Bitcoin funds in Might 2021 on account of environmental issues. The next 12 months, in July 2022, the electrical automotive maker revealed that it had bought 75% of its Bitcoin holdings.
Mo says Bitcoin might attain seven-digit territory by 2026
Based on CoinMarketCap, Mo, who’s accustomed to being optimistic about Bitcoin value targets, expects the value of Bitcoin to succeed in $1.33 million in 2026, which is about 1,367% from the present value of $90,596.
Moe instructed Journal in June 2025 that Bitcoin might attain $1 million in 2025, and even in 2026. “(It's) a given at this level. Perhaps this 12 months, perhaps subsequent 12 months.”
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Moe beforehand pointed to the introduction of nation-states as a key catalyst that would trigger an exponential rise in Bitcoin costs. In September 2025, Mo stated that increasingly nations are getting ready to increase the adoption of Bitcoin. “I feel we're at a gradual finish stage, however I additionally assume we're at an abrupt starting stage.”
Nevertheless, he’s much less centered on trying again at his 2025 predictions.
On Saturday, Mo answered an X consumer's query, “What number of predictions for 2025 have been right?” “Let's cease dwelling on the previous,” he says.
“By no means look again, simply look ahead,” he stated.
Different executives are extra conservative.
Different crypto trade executives don’t anticipate such massive positive aspects for Bitcoin over the subsequent 12 months.
On December 28, Bitwise CIO Matt Hogan stated that whereas an upward pattern is predicted, there may be nothing particular. “I feel we're striving for robust returns over a 10-year interval. Not nice returns, however ()robust returns, decrease volatility, some ups and downs.”
This follows a number of high-profile crypto executives whose daring predictions for the value of Bitcoin within the earlier 12 months didn’t come true.
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BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes and BitMine chairman Tom Lee predicted that Bitcoin would attain $250,000 by the top of 2025, regardless that it was buying and selling at about half that degree in October, after it reached an all-time excessive of $125,100.
Mo additionally predicted that Michael Saylor Technique (MSTR) inventory would attain $5,000, a rise of roughly 3,084% from the present $157.
He predicts that Bitcoin will “outperform metals” shortly after gold and silver hit report highs of $4,549 and $83 in December. He additionally stated that “a minimum of one nation” will difficulty Bitcoin bonds.
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