Peter Schiff has renewed his critique of Bitcoin as Tom Lee of Fundstrat pushes a headline-grabbing $200,000 price target for the cryptocurrency.

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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 Bitcoin.

Schiff 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 him.

Permabull @fundstrat forecast Bitcoin will hit $200K by year-end, as Bitcoin is sensitive to Fed rate cuts. He said the Fed’s two-month pause is why Bitcoin hasn’t rallied over that time period. But 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 optimistic. He has argued that the influx of institutional investors gives Bitcoin new “counter-cyclical characteristics,” and that bigger players could push prices much higher over time.

Based on reports, Lee blames the recent underperformance on the Fed and keeps the $200,000 figure in public view. His stance continues to make him one of Wall Street’s best-known permabulls – persons who maintain a perpetually optimistic outlook.

Market Odds And Traders’ View

Polymarket users appear unconvinced by Lee’s timetable. At press time, markets show an 8% chance of Bitcoin reaching $200k this year.

The same markets place roughly an 8% chance on Bitcoin dropping below $70,000 by the end of 2025. Those odds suggest bettors are split and that headline targets are being treated with skepticism.

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Schiff has also pointed to longer-term measurements. He noted that Bitcoin is down 16% against gold over the past four years, even though the cryptocurrency has posted strong gains versus the US dollar in that span.

He warned that when “more air” comes out of the Bitcoin bubble, the four-year returns may look weak. The idea that the old four-year cycle tied to halvings may be fading was raised by other analysts in recent commentary, and that debate is ongoing.

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What Comes Next For Bitcoin

Schiff went further by saying Bitcoin is more likely to sink below $100k than to reach $200k, putting a cautious spin on the outlook.

This view makes clear where Schiff stands: he treats gold’s rally as a forward signal about future policy and believes Bitcoin’s lag is not a short-term quirk but a structural concern.

Lee’s counter is that institutional flows could change how Bitcoin moves over time.

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Crypto analyst Costa has made an ultra-bullish prediction for the XRP price, stating that it could reach $473,214. He explained that such a massive price surge could happen thanks to tokenization on the XRP Ledger (XRPL).

XRP Price To Reach $473,214 If This Happens

In an X post, Costa predicted that the XRP price would reach $473,214 if 10% of global assets got tokenized onto the XRPL. This followed Ripple’s statement that 10% of global assets are expected to be tokenized by 2030. The analyst expects these assets, which amount to $50 trillion, to be tokenized on the XRP Ledger. 

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Costa declared that the amount of inflows and utility will most definitely cause the XRP price to skyrocket. He also noted that a potential supply shock will push the altcoin higher. Meanwhile, the analyst alluded to a market cap multiplier to explain how the price increase will happen. He stated that for every 10 billion of inflows, XRP will increase by 516x, moving the altcoin’s market cap to $5.3 trillion. 

Costa then broke down the calculation for how the XRP price would reach $473,214. He divided $50 trillion, which represents 10% of the global assets, by $10 billion, which is the amount he projects as the inflows. The division amounted to $5,000, which he then multiplied by the projected $5.3 trillion market cap, leading to $26.5 quadrillion. 

The analyst noted that dividing the current supply by this will result in an XRP price of $473,000. However, Costa admitted that these projections are simply hypothetical and that there is no 100% guarantee of 10% of the global assets being tokenized on the XRP Ledger. 

XRP Still Expected To Rise Higher

The XRP price is currently on a downtrend, but is still expected to witness a bullish reversal and reach new highs. Crypto analyst Matthew Dixon noted that the price is expected to surge soon above the highs previously recorded this year. He noted XRP’s pattern is currently corrective and should resolve higher, especially with the softening of monetary policy. 

The Fed is expected to make a 25-basis-point (bps) rate cut at the next FOMC meeting, which is bullish for the XRP price. This could inject more liquidity into the altcoin’s ecosystem and serve as the catalyst for the next leg up. Crypto analyst Egrag Crypto predicted that the XRP price could rally to as high as $6 soon enough. However, he warned that the altcoin needs to hold above its current range as it prepares for this major breakout. 

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At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $2.81, down in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

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Market analyst Barri C has laid out what he believes will be the emotional journey of investors as XRP moves through major price milestones. His prediction is not on traditional tools like charts, candlestick patterns, or complex technical indicators. According to him, investors will go from laughing at the digital asset to feeling panic and then chasing it in fear of missing out. In the early stages, people often dismiss cryptocurrencies, claiming they have no real value. But as time passes and the XRP price climbs, that attitude will shift into doubt, regret, and finally desperation to buy in at any cost. 

Barri C: XRP Investors Will Laugh, Doubt, And Panic At $4, $10, And $100

Barri C says the first stage of investor reaction begins at $4. At this level, many people will mock XRP. They will joke about it being a “shit coin” and point out that the price has reached this level before. In their eyes, this is not a milestone worth noticing, so they laugh it off.

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The mood changes when XRP hits $10. Even though it is only a small step higher, it feels more serious because the number now has two digits. People begin to feel uneasy, but they still hold on to the belief that the coin will crash again. They convince themselves they will be able to repurchase it at a cheaper price later.

The real shock, according to Barri C, comes when XRP reaches the $100 mark. At this point, a wave of realization hits investors who had dismissed or underestimated the token for years, as they suddenly recognize the scale of the opportunity they passed up. Panic begins to spread across the market as latecomers scramble to get in, while early critics are with deep regret for not taking action sooner, watching the price climb beyond what once seemed impossible.

Why $1,000 XRP Could Trigger Mass Adoption

According to Barri C, the most dramatic stage comes when XRP reaches $1,000. At this point, the fear of missing out, often called FOMO, takes control of the market. Everyone, from regular people to long-time critics, will feel desperate to own some XRP.

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Even a fraction of a single coin will be as valuable. The demand will rise quickly as people rush in, not wanting to be left behind. For many, it will no longer matter how high the price has gone. The only thought will be to buy before it climbs even more.

Barri C adds that this stage is also when XRP could be more than just a cryptocurrency, evolving into the backbone of a new global financial system that supports cross-border payments and institutional transactions. The mix of FOMO and belief in its role in finance would push people from all sides, from supporters, skeptics, and even haters, to grab a share.

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BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes has expressed optimism about Ethereum’s price trajectory, predicting that the world’s second-largest crypto would hit $20,000.

In a recent interview, Hayes said that he has bought back some of the ETH sold. “The chart says it’s going higher, so you can’t fight the market.”

“I think ETH goes $10,000 to $20,000 before the end of the cycle,” he said. “Once it’s broken through, then you know there’s a gap of air to the upside.”

Comparing between ETH and Solana (SOL), he currently overweights on ETH, indicating a strong preference for Ethereum in his current investment strategy.

“My base case is we are going to have a massive bull market and all types of financial assets connected to anything that President Trump believes is important now.”

Last week, Hayes bought $8.4 million in ETH, accumulating 1,500 ETH, alongside substantial positions in blue-chip DeFi tokens, including LDO, ETHFI, and PENDLE.

Ethereum Would Outperform Solana in Bull Run: Arthur Hayes

When asked about Hayes’s preference between the rise in Solana and Ethereum prices now and the end of the cycle, he said both assets would show a bullish trajectory.

“They are both going to go up, but the question is which asset could go up more,” he noted.

He said that Solana would probably not surpass Ethereum in the bull run, but said that it would be a “bigger asset move.”

Is ETH Breakout Imminent?

Ethereum fell 0.64% in the past 24 hours to $4,289, per CoinMarketCap data. The token has slightly bounced back and is seen trading at $4,306 at press time.

However, the significant demand for a spot ETH ETF, along with massive institutional inflows, including companies like Bitmine and Sharplink Gaming acquiring over 2 million ETH since June, has contributed to the recent surge in ETH prices.

The crypto has surged over 15% over the last 30 days, hitting a local high of $4,700 last week and inching closer to an all-time high.

The crypto billionaire’s $20k call isn’t wild if macro and ETF demand align. For now, the crypto community is keeping a close eye on Hayes’ wallet activity, particularly as more capital flows into mid-cap Ethereum ecosystem tokens.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott reportedly predicts that 12 to 18 Democrats will support comprehensive crypto market structure legislation.

According to Aug. 19 reports, Scott is conducting individual meetings with Democratic members, including those outside the Banking Committee, to build bipartisan backing for the anticipated September bill introduction.

The South Carolina Republican’s outreach efforts follow the House passage of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on July 17, which received support from 78 Democrats in a 294-134 vote.

The House legislation establishes jurisdictional boundaries between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission while creating registration pathways for qualifying digital asset platforms.

Scott released a discussion draft of the Responsible Financial Innovation Act of 2025 on July 22 alongside Senators Cynthia Lummis, Bill Hagerty, and Bernie Moreno.

The Senate proposal builds upon the House CLARITY Act by introducing ancillary asset definitions, modernized disclosure requirements, and banking provisions that allow financial holding companies to offer digital asset services.

Regulatory framework development

The CLARITY Act directs SEC and CFTC coordination through joint registration processes for platforms listing tokens that meet functional decentralization tests and public float requirements.

Qualifying networks fall outside the securities law scope once they achieve sufficient decentralization metrics.

The legislation establishes token disclosure requirements scaling with market capitalization tiers while requiring issuers conducting US sales to submit initial information statements.

Banking supervisors receive instruction to recognize qualified custodians managing both stablecoins and digital assets under unified segregation and audit standards.

The framework creates coordinated custody requirements for platforms operating spot and derivatives trading under shared regulatory oversight between the two primary federal agencies.

The Senate discussion draft expands these provisions through ancillary asset classifications covering digital tokens that avoid securities designation.

Regulation DA would exempt certain ancillary asset sales from registration requirements for annual proceeds under $75 million, capped over four-year periods.

The proposal refined investment contract definitions under federal law while establishing pre- and post-launch transparency requirements for digital asset issuers.

Senator Lummis emphasized the urgency of regulatory clarity to prevent American innovation migration overseas, stating the legislation will establish clear distinctions between digital asset securities and commodities while modernizing regulatory frameworks.

Senator Hagerty noted that outdated laws and regulatory uncertainty have hindered innovation and left consumers without adequate protections.

Lastly, the Banking Committee issued a Request for Information covering more than 35 topics to support rulemaking processes, with public comments informing final legislation development.

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Bitcoin and Ethereum prices began to rally over the weekend, and interestingly, ETH was able to beat the $4,000 level for the first time in eight months. Bitcoin also recovered from its crash below $113,000 the previous week, taking the rest of the crypto market with it. Naturally, the reversal to bullish sentiment has brought investors out of the woodwork, with predictions now circling for where both Bitcoin and Ethereum prices are headed.

Bitcoin To $150,000 And Ethereum To $8,000

Ex-Wall Street trader Vivek Raman has shared a prediction that has reignited hope once again in crypto investors. This comes after a notable weekend rally and the possibility of Bitcoin and Ethereum reaching brand-new all-time highs soon. Despite this already impressive rally, Raman does not believe that the move is over, sharing a near-term prediction for both cryptocurrencies.

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In the post, the pundit uses the ETHBTC chart, which has been on fire lately, to predict where both digital assets are headed next. Raman was responding to another crypto analyst, Pentoshi, who believes the ETHBTC chart was headed to 0.055 after moving above 0.036.

Breaking this down, Raman explains that reaching this level would mean that the Ethereum price would be at $8,250 per coin, pushing it to a $1 trillion market cap. Amid this, he believes that the Bitcoin price could hit as high as $150,000 in the near term, making the likelihood of ETH touching $8,000 higher.

The push for Ethereum to hit $8,000 comes amid ETH treasury companies gaining ground recently. Raman suggests that investors could rotate from Bitcoin treasury companies into ETH, triggering a Wall Street run on Ethereum.

Looking at the longer timeframe, Raman forecasts that the Bitcoin price could hit as high as $250,000. At the same time, the Ethereum price is expected to hit $25,000, which would put the ETH market cap at a whopping $3 trillion market cap while Bitcoin moves in on a $10 trillion market cap.

BTC And ETH Getting Big Predictions

Raman is not the only crypto pundit who has shared major predictions for the Bitcoin and Ethereum prices recently. According to a report from Bitcoinist, another analyst Fapital has shared where they expect both Bitcoin and Ethereum to be by 2032.

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Fapital puts the Bitcoin price as high as $889,969, with Ethereum as high as $28,000 during this time. While both predictions span between shorter and longer timeframes, there is a similarity in the exception that the Ethereum price will eventually cross the $20,000 target.

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With Bitcoin chasing a new all-time high (ATH) in the early hours today UTC (it peaked at $122,227), Anthropic’s Claude AI predicts the price of several major altcoins will multiply in the coming months, and may give crypto fans a good Christmas.

In a major policy move, Trump last month signed the GENIUS Act to federally regulate stablecoins, ensuring they have adequate reserves. And in recent days, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unveiled Project Crypto, a sweeping proposal to modernize securities regulations for the digital asset era.

Both signs that President Trump may finally be ready to deliver on his promise to make the U.S. the global leader in crypto innovation.

So, sentiment is turning increasingly optimistic, and investors are awaiting the catalyst. Some analysts now suggest the next rally could surpass the peaks of 2021. According to Claude AI, these three altcoins could be among the biggest beneficiaries.

XRP (Ripple): Claude AI Predicts More than 200% Upside by End-2025

Firstly, Claude AI predicts that Ripple’s XRP ($XRP) could climb to roughly $10 by the final quarter of 2025, tripling from its current value of about $3.20.

The forecast follows a strong run in recent months. On July 18, XRP reached $3.65, setting a new record above its 2018 high before pulling back about 12%. Even so, it remains up 14% in the past month, outperforming both Bitcoin’s meagre 2% rise, along with many other large-cap tokens.

Designed for rapid, low-cost cross-border settlements, XRP was recognized by the UN Capital Development Fund in 2024 as a high-quality international payments solution, cementing its role in the global remittance space.

Ripple’s prolonged legal dispute with the SEC officially ended this year after the regulator dropped its case. This followed a 2023 ruling that retail XRP sales were not securities, seen as a decisive win for not just Ripple, but the whole industry, which had long been victim of heavy-handed enforcement actions by the previous SEC administration.

Claude AI suggests that if XRP retests and clears its all-time high, it could move all the way up to $10 especially if geopolitical and macroeconomic headwinds ease.

Technical readings show the Relative Strength Index (RSI) cooling from climbing up from 56, indicating buying momentum. Over the last year, XRP has rallied 455%, far exceeding Bitcoin’s 98% gains.

Dogecoin ($DOGE): Original Meme Coin Still Packing Momentum

First launched in 2013 as a joke, Dogecoin ($DOGE) has grown into one of the largest cryptocurrencies, with a market cap above $34.6 billion, supported by its meme-powered community and expanding payment utility.

Although DOGE often tracks Bitcoin’s movements, its loyal following and high liquidity have allowed it to endure multiple market cycles. Now trading near $0.2302, the token is up 19% over the past month and showing resilience after its latest rally.

Its RSI has cooled from a July peak of 80 to around 53, yet remains in an uptrend as buyers re-enter. Intraweek gains have added 13%, keeping pace with broader meme coin and crypto momentum, with the sector now worth $78.9 billion, nearly half of which is Dogecoin itself.

Chart patterns show a falling wedge from November to April, often linked to bullish reversals. Claude AI’s high-end scenario has DOGE reaching $1.00 by year-end, which would be over 4× its current price. The dollar mark is also a key target for the “Doge Army” and thus forms a part of its lore as a meme coin.

Adoption continues to grow, with Tesla accepting DOGE for select products and payment platforms like PayPal and Revolut supporting transfers.

Solana ($SOL): ETF Rumors and Breakout Patterns Fuel Claude AI to Predict New ATH

Solana ($SOL) has strengthened its foothold in the smart contract space, now capitalizing more than $96.6 billion of the market, with both institutional investors and developers expanding their involvement.

Speculation about a U.S.-approved Solana spot ETF has been a key driver of its recent gains, and could easily mirror the impact we’ve seen with Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF approvals, opening the floodgates to institutional investment from TradFi actors.

Additional buzz has come from President Trump’s social media site, where he tweeted a proposal, suggesting Solana could go in the U.S. national Bitcoin reserve as a hold-only asset that the government can keep on its books from law enforcement seizures.

On the charts, SOL has broken out from a long-term downtrend. After hitting $250 in January and dropping to $100 in April, it has rebounded to $180. A descending wedge breakout has analysts eyeing a parabolic move. Claude AI estimates a year-end 2025 target of $300, a little under double current prices and higher than SOL’s ATH of $293.31 set in mid-January this year.

With the help of US lawmakers, however, Solana could even exceed Claude’s prediction. Regulatory clarity will be vital as Solana’s presence in institutional portfolios grows.

Maxi Doge Presale Blasts Past $500K—Next Big Meme Play?

For traders seeking higher-risk, higher-reward meme coin opportunities, the presale market remains active. One newcomer, Maxi Doge (MAXI), has already raised more than $684,000 just days after launch.

The ERC-20 token centers on community building, with plans for active Telegram and Discord groups, trading contests, and collaborations to expand reach.

A quarter of its 150.24 billion total supply is earmarked for the “Maxi Fund,” focused on partnerships and marketing. Holders will also be able to stake MAXI for passive income of 411% APY, although this goes down as the number of participants goes up.

The presale price stands at $0.000251, with an increase set to take place in under 48 hours. Interested buyers can participate through the Maxi Doge website using wallets like MetaMask or Best Wallet.

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In an August 10 video entitled “ETH Price Prediction for 2025 (Using AI) – You Are Not Bully enough,” Crypto Analyst Miles Deutscher said Ethereum’s latest breakout has shifted the market beyond “a very important level in the $4,000 zone” to what is considered a structurally strong advance towards a new, outstanding high. “We actually concluded every day,” he pointed out, adding that weekly closures over the same area “has not been closed every week since November 2021” — underscoring the importance of the movement. In the Deutscher framework, nearby it is “a much bigger run confirmation.”

How expensive is Ethereum?

Deutscher centered on analytics on a simple question (how high Ethereum is) and answered it with a fusion of technical context and model-driven probability. Before calling out the AI, he sketched the “eye test” pass, where price discoveries “develop well in this range here between $6,000 and $8,000.”

He even came up with a benchmark in the direction of “I think the price forecast will be $7,000.” To that end, he ran two large language models on a shared input set, and sought odds for a specific price range by the end of 2025.

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He said the 2025 peak probability of the first model favored continuance. He won $6K by clearing his previous highs around 4.7k, over 60%, over 5K, and around 30%, earning $6K to reach $6K and breaking over $7.5K, and backing about 30% chance to reach $6K to tag 10K this year.

When I enlarge the window until 2026, these odds are essentially raised, with him having confidence from 4.7k to 5k to 5k, about 40% at 6K, about 40% at $7.5k, and an untrivial tail, “In addition to 10k, you get an 18% chance.”

Performing the same exercises on Grok created a more aggressive outline. As Deutscher relayed it, Grok’s “base case could be $10,000.” The $8,000-$15,000 band was in the plausible cycle top range.

He explicitly cited the model’s technical guardrail. “The break above $4,800 marks the new all-time best chase. A break below $3,800 could potentially invalidate bullish papers.” In contrast, his own trade nullification has been strained by the trend, warning that “if Ethereum falls under the daily money noodles, it’s now something like $3,400, structurally, it could start to invalidate bullish moves, at least in the short term, at least in the short term.”

Etheric counter winds

The projection stack is on the macro-to-micro chain of tailwind, which Duteshire claims to be more directly supportive than his previous cycle. He consistently cited positive ETF flows – “We’ll be getting around $17 billion over the last 60 days, $11 billion in July alone,” particularly towing to the etheric side.

He surrounded the recent US policy procedures as a short-term acceleration in on-chain finance, saying that the genius act revealed a series of cryptocurrency treatments and “regulates some of the major stable coins,” thereby expanding the opening for facility yield strategies and tokenization. In his view, these are growth funnels that are particularly Ethereum-centric, as “Ethereum is the largest blockchain that promotes asset tokenization and defi.”

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Deutscher also combined the flow discussion with observations of market structure: fresh height stability, price resilience marked with “selling… relatively short-lived”, and, if it continues, the turn of Bitcoin domination preceded by a wider alt rotation with the ETH of props.

He emphasized that this did not imply a straight line. Deutscher expects the cycle to vibrate through bitcoin strength, etheric catch-ups, and higher beta Alt expansions than a single monolithic “Altseseason.”

He lays a pencil in the second window that could be until 2026, and warns that “you don’t know what will happen” to match the political and financial calendar points, highlighting the need for a clear invalidation.

Still, the directional conclusion is not clear. The combination of structural influx, clarity of regulations on on-chain finance, and a shift in Ethereum’s technical regime has biased him upside down. “This is a difficult momentum to slow down from short to medium,” he said, adding that the true “FOMO” phase will only begin once ETH is price discovery above the $4,800 peak.

At the time of pressing, ETH traded for $4,303.

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Prominent analyst and Fundstrat managing partner Tom Lee believes the US stock market is gearing up for another huge upside burst.

In a new CNBC interview, Lee says conditions are now ripe for the Federal Reserve to start cutting rates after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revised down the job growth figures for June from 147,000 to 14,000.

“I think the data is just catching up to what we already know. The labor market has been soft, so I think it’s a positive setup because now the Fed has more ammunition to make a dovish pivot in the fall, and it’s not too late because we know the thing that they’re going to stimulate is the housing market…

So that is what strengthens the economy in 2026. So I think it’s quite a positive setup, we’re just consolidating, and then we make a bigger move higher.”

According to Lee, the Fed now needs to shift its focus from inflation to unemployment amid the softness in the labor market. He also notes that if the Fed removes housing market data from its calculations, inflation would be below 2%.

“I think when they look at their dual mandate, they’re probably drifting further from the employment metric now because the unemployment rate, if you use the existing participation rate before the [recent] report, it’s almost 5% now. 

So the Fed now has to be considering the risk of the jobs market going into a cycle of weakening.” 

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