Standard Chartered analyst eyes $100K BTC as US Treasury doubles long-end buybacks
Bitcoin could be poised for a run toward $100,000 by year-end as the US Treasury ramps up support for the long end of the government bond market in an effort to rein in surging interest rates, according to Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick. In a recent client note shared with Cointelegraph, Kendrick said Bitcoin’s (BTC) key technical level is $65,500, with a break above that threshold potentially confirming that the cycle low is already in.
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- Fact 1: Bitcoin could be poised for a run toward $100,000 by year-end as the US Treasury ramps up support for the long end of the government bond market in an effort to rein in surging interest rates, according to Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick.
- Fact 2: In a recent client note shared with Cointelegraph, Kendrick said Bitcoin’s (BTC) key technical level is $65,500, with a break above that threshold potentially confirming that the cycle low is already in.
- Fact 3: “Investors should now be positioning for a move to USD $100,000 by year-end 2026,” he wrote.
- Fact 4: Treasury will increase the maximum size of buyback operations targeting 10- to 20-year and 20- to 30-year nominal coupon securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation.
Bitcoin could be poised for a run toward $100,000 by year-end as the US Treasury ramps up support for the long end of the government bond market in an effort to rein in surging interest rates, according to Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick. In a recent client note shared with Cointelegraph, Kendrick said Bitcoin’s (BTC) key technical level is $65,500, with a break above that threshold potentially confirming that the cycle low is already in.
“Investors should now be positioning for a move to USD $100,000 by year-end 2026,” he wrote. Beyond Bitcoin’s four-year cycle dynamics, which Kendrick said point to an imminent low, he highlighted Wednesday’s announcement from the Treasury Department that it will at least double the maximum size of certain liquidity-support buybacks for longer-dated government bonds. Treasury will increase the maximum size of buyback operations targeting 10- to 20-year and 20- to 30-year nominal coupon securities from $2 billion to at least $4 billion per operation.
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Original source: Cointelegraph — Bitcoin
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