Jan3 founder Samson Mow anticipates billionaire investor and Tesla CEO Elon Musk will aggressively transfer into Bitcoin in 2026.
It was one in every of 5 daring Bitcoin (BTC) predictions from Mow for 2026, coming off a 12 months the place a number of Bitcoin forecasts from distinguished crypto executives missed the mark.
“@elonmusk goes exhausting into BTC,” Mow stated in an X put up on Saturday.
Musk has proven his assist for cryptocurrency through the years, however has raised considerations round Bitcoin’s environmental dangers. Tesla stopped taking Bitcoin funds in Could 2021 resulting from environmental considerations. The next 12 months, in July 2022, the electrical car producer revealed that it had offered 75% of its Bitcoin holdings.
Bitcoin might attain seven-figure territory in 2026, says Mow
Mow, who isn’t any stranger to optimistic Bitcoin worth targets, additionally predicted that Bitcoin’s worth will attain $1.33 million in 2026, which is round 1,367% from its present worth of $90,596, in response to CoinMarketCap.
Mow informed Journal in June 2025 that Bitcoin might attain $1 million throughout 2025, or if not, 2026. “[It] is a given at this level, perhaps this 12 months, perhaps subsequent 12 months.”
Mow has beforehand pointed to nation-state adoption as a significant catalyst that might set off an exponential surge in Bitcoin’s worth. In September 2025, Mow stated that an growing variety of nations are making ready to ramp up Bitcoin adoption. “I feel we’re on the tail finish of progressively, and we’re at the start phases of all of a sudden.”
He isn’t too targeted on reflecting on his 2025 predictions, nevertheless.
Mow responded to an X person on Saturday who requested, “What number of of your 2025 predictions did you hit?” by saying, “Let’s not dwell on the previous.”
“By no means look again. Solely ahead,” he stated.
Different executives are extra conservative
Different crypto executives should not anticipating such outsize returns for Bitcoin over the subsequent 12 months.
On Dec. 28, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan stated he anticipates an upward development, however nothing extraordinary. “I feel we’re in a 10-year grind upward of sturdy returns. It’s not spectacular returns, [but] sturdy returns, decrease volatility, some up and down.”
It follows a number of high-profile crypto executives whose daring Bitcoin worth predictions within the earlier 12 months didn’t materialize.
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BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes and BitMine chair Tom Lee predicted Bitcoin would attain $250,000 by the tip of 2025, at the same time as lately as October, when the cryptocurrency was buying and selling at round half that stage, after reaching an all-time excessive of $125,100.
Mow additionally predicted that the inventory worth of Michael Saylor’s Technique (MSTR) would attain $5,000, an approximate 3,084% enhance from its present worth of $157.
He predicts Bitcoin will “outperform metals,” coming simply after gold and silver hit document highs of $4,549 and $83 in December. He additionally stated that “at the very least one nation” will launch a Bitcoin bond.
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