{"id":71585,"date":"2026-02-09T16:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=71585"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:17:07","slug":"bitcoin-to-hit-150000-in-2026-since-nothing-blew-up-bernstein-argues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=71585","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin To Hit $150,000 In 2026 Since &#8216;Nothing Blew Up,&#8217; Bernstein Argues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Bernstein reiterated its $150,000 <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) price target for 2026, calling the current downturn the \u201cweakest bear case\u201d in the asset\u2019s history and arguing the 50% crash reflects a confidence crisis rather than structural damage.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Weakest Bear Case Ever<\/h3>\n<p>Bernstein analysts led by Gautam Chhugani said this downturn is unlike previous Bitcoin crashes because nothing actually failed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/389003\/weakest-bitcoin-bear-case-in-history-bernstein-reiterates-150000-price-target\">according<\/a> to the Block.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing blew up, no skeletons will unravel,\u201d they wrote. \u201cWhen all stars are aligned, the Bitcoin community manufactures a self-imposed crisis of confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What makes this different: A pro-Bitcoin U.S. president is in office, Bitcoin ETFs are trading successfully, major companies are buying Bitcoin for their balance sheets, and large asset managers remain involved. None of this existed during previous crashes.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Addressing Bear Arguments<\/h3>\n<p>On Bitcoin underperforming <strong>gold<\/strong>, Bernstein argued Bitcoin continues trading primarily as a liquidity-sensitive risk asset rather than &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/02\/50484199\/bitcoin-to-hit-150000-in-2026-since-nothing-blew-up-bernstein-argues?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" to hit in since blew up bernstein argues>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bernstein reiterated its $150,000 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) price target for 2026, calling the current downturn the \u201cweakest bear case\u201d in the asset\u2019s history and arguing the 50% crash reflects a confidence crisis rather than structural damage. The Weakest Bear Case Ever Bernstein analysts led by Gautam Chhugani said this downturn is unlike previous Bitcoin crashes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-71585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}