{"id":87199,"date":"2026-04-28T04:31:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=87199"},"modified":"2026-04-28T04:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:31:35","slug":"peter-brandt-says-those-who-predict-bitcoin-at-250000-need-to-stop-with-the-mushrooms-as-arthur-hayes-slashes-year-end-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=87199","title":{"rendered":"Peter Brandt Says Those Who Predict Bitcoin At $250,000 &#8216;Need To Stop With The Mushrooms&#8217; As Arthur Hayes Slashes Year-End Forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Veteran trader <strong>Peter Brandt<\/strong> on Monday urged <strong>Bitcoin <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) bulls who are predicting $250,000 in 2026 to tone down the hype and focus on more realistic price targets.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No Bullish Bottoming Pattern Yet<\/h2>\n<p>Brandt, a technical analyst with nearly 50 years of experience, attached a daily chart on X, showing Bitcoin trading in a defined channel pattern since late 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile it does not preclude further price gains, it is NOT a bullish bottoming pattern,\u201d Brandt stated. \u201cThose of you predicting $250,000 in 2026 need to stop with the mushrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bitcoiners<br \/>Those of you predicting $250,000 in 2026 need to stop with the mushrooms<br \/>This is called a channel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a><br \/>While it does not preclude further price gains, it is NOT a bullish bottoming pattern<br \/>The Factor Report reports on classical chart analysis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6nRit1xsVp\">https:\/\/t.co\/6nRit1xsVp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ApMM46KFla\">pic.twitter.com\/ApMM46KFla<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Factor Report (@PeterLBrandt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterLBrandt\/status\/2048911025471467817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Last &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/52083630\/peter-brandt-blasts-bitcoin-250k-predictions-arthur-hayes-cuts-forecast-criticism?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Peter\" brandt says those who predict bitcoin at to stop with the mushrooms as arthur hayes slashes year-end forecast>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran trader Peter Brandt on Monday urged Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) bulls who are predicting $250,000 in 2026 to tone down the hype and focus on more realistic price targets. No Bullish Bottoming Pattern Yet Brandt, a technical analyst with nearly 50 years of experience, attached a daily chart on X, showing Bitcoin trading in a [&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-87199","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\/87199","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=87199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}