Binance co-founder CZ and ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood cryptocurrency One of the most well-known names in the world. About 26 hours before the Fed interest rate decision, BTC reached levels it had not seen in a long time and exceeded 94 thousand dollars. Of course, it is too early to be happy and it is not possible to say whether this will turn into a sales opportunity or not. So what do CZ and Wood have in store for next year?
2026 Cryptocurrency Predictions
If cryptocurrencies do not experience a major destruction next year, 4 years of Bitcoin 
$86,989.86 The cycle narrative will collapse. That’s a great thing because that’s why people sold aggressively in October and November. In other words, they were expecting a collapse just like 2021 and previous boom years. Bitcoin has remained strong so far, indicating that the cycle will not continue as usual.
ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood recently spoke to Fox Business and talked about just that. Fear of the cycle is what I’ve been writing about for months, and Wood says the same thing. He too believes that the usual cycle story is over.
of Bitcoin He said that he had hit the bottom a few weeks ago and that he would no longer experience major devastations ranging from 75% to 90% as before. In other words, as volatility stabilizes, the usual bear markets are left behind and cryptocurrencies may rise strongly again next year.
So what does CZ say? He talks about similar things and even predicts a super cycle in 2026. In other words, he says that the historical first and second year of rise will begin, which will make those who sold in October and November regret it and trample the 4-year cycle story.
These in 2022 Celsius and 3AC bosses said it too, but in those days there was no institutional mine, no big crypto DATs, spot ETFs, Trump’s supportive cryptocurrency policy, Tokenization craze, etc. There is today.
Bank of America Forecasts
At the time of writing, the Fed’s interest rate decision was less than 26 hours away, and everyone expects the institution to reduce interest rates to 3.50%-3.75%. Bank of America anticipates an additional move. They foresee a rapid start to QE, that is, a strong monetary expansion scenario. Bank analysts, who predict ~$45 billion monthly short-term Treasury bond purchases to protect bank reserves and prevent liquidity problems, said that with MBS reinvestments, total bond purchases could reach ~$60 billion monthly.
This technically means “Reserve Management Purchases”, that is, it is not monetary expansion, their purpose is not to maintain the functioning of money markets or to revive loans, but it can also be seen as monetary expansion since it opens the door to that path.
So what does Nick Timiraos say? Whatever this name says before the Fed meetings, that’s why his opinions are important. He wrote:
“PowellWill he be able to build enough consensus to minimize opposition to the same two members who opposed the 25 basis point cut last time?
How many policymakers will show “soft” opposition through year-end policy rates in quarterly forecasts (last year, there was one official opposition, but four policymakers wrote a year-end rate above the rates officials set at that meeting)
“How will expectations for a January rate cut be determined, that is, how strong and convincing can hawkish signals be ahead of two meetings worth of data that may or may not reshape the outlook?”
We will focus on these tomorrow. You will be able to follow all the latest details, including the Fed’s statements and Powell’s speech, on .
