{"id":590878,"date":"2026-04-28T15:53:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/can-bitcoin-hit-250k-this-year-traders-say-it-may-be-time-to-sell-in-may\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:53:03","slug":"can-bitcoin-hit-250k-this-year-traders-say-it-may-be-time-to-sell-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/can-bitcoin-hit-250k-this-year-traders-say-it-may-be-time-to-sell-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Bitcoin hit $250K this year? Traders say it may be time to \u2018sell in May\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Can<\/p>\n

Veteran trader Peter Brandt and other analysts question the $250,000 Bitcoin target, warning the current bear phase may not be over.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading roughly 40% below its October 2025 record high near $126,000 despite its ongoing recovery.<\/p>\n

Still, some of the cryptocurrency’s loudest bulls, including billionaire investor Tim Draper and Fundstrat\u2019s co-founder Tom Lee, have not backed down from their $250,000 year-end prediction, a target that would require more than a threefold rally from current levels.<\/p>\n

Is that realistic, or is Bitcoin\u2019s latest drawdown a warning that the cycle has already peaked?<\/p>\n

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Veteran trader Peter Brandt and other analysts question the $250,000 Bitcoin target, warning the current bear phase may not be over. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading roughly 40% below its October 2025 record high near $126,000 despite its ongoing recovery. Still, some of the cryptocurrency’s loudest bulls, including billionaire investor Tim Draper and Fundstrat\u2019s co-founder Tom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":590879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-590878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}