Bitcoin at $500,000! The Secret Wall Street Doesn’t Want You to Know!

Our Prediction: $500K in 2026 - Why Lost Coins and Institutional Hoarding Will Blow the Roof Off BTC

What if the Bitcoin price you see today is just the warm-up and the real number is about to shatter every record?

While the world marvels at Bitcoin’s new all-time high of $110,000 (May 2025), the truth is that even today’s record price is just a glimpse of its real potential - Bitcoin is undervalued!

According to leading analysts and market dynamics, (And us) Bitcoin should realistically be trading at $200,000–$250,000 right now, given the massive institutional inflows, ETF demand, and the ongoing supply squeeze.

But this is just the beginning: by 2026, we say Bitcoin’s value is primed to rocket past $500,000!

Why? Mainly because millions of “ghost coins” are lost forever, and financial giants like BlackRock and MicroStrategy are scooping up BTC like there’s no tomorrow - vowing never to sell.

The greatest supply shock in financial history is brewing, and if you’re not paying attention, you’ll miss the biggest wealth transfer of our generation.

5 Million Bitcoin Are Gone Forever – Scarcity on Steroids

Never even heard about ghost coins?

Well, did you know that over 5 million BTC - that’s one in every four Bitcoin ever mined - are lost, forgotten, or locked away for eternity?

Ledger’s research reveals these “ghost coins” will never hit the market:

- Satoshi Nakamoto’s 1.1 million BTC untouched since 2010 - Nairametrics

- Stefan Thomas’s $24B fortune locked in a hard drive - Investopedia

- Millions more lost to forgotten passwords, dead wallets, and tragic mistakes - Chainalysis

And many many more for sure. Every lost Bitcoin makes the remaining supply exponentially more valuable.

River Financial estimates the real maximum supply isn’t 21 million - it’s closer to 15-16 million.

BlackRock, MicroStrategy & ETFs: The $100 Billion Bitcoin Black Hole

Wall Street’s biggest players are swallowing Bitcoin at a record pace - and they’re not letting go:

- MicroStrategy owns 553,555 BTC (worth $61 billion) and vows to never sell - MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor says, "Never sell your Bitcoin."

- BlackRock’s ETF has amassed 573,869 BTC ($63 billion) and keeps buying - BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has become the second-largest holder of Bitcoin

- Total institutional holdings: Over 1.1 million BTC - more than 5% of all Bitcoin.

This isn’t just “HODLing” - It’s a permanent supply shock. ETFs and corporations are locking up coins faster than miners can create them.

The result? Relentless upward pressure on price.

The Math: $500,000 Is Closer Than You Think

Let’s break it down:

- Total Bitcoin mined: 19.87 million

- Lost forever: 5 million

- Institutional vaults: 1.5 million

- Actual circulating supply: 13.37 million BTC

If demand stays the same but supply drops by over a third, the price must skyrocket. Simple math.

But that’s just the floor and VanEck now publicly predict $200,000–$500,000 by 2026.

Cathie Wood of Ark Invest sees $1 million as a real possibility within five years.

And when ETFs are buying 10x more BTC daily than miners produce, the squeeze is only intensifying.

Why $500,000 in 2026 Isn’t Just Hype

- Ghost coins are vanishing from circulation every year

- ETFs and whales are locking up supply for the long haul

- Retail adoption is just getting started - "Crypto Is Still Early" Binance’s CZ

- Top analysts like Tom Lee and Arthur Hayes are calling for $500,000 within this cycle Changelly - Flitpay

Haters will say it’s already priced in. Maybe they’re right - maybe not. The future will decide who gets the last laugh.

/ BitJim, May 22 - 2025

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