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Key Insights: Wall Street firms revise down their Bitcoin price prediction. Bitcoin’s contrarian outcome after BOJ raises rates.Priced in or fake-out? Bitcoin exchange reserves regain downward trajectory after a slight uptick from 11 to 18 December. A major macroeconomic dynamic has undergone a major shift, with the BOJ raising rates just days after the U.S lowered rates. Analysts expect these changes to influence the investment landscape, especially for risk assets such as stocks and crypto, and it may already be happening. Institutional investors have already begun adjusting their Bitcoin price prediction to account for the recent economic changes. Recent reports revealed that Cathy Woods dropped her 2030 Bitcoin price prediction from $1.5 million to $1.2 million. Standard Chartered previously predicted that Bitcoin would rally to $300,000 in 2026, but the bank has lowered that prediction by half to $150,000. Citi reportedly slashed its 12-month Bitcoin price prediction from $181,000 to $143,000. This suggests the banks are less optimistic about Bitcoin’s long-term prospects based on macro liquidity conditions. Especially after the BOJ’s rate hike announcement this week. Bitcoin Price Prediction Remain Bullish The overall market prediction was that the BOJ would announce a rate hike. The Japanese central bank confirmed this on Friday, revealing it was raising rates by 25 basis points. Interestingly, the Bitcoin USD price chart experienced a rally on the same day that the BOJ announced the rate hike. A contrary outcome to the expected downside. BTC price traded above $88,000 at press time after recovering from below the $86,000 price tag on Thursday. Bitcoin Price Action | Source: TradingView The uptick aligned with the idea that the Bitcoin price downside in the last few months priced in the BOJ’s policy change. Some believe that the slight uptick on Friday suggests that some investors bought back after the…

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