Recently, I’ve been watching institutional forecast reports and my mood is almost collapsing—Standard Chartered Bank predicts $150,000, JPMorgan Chase is aiming for $170,000, Ripple CEO is more aggressively betting on $180,000, and then Bloomberg analyst Mike McGlone threw a killer punch, saying that in extreme cases, it could drop to $10,000. I almost fell off my chair. This isn’t a prediction at all, it’s basically a gamble.

The problem isn’t the variety of opinions, but that you simply can’t quickly tell—who is speaking based on data, and who is creating conflict for traffic?

I remembered that there are some tools in the market that aggregate data like institutional holdings and market sentiment, which can help you see the true long and short landscape clearly. After using them, I realized that behind these seemingly contradictory forecasts, they actually reflect the same market reality—2026 will not be a simple one-way trend.

The bullish group is betting on continuous inflows into spot ETFs and the implementation of regulatory policies; the bearish group is betting on cyclical adjustments after the positive news has been digested; the neutral group is waiting for more definitive trend signals after volatility converges. These three voices sound opposed, but each has its own logic.

This means that the real profit opportunity isn’t in guessing the direction of the rise or fall, but in seizing the trading window brought by high volatility itself. Whether BTC ultimately surges to $250,000 or retraces to $60,000, maintaining high volatility in 2026 is almost certain—and this has become a predictable certainty.