Jan3 founder Samson Mo predicts billionaire investor and Tesla CEO Elon Musk will actively enter Bitcoin in 2026.
That is one in all Mow’s 5 daring Bitcoin (BTC) predictions for 2026, revealed in a yr the place a number of Bitcoin predictions by distinguished crypto executives have been off the mark.
“@elonmusk is obsessed with BTC,” Mo mentioned in an X put up on Saturday.
Musk has lengthy expressed assist for cryptocurrencies, however he has expressed considerations about Bitcoin’s environmental dangers. Tesla stopped accepting Bitcoin funds in Might 2021 because of environmental considerations. The next yr, in July 2022, the electrical automobile maker revealed that it had bought 75% of its Bitcoin holdings.
Mo says Bitcoin may attain seven-digit territory by 2026
In response to CoinMarketCap, Mo, who’s accustomed to being optimistic about Bitcoin worth targets, expects the value of Bitcoin to achieve $1.33 million in 2026, which is about 1,367% from the present worth of $90,596.
Moe instructed Journal in June 2025 that Bitcoin may attain $1 million in 2025, and even in 2026. “(It is) a given at this level. Possibly this yr, possibly subsequent yr.”
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Moe beforehand pointed to the introduction of nation-states as a key catalyst that would trigger an exponential rise in Bitcoin costs. In September 2025, Mo mentioned that increasingly international locations are making ready to develop the adoption of Bitcoin. “I feel we’re at a gradual finish stage, however I additionally assume we’re at an abrupt starting stage.”
Nevertheless, he’s much less targeted on trying again at his 2025 predictions.
On Saturday, Mo answered an X consumer’s query, “What number of predictions for 2025 have been appropriate?” “Let’s cease dwelling on the previous,” he says.
“By no means look again, simply look ahead,” he mentioned.
Different executives are extra conservative.
Different crypto business executives don’t anticipate such massive beneficial properties for Bitcoin over the following 12 months.
On December 28, Bitwise CIO Matt Hogan mentioned that whereas an upward development is predicted, there’s nothing particular. “I feel we’re striving for sturdy returns over a 10-year interval. Not nice returns, however ()sturdy returns, decrease volatility, some ups and downs.”
It follows a number of distinguished crypto executives whose daring Bitcoin worth predictions from the earlier yr did not come true.
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BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes and BitMine chairman Tom Lee predicted that Bitcoin would attain $250,000 by the tip of 2025, regardless that it was buying and selling at about half that stage in October, after it reached an all-time excessive of $125,100.
Mo additionally predicted that Michael Saylor Technique (MSTR) inventory would attain $5,000, a rise of roughly 3,084% from the present $157.
He predicts that Bitcoin will “outperform metals” shortly after gold and silver hit file highs of $4,549 and $83 in December. He additionally mentioned that “not less than one nation” will subject Bitcoin bonds.
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