May 22 marks the anniversary of that epic moment 15 years back when Laszlo Hanyecz forked out 10,000 BTC for two pizzas, making it the first real-world Bitcoin transaction.
At that time, those coins were valued at about 40 bucks. Fast forward to today and they would be sitting at over a billion bucks at Bitcoin's peak.
It's a crazy reminder of how far Bitcoin has traveled from a small experiment to a huge player in the global financial scene.
Yesterday was a blast, went to some crypto events, had pizza, and we chatted about where Bitcoin might be next year. Oh, and I saw that some exchanges are still running cool promos. Binance, Bitget, and Bybit were all celebrating.
At the event, someone asked me when I first got into BTC. I told them it was two years ago. Can you believe there was someone there who got theirs five years back? Wild!
When did you jump on the bandwagon and what do you think the price will be in a year?
Bitcoin has actually revolutionised the financial global market in many ways than one, of which am quite sure hardly did anyone thought it would go this far at the time of it creation some 15 years back. Which makes me wonder repeatedly each time of the year as we celebrate bitcoin pizza day, did Laszlo Hanyecz really had any idea what the future price value of a bitcoin would be today before still going ahead to give out such amount of bitcoins for some pizzas? Or he did but didn't care.
It was exactly $41 as at then.
It is impossible to know. If the price were to follow the behaviour of previous cycles, by the end of the year or early next year we would have reached the ath of this cycle and by May we would be at a drop. But this cycle with so much institutional demand looks different. I would say that if there is a drop by then it will not be very pronounced and therefore I expect that by next year's pizza day the price will be higher than this one, but I do not dare to specify.
I wish I was the guy who didn't make the mistake of using $BTC to buy pizza. By now, I would have had numerous exchanges begging me to deposit it on theirs. Unfortunately, the deed has been done, and we celebrate someone's mistake every year. As for the price prediction, I'll say $250k. But honestly, I'm happy just for the chance to win the 10,000 BGB prize pool for predicting BTC's price by the end of this year.
Bitcoin price prediction for a specific date in the future is very difficult to do due to high market volatility. Pizza Day is an annual commemoration to commemorate the first transaction using Bitcoin as a means of payment. This historic day may feel special next year because of the increasing movement of Bitcoin.
Bitcoin price predictions are highly dependent on market conditions and other positive factors, some sources will certainly predict that Bitcoin prices will increase next year based on market sentiment that continues to show positive signs due to the large adoption carried out by several companies. I expect Bitcoin to reach $140k by 2026 with the highest potential reaching $145k, hopefully it can happen.
I don't think that anybody can accurately say what Bitcoin price will be on next year's pizza pizza day, besides why worry about what price will be on that day, it won't have any significance to Bitcoin circle. Before surpassing the last ATH which was on a short term nobody was sure which week or day that we would see a new ATH, not to talk of an event that will happen in one year from now. My prediction is that one year from now we should be in bear run, it's just a speculation it might or might not happen by then. Nobody or institutions can manipulate Bitcoin price beyond a very short time, it has built that trust and that is why it's reputation and adoption is increasing speedily. .
In a year, on the day of the celebration of Pizza Day, bitcoin price will probably be less than the current price. Why? Because eternal growth is impossible. Also, don't forget about the cycles of bitcoin. After any hype and bullish trend, a bearish trend comes one day. In this cycle, the growth of bitcoin has been continuing for quite a long time. I am not sure that such dynamics will continue until next spring.
Keep the euphoria inside yourself, otherwise the (partial) bitcoin fall within the price movement according to cycles will be perceived as too painful.
According to speculations, Bitcoin will switch from bullish to bearish in 2026 because the bull circle will last only for this year. If it's true that bull circle is going to end this year, Bitcoin price will not be bullish during next year's pizza day, if price tends to pump by next year pizza day, it might not create ATH like it did during this year's pizza day and it's not possible to predict the actual price of Bitcoin by next year May 22, maybe it's when we are getting close to that month by next year, that's when it can be more easy to predict if there will be a new ATH or not.
I think a year from now (maybe two depending on the speed of unwind) the price will be $69,000. I like stating this number because people will think it is crazy while those who have been here before probably recognize it is more likely than not. Stay safe out there. Buy the bottoms, not the tops. Volatility is coming in Q4.
I am not sure the market trend will still be strong enough to maintain the current price or make a new ATH next year. We all enjoy the fun and celebration of Bitcoin Pizza Day this time because the Bitcoin price moment is also very good. But if the market trend changes to a bear market, what we see next year may be below the current price. We are still speculating, let's see what happens at the end of this year or what happens at the beginning of next year.
Whatever the price of Bitcoin Pizza Day next year, we will still celebrate. Some have already posted the Pizzas they made.
It's very difficult to predict future price of Bitcoin but we are free to speculate. On Bitcoin Pizza Day 2025, Bitcoin price was at it's ATH and if things were in favour of Bitcoin then on next pizza day price of Bitcoin may be over 200k. On thing which many of us have noticed is that global news and events play an important role in increasing price of Bitcoin. Like we saw when USA imposed tariffs on other countries price of
bitcoin went down and recovered well when USA agree to lessen the tariff. Just few more good news and we can see price of bitcoin over 200k on next pizza day.
On next Pizza day I don't expect any higher price than this years pizza day. There's chance that next year the bear market may start once again and in bear market most assets lose their value including Bitcoin. So, there's chance we may see Bitcoin below this year's value in next year. However, no one can exactly predict what's going to happen in the market and that's why anything can happen in the market.
In my country Bitcoin is not popular therefore there was no event to celebrate this year's Pizza Day. However, I got my first Bitcoin three years ago and it was the best decision I have ever taken. How would you be surprised that people have bought Bitcoin four years ago? Some people have been hodling for a decade. My projection is that Bitcoin will get to $180k by next year's celebrations.
It depends, if bearish cycle still come despite the fact that we got billions worth of dollar being invested into bitcoin by large institutional players then there's always possibility of lower price.
But if somehow BTC just keep going up because both strategic reserve and institutional player large investment keep flowing, we might see double or triple the price because it's gonna e super bullish cycle.
At the end of the day we're just speculating here .
Good question, I think we will be in the bearish cycle next year, assuming that the 4 year cycle will still be in it's effect and so with that, we will see what the price at the peak, our all time high in this cycle before we see what will be the price next year. Who knows, maybe the price the we have right now will be the price on next year's Pizza day. That will be simply ironic if that happens. But my point is that we really don't know, as there are a lot of variable to look at. And simply put, we really don't know what the future holds for us and so everyone will have our wild and educated guess. But for sure, majority of us might not get it right. And for those who get close to their prediction, it is still like that, we are just speculating here.
Do you know last year's pizza day event, BTC was around 70k, this year it was 111k.. next year probably 150k😌 so I'll say your analysis is on point..
Did you just say Bear market? I've not seen any bull market just BTC breaking multiple ATH! what happened to alts damm!!.
250k seems a bit over exaggerated.. but can you share your thoughts process or how you came to that conclusion? I'll really love to know tbh.. btw, what are you talking about 10k BGB?. You may want to throw more light on it and share a link we can look at.
I got my hand at a portion of BTC way back in 2014, I bought it from an exchange platform through 7-Eleven transaction. ( I got a transaction number and paid over the 7-Eleven counter). It was too cheap back then by I was reluctant since I had just known Bitcoin at that time.
As for the price of BTC next year, I think we will be in a bear market by next year so the price would be cheaper than today if the Bitcoin 4-year cycle does not change. More probably Bitcoin would be down 20% to 40% of its ATH. I could be wrong though but that is what I saw on the data in the 1st quarter of the following year after the ATH in 2021.
Got mine when Btc dumped back to the 76k, and still holding it now. No intention to sell or whatever it is. Only staking it through the 3rd parties in order to get more benefit from my BTC. It may be risky, but totally ready with it.
As for BTC price forecast next year, i believe BTC will be stabilize between 110 - 150. Not try to get myself a hopium, by making non sense prediction like 200k or even 1 million per bitcoin. Enough to stick with sense prediction that use my logic.
This year's Pizza Day falls after the halving so it makes sense that we are still in the bull run phase and the momentum is right to see an increase. However it is not the main factor in the Bitcoin Pizza celebration, there are many other supporting factors such as the response of the US and several other countries that have started to make bitcoin a national reserve asset. For 2026 if it still follows the cycle then I would not be surprised if the price is back below $70K. Like it or not, our pleasure must prepare for bearmarket.