Эксперт предрек снижение цены биткоина до $60 000 на фоне торгового напряжения между США и ЕС Translation: Expert predicts bitcoin price drop to $60,000 amid trade tensions between the US and EU.

The value of digital gold may drop to $60,000 amid escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and the EU, as suggested by macroeconomist Luke Gromen.

He believes that significant selling pressure and the withdrawal of institutional funds could also be triggered by the international isolation of the United States and an economic recession.

Furthermore, the expert emphasized that institutional investors are unlikely to drive the leading cryptocurrency towards a new peak this year without a «strong fundamental catalyst.»

*“If you expect institutional investors to raise the price from $90,000 to $150,000, it is unlikely to happen without a serious catalyst. This is not how institutional investors operate. They will wait,”* he stated.

For such an increase, Bitcoin would need to rise by over 65% from its current levels around $89,800.

Among the main drivers for growth, the analyst pointed out the passage of the Clarity Act in the U.S. and the potential for new quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve.

Kyung Eun Joo, the CEO of the analytical platform CryptoQuant, noted that «institutional demand for Bitcoin remains robust.»

*“American custodial service wallets typically hold between 100 to 1,000 BTC each. Excluding exchanges and miners, this gives a rough estimate of institutional demand. ETFs are also included in this calculation,”* he wrote.

According to the expert, in the past year, large investors have purchased 577,000 BTC worth $53 billion. The inflow of funds continues, Joo observed.

In the latest trading session, American spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds saw outflows totaling $708.7 million, marking the largest daily withdrawal in two months.

The most significant loss was incurred by BlackRock’s IBIT, at $356.6 million, followed by Fidelity’s FBTC with an outflow of $287.7 million.

Investors also withdrew $286.9 million from Ethereum ETFs, with the majority coming from BlackRock’s ETHA, at $250.3 million.

Rachel Lucas, an analyst at BTC Markets, believes that the negative trend is not due to structural weakness; rather, the outflows were driven by “classic risk-off behavior.”

*“When macro conditions worsen—interest rates rise, geopolitical tensions escalate, or sudden volatility occurs—institutions typically pull funds first from high beta assets,”* she commented.

On January 21, Bitcoin’s price *fell below $88,000* due to a drop in the stock market amid rising tensions between the U.S. and the EU.

Prices soon stabilized following a statement from U.S. President Donald Trump regarding an agreement on Greenland, as well as his decision not to impose *tariffs on imports from European countries* in February.

*“Despite the challenging macro backdrop, the crypto market is showing relative resilience as positions normalize,”* noted Vincent Liu, Chief Investment Officer at Kronos Research.

It’s worth mentioning that ARK Invest’s founder, Cathie Wood, has *projected* Bitcoin to reach $761,900 by the year 2030.