Stifel Just Predicted Bitcoin Could Crash to $38,000: The 15-Year Trendline Behind the Call

Stifel Financial, a 136-year-old investment bank, says Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) could still fall to $38,000—a 43% drop from current levels near $65,000 and a full 70% crash from October's $126,000 peak. The firm's chief equity strategist, Barry Bannister, built the case on 15 years of bear market data. He drew a trendline through every major Bitcoin crash since 2010—the 93% collapse in 2011, the 84% drop in 2015, the 83% slide in 2018, and the 76% decline in 2022—and noticed that each bottom landed higher than ...