Dan Tapiero Predicts More Panic Around Bitcoin, Is $150,000 Next?
The utility and edge that cryptocurrency enjoys over traditional assets is again in focus. 50TFunds founder Dan Tapiero, in a post on X, used the Japanese scenario to drive home the edge that Bitcoin has over the stock market, the Nikkei.
Japan's low-yield decades drive capital toward Bitcoin and gold
Tapiero noted that Japan maintained a long-term low-interest-rate policy for about 30 years. However, after years of stagnation, its stock market is now booming — but at the expense of savers who earned nothing from this long period of savings.
Notably, these Japanese savers lost huge purchasing power as a result of the inflationary impact on fiat systems. Tapiero pointed out that Japan’s two-year bonds have yielded less than 1% interest in 30 years. This extremely low earning, while it helped stimulate growth and revive the economy, has negatively impacted savers.
Dan Tapiero@DTAPCAPOct 07, 2025Biggest base of all-time?
Japanese 2yr notes below 1% for 30 yrs.
IE money was free for 30yrs.
Finally Nikkei woke up and is well above the '89 peak when 2s were 8%.
Purchasing power of domestic Japanese savers annihilated vs everything.
Panic into gold and btc continues.🚀 pic.twitter.com/Fhj7wx0Atu
He noted that with the purchasing power of Japanese savers totally destroyed, investors are now fleeing from traditional fiat systems and low-yield assets. The alternative for them remains gold and Bitcoin, which are not inflated nor devalued by central banks.
Tapiero predicts that this trend could serve as a catalyst for the adoption of Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation and a store of value. Such a development might lead to a further spike in the value of Bitcoin on the market.
As of press time, the Bitcoin price was changing hands at $123,603.22, which represents a 0.125% decline in the last 24 hours. Bitcoin hit an all-time high (ATH) of $126,198.07 on Oct. 6, and the market is in a state of great excitement.
Bitcoin eyes $150,000 as Uptober rally gains momentum
Trading volume has soared by 21.26% to $70.41 billion despite the slight correction in price. This increased volume suggests that investors anticipate further climbs in the ongoing "Uptober rally."
Interestingly, Bitcoin bulls are aiming for $150,000 as the technical chart shows there is a resurgence of buyers across exchanges. Strategy’s executive chairman and firm Bitcoin advocate, Michael Saylor, has fueled conversations about the possibility of Bitcoin hitting the $150,000 target before the end of 2025.
A poll to that effect shows strong optimism from market participants as more than three-quarters have voted in the affirmative.
Meanwhile, there has been an uptick in institutional interest in Bitcoin as well. The spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) market shows that a total of $1.19 billion inflow was recorded on the same day that BTC hit an ATH — an indication that the market is not relenting.