One of the most vocal advocates of the stock-to-flow model is the Netherlands-based analyst ‘PlanB’, whose most recent projections suggest that bitcoin is still only trading at a fraction of its next major peak.
A graph plotting bitcoin’s value over time on a logarithmic scale (where its value increases by increments of 10x) shows that the cryptocurrency has largely followed a linear progression since its inception in 2009.
In his original stock-to-flow model from March 2019, PlanB noted that irregularities could be attributed to various external forces – as evidenced by the pandemic-induced market crash in early 2020 – but that ultimately bitcoin’s fixed supply is the main driver of price movements in the long term.
“Other factors also impact price – regulation, hacks and other news – that is why it is not 100 per cent (and not all dots are on the line),” he wrote. “However, the dominant driving factor seems to be scarcity.”
(PlanB) Dr Saifedean Ammous, economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard, also noticed similarities between the recent price crash and the previous post-halving rallies.
“More than two years after this model was published, the price continues to track the model’s predictions with astonishing precision,” he tweeted in response to the latest dip.
Another analyst noted: “This is starting to play out scary close.”
Following bitcoin’s price crash in March 2020, which saw it briefly dip below $5,000, PlanB stood by the model and its forecast that the cryptocurrency will hit $100,000 at some point in 2021.
A month after the 2020 crash, he went even further by releasing a revised version of this stock-to-flow model that put bitcoin’s trajectory on course for $288,000.
(PlanB) A market report by cryptocurrency exchange Luno soon after cited the stock-to-flow model, stating: “Based on bitcoin’s historical data, it may be a lucrative level to accumulate more bitcoin now.”
At the time, one bitcoin was worth just $7,000.
Konstantin Anissimov, executive director at London-based cryptocurrency exchange CEX.IO, in another figure within the cryptocurrency industry to praise the accuracy of the model and its apparent ability to predict future prices.
“The stock-to-flow model has been extremely accurate at anticipating bitcoin’s future price action as a direct result of the supply shock it experiences following each halving,” he told The Independent.
“Based on this fundamental indicator, bitcoin’s scarcity is highly correlated with the value of the network. As the cryptocurrency’s rate of production dropped to 328,500 new tokens per annum last August, such a significant cut had a serious implication on prices.”
The final halving event is expected to occur at some point in 2040, at which point all 21 million bitcoins will have been mined into existence.
Estimates for what bitcoin will be worth by then range from $0 to $100 trillion in terms of its overall market cap – putting it on par with the global real estate market.
Whatever bitcoin’s eventual peak ends up being, there is another pattern that has appeared without fail during every halving cycle so far: Each record-breaking high has been followed by a record-breaking crash.
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