Bitcoin’s 10x Surge Incoming? Analysts Say It’s Following Gold’s Historic Playbook
Forget stocks—crypto's king might be gearing up for a monster rally. One analyst's pointing to gold's historical trajectory as the blueprint.
Pattern Recognition
Gold didn't become a store of value overnight. Its march to mainstream acceptance followed a specific, brutal path of skepticism, volatility, and eventual institutional embrace. Sound familiar? It's the same script Bitcoin's been running for over a decade.
The 10x Math
The comparison isn't just poetic. The analyst's model suggests that if Bitcoin mirrors just a fraction of gold's market-cap evolution, a tenfold surge isn't a moonshot—it's a plausible next chapter. The numbers from the original thesis back it, projecting a climb based on adoption curves, not hype.
Wall Street's New Gold
BlackRock and Fidelity aren't building ETFs for fun. They're betting that digital scarcity will do for the 21st century what physical scarcity did for the last. It's the ultimate hedge against monetary debasement—a concept traditional finance finally gets, even if it's 10 years late to the party.
Of course, the usual suspects will call it a bubble right up until their banks start offering custody services. Because nothing brings legitimacy like the very institutions you were built to bypass suddenly needing a piece of the action.
Analyst Sees Gold Pattern
AO’s view rests on chart shapes. He compares Bitcoin’s recent wedge and ascending triangle to the way Gold moved over the last decade. According to AO, Bitcoin’s consolidation around $115,000 could be the base for a large breakout.
#BITCOIN IS READY FOR A HUGE BULL RUN. pic.twitter.com/eorprzknEQ
— AO (@AO_btc_analyst) August 18, 2025
AO’s scenario includes what he calls “missing legs,” and he puts a possible run above half a million dollars by 2026 if the pattern completes the way he expects.
Reports have mentioned similar geometric comparisons from other watchers, though few attach a precise price target like $600,000.
Market Scale If Target Hits
Based on those numbers, a $600,000 price tag WOULD imply market value in the ballpark of approximately $12 trillion.
That figure would push bitcoin past many big tech names and place it closer to gold’s valuation than where it stands now.
According to the same reports, that is the idea being used to argue Bitcoin’s case as a major store of value. The math behind the headline number is simple, and the size of the MOVE — about 420% from roughly $115,000 — is what makes the claim dramatic.
Bull Case Backed By Some Big NamesInstitutional voices add fuel to the talk. Strategy’s Michael Saylor, who has been one of Bitcoin’s most consistent backers, continues to argue that the asset will outshine traditional stores of value as more companies adopt it for their balance sheets.
Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood has projected that Bitcoin could eventually climb to the $1 million mark, underscoring the growing confidence among high-profile investors.
Meanwhile, Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego has also voiced his view that Bitcoin could surpass gold’s roughly $22 trillion valuation in time.
Signals That Could Change The StoryNot everyone treats the pattern call as a forecast. Some analysts warn that matching a chart shape to gold doesn’t prove the same outcome will follow.
The two assets have different buyers, liquidity and use cases, and a huge lift to $600,000 would likely need long-term, large flows into Bitcoin — for example, big institutional allocations or permanent reserve moves — not just a short-term momentum spike.
Regulation, interest rates and market shocks are other real factors that could alter any plan.
Featured image from ETF Stream, chart from TradingView
