The host of Mad Money, Jim Cramer, has predicted that bitcoin’s price will fall to $12,000. Nonetheless, he has recommended bitcoin and ether for people wanting to invest in crypto.
Jim Cramer’s Bitcoin Price Prediction
Mad Money host Jim Cramer spoke about bitcoin’s future prospects on CNBC on Friday. Cramer is a former hedge fund manager who co-founded Thestreet.com, a financial news and literacy website.
He was asked whether he thinks bitcoin is going to bounce from the current level, or whether BTC will go down another 50% or more.
Sharing his bitcoin price prediction, he replied:
I think it goes to $12,000, where it was before this whole fiasco began.
“I think people involved in bitcoin need to take another stance,” the Mad Money host pointed out. “We need guys to just say, ‘Look, this is the level. It’s typical of what happens when he’s about to really drop. He stressed, “They can’t let it go anymore.”
Cramer on Margin Calls and Microstrategy
Cramer proceeded to talk about Microstrategy, the Nasdaq-listed software company that has amassed 129,218 BTC on its balance sheet. Its CEO, Michael Saylor, is a bitcoin bull. He was recently on CNBC talking about bitcoin being the best investment for his company and it is a good time to buy BTC at the current level.
Microstrategy recently debunked the rumor that it is facing a margin call for a bitcoin-backed loan from Silvergate Bank and will have to liquidate some BTC. Saylor explained that the company had more bitcoins to pledge and other collateral to post for the loan.
However, Cramer said if the lender changed the margin rates on crypto, Saylor “would be out in a second.”
Bitcoin fell early Saturday morning, falling below $20,000 for the first time since 2020. At the time of writing, BTC is trading at $17,983, down 13% in the last 24 hours and by almost 40% in the last seven days.
The Mad Money host tweeted Saturday:
Ten percent less for bitcoin and you get some nasty margin calls over the weekend… Amazing there aren’t big institutions backing this.
He added in a follow-up tweet: “I wonder what rabbit Michael Saylor can pull out of a hat with his Microstrategy gameplan. I wonder when he first raised money if he had this in mind.”
Earlier this month, Cramer shared some advice on investing in cryptocurrency. He admitted that he owns Ethereum, adding, “I would never discourage you from buying crypto.” However, he said, “I’d rather you do it in ethereum or bitcoin, which have the most followers.”
In October last year, he said: “The whole investment case for crypto rests on the Greater Fool Theory.” Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates made a similar comment this week that crypto is 100% based on the Greater Fool Theory, emphasizing that he is not involved in it.
Cramer is not alone in predicting a massive drop in the price of bitcoin. Billionaire fund manager Jeff Gundlach said this week that he wouldn’t be at all surprised if BTC fell to $10,000. Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki indicated that BTC could bottom at $9,000. Guggenheim Chief Investment Officer Scott Minerd said last month that BTC could fall to $8,000.
