Standard Chartered: BTC May Hit $126K by Year-End, $100K Target Too Conservative

Standard Chartered's revision matters less for the new number than for the signal: a major bank publicly calling its own prior target too timid. That frames institutional adoption as an accelerating trend rather than a one-off, which can shape how other desks position their own research. The open question is whether that adoption narrative keeps validating itself through year-end, or whether momentum alone proves a thin basis for the upgrade.