Claude AI Predicts What Bitcoin and Ethereum Could Be Worth by 2030
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Claude AI’s Bitcoin and Ethereum price prediction suggests Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) could reach $165,000 and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) could hit $5,200 by 2030 in its base forecast. By the model’s figures, Bitcoin could rise about 139%, while Ethereum could gain around 165%, putting Ethereum ahead by about 27 percentage points.
The model attributes Ethereum’s larger expected gain to its deeper drawdown, meaning how much it has fallen from its peak. When a coin rebounds from a lower price, it generally shows a higher percentage increase. These predictions follow Claude AI’s earlier forecast for Bitcoin and Solana.
Bitcoin trades at $68,656, 45.5% below its October 2025 peak of $126,080. Meanwhile, Ethereum trades at $1,928, down 61% from its August 2025 peak of $4,946. Bitcoin reached a high of $84,082 on October 21 but has fallen 16% over the past month, while Ethereum has fallen 20.5%. So what will it take for each coin to reach these ambitious targets by 2030?
Claude AI Sees Bitcoin Between $65,000 and $280,000 in 2030
Claude AI’s analysis presents a wide range of outcomes for Bitcoin by 2030. The coin is testing its 200-week moving average near $68,000, a support level buyers have often defended during past downturns. This test comes about 13 months after the October 2025 peak, and the base forecast expects Bitcoin to bottom out in the first half of 2027.
| Bitcoin | Bear | Base | Bull |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | $48,000 | $82,000 | $115,000 |
| 2028 | $58,000 | $118,000 | $170,000 |
| 2030 | $65,000 | $165,000 | $280,000 |
| $1,000 at end of 2030 | $940 | $2,386 | $4,048 |
The model anticipates a significant uptick in 2028, when Bitcoin’s halving, the scheduled cut in new coins paid to miners, arrives in April. Historically, Bitcoin has tended to rise in the two years after a cycle low. If that pattern holds, Claude AI projects a potential peak around $210,000 in 2029, followed by a correction in 2030.
Claude AI Sees Ethereum Catching Up Late With a Wider Range
Claude AI expects Ethereum to catch up later in the cycle, with a new high near $6,800 in 2029 before a pullback.
| Ethereum | Bear | Base | Bull |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | $1,100 | $2,400 | $3,800 |
| 2028 | $1,400 | $3,600 | $5,800 |
| 2030 | $1,500 | $5,200 | $10,500 |
| $1,000 at end of 2030 | $765 | $2,652 | $5,354 |
For Ethereum to reach its bull scenario, tokenization, which places assets like bonds and funds on a blockchain, and stablecoin use need to lift its fee revenue. The base forecast also expects the ETH/BTC ratio, the price of one Ethereum measured in Bitcoin, to reach 0.0315 by 2030, up from 0.0284 when the forecast was made.
Claude AI Gives Bitcoin a 68% Chance of a New All-Time High by 2030
Claude AI gives Bitcoin a 68% chance of surpassing its all-time high by the end of 2030, versus 52% for Ethereum, and also explores which coin gets back to its high first. The Bitcoin forecast hinges on the Federal Reserve, Bitcoin ETF flows, and Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR | MSTR Price Prediction) keeping its 850,364 Bitcoin through its removal from MSCI’s stock indexes without forced sales.
To meet these targets, the Fed has to end its rate hikes by mid-2027, with producer price inflation, the change in prices businesses pay, falling back from 6.5%. On November 12, the Fed raised the upper end of its target range to 4% from 3.75%.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs, which hold Bitcoin directly, also need inflows during 2027. However, they posted about $284 million in net outflows on November 12, and cumulative net inflows fell to $54.8 billion from $58 billion on October 21.
For Ethereum, the forecast relies on Bitcoin’s recovery, higher fee revenue on Ethereum’s main network, and an end to outflows from Ethereum ETFs, whose cumulative net inflows fell to $11.5 billion on November 12 from $13.1 billion on October 14.
Can Bitcoin and Ethereum Reach Claude AI’s 2030 Targets?
So, can Bitcoin and Ethereum meet Claude AI’s ambitious 2030 targets? The Bitcoin forecast appears attainable, while Ethereum’s seems less certain, matching the model’s 68% and 52% chances. Bitcoin has to hold near $68,000 and later clear its $126,080 peak, 83.6% above its price, while Ethereum’s progress stays closely linked to how Bitcoin performs.
Claude AI names one risk that could break each forecast. For Bitcoin, it’s a second wave of inflation that keeps the Fed raising rates through 2027 and drives the 10-year Treasury yield toward 6%, up from 4.98% on November 10. For Ethereum, it’s fee revenue that fails to recover because activity stays on layer 2 networks, cheaper chains built on Ethereum, and rival chains. An ETH/BTC ratio below 0.0200 could be the clearest sign.
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Sam Daodu is a crypto analyst and the editor of 24/7 Wall St.'s Crypto Desk, where he covers Bitcoin, XRP, Ethereum, Solana and the altcoins investors search for most. His work focuses on price levels, spot ETF flows, on-chain data and the regulatory decisions that move crypto markets, written so a first-time buyer and a seasoned trader can both use it.
Sam has written about crypto professionally since 2019 and has published more than 2,000 articles. Before joining 24/7 Wall St., he wrote for crypto media outlets and Web3 companies and ghostwrote for crypto founders and token launches. His analysis is syndicated on Yahoo Finance, MSN and AOL and has been cited by other crypto news sites. He also founded MacLabs Marketing, a content and personal branding agency for crypto founders and executives.
When he isn't reading charts, Sam is usually at the gym or watching One Piece, a series he maintains has better tokenomics than most altcoins.
