Bitcoin in 2026: Is It Still Worth Investing?

[00:02] Bitcoin. Known by many as digital gold, it has fallen by 6% this past year, while other assets have had extraordinary results. For example, gold has risen by more than 63% and shares in

[00:15] developed markets have risen by more than 30%. But wait, here's the fact that almost nobody mentions. Since 2011, Bitcoin has been the asset with the highest cumulative return worldwide, surpassing stocks,

[00:27] bonds, gold, and real estate. And not by a little, but by an abysmal difference [music] . To give you an idea, if in 2011 you had invested only €100 in Bitcoin, today that €100 would have become about €29,000,000.

[00:41] Whereas if you had invested those same €100 in the SP500, today you would have around €700. And if you had done it in gold, you would have about €280. And that brings us to the next key question. What could happen to

[00:54] Bitcoin in [music] 2026? Is it worth investing now after everything that's you need to know about Bitcoin in 2026. We'll examine Bitcoin's current state, its future profitability potential,

[01:08] price seems stagnant, allowing us to answer the final question with sound judgment. Is it worth investing in Bitcoin in 2026? Yes or worth investing in Bitcoin in 2026? Yes or no?

[01:25] in Bitcoin, there is something you need to understand. What exactly is Bitcoin? And why have some investors or financial advisors been insisting for years on how important it is for everyone? Bitcoin was born in 2009, just after

[01:37] the 2008 financial crisis, as a response to a financial system that had proven to be fragile and had collapsed. Its creator, anonymous and mysterious, under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, proposes a very

[01:49] concrete idea: to create a digital currency that works without banks, governments, and intermediaries, and that allows the direct transfer of value from person to person. And here it's super important to clarify something from the beginning. Bitcoin is not the

[02:03] same as other cryptocurrencies. Although technically it is a cryptocurrency, its objective from the beginning is very different. While other cryptocurrencies are born as technological projects, platforms, or

[02:15] even as startups that need to grow and generate income, Bitcoin was designed from the beginning with a single objective: to be the best possible money, not to compete with applications or promise

[02:28] new functionalities, but to be a form of money superior to those that already exist. And I don't know if you've ever asked yourself this question , but for me it's vital. What makes money money? For something to be considered money, it must fulfill three

[02:41] basic functions. First, be a generally accepted medium of exchange, that is , allow you to exchange goods and services. Second, to be a unit of account that allows you to set prices and compare the value of things. And

[02:54] third, and very important, it is a store of value, which allows you to maintain purchasing power over time and ensures that its value does not decrease. And now I want you to answer the following question honestly. Do you think the money we

[03:07] use today fulfills this latter function? I'm almost certain you already 're here watching this video. But anyway, I'll leave you with a couple of graphs so you can see the magnitude of the problem. The problem with fiat money is

[03:20] that it can be created without limit, and when money ceases to be scarce, it loses its ability to preserve value. Inflation is not an accident; it's not something that happens for no reason or because the supermarket owner woke up in the

[03:32] morning and decided to screw everyone over. Inflation is the natural consequence of a system that, guided by political incentives, prints money without restrictions. Bitcoin was born as a direct response to that problem.

[03:45] role as a store of value because it is supply cannot be arbitrarily increased. In fact, to give you an idea, it is estimated that the supply of gold grows between 1% and 2% annually depending on the

[03:59] mining processes. But Bitcoin takes that same idea to the digital world, and in a more precise way. There will only be 21,000,000 Bitcoins in the code, and it is also decentralized and can function as a medium of exchange and as a

[04:11] long-term store of value, thus fulfilling all the properties of good money. So once you understand all this, you come to the conclusion that when you buy Bitcoin you are not buying a company or a project, but rather you are

[04:23] buying a small part of an alternative monetary system. And for all these reasons, some of us have been insisting so much on the importance of Bitcoin. But now the key question is, where is

[04:35] can it go? Investing in this asset remains profitable despite the significant appreciation it has experienced in recent years. For years, Bitcoin has experimental, like money for drug dealers, rat poison. I imagine

[04:50] some of this will sound familiar to you, but this perception has changed radically. The world's largest asset managers, such as BlackRock or Fidelity, already consider Bitcoin a new asset class on par with other alternative assets. And banks are starting to

[05:04] offer their customers the option to buy cryptocurrencies. And this is not an opinion, these are facts and it is capital entering the market. The in the United States marked a turning point . BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF

[05:18] becoming the fastest ETF to reach $100 billion under management. achieving this in just 435 days of negotiation. To put it in context, Vanguard's famous SP500 ETF took more than 2,000 days to

[05:33] reach that same figure. As of today, Bitcoin spot ETFs already manage around $120 billion and hold 7% of the total supply. And more and more companies and states are starting to accumulate

[05:46] Bitcoin reserves on their balance sheets, which shows that Bitcoin adoption is on the rise. And pay close attention because this is where the key to the investment thesis comes in . Despite this great growth, despite Bitcoin having

[05:58] grown by more than 130% annualized since 2011, Bitcoin is still very small compared to other assets. Take a look at this chart from Goldman Sacks. Cryptocurrencies currently represent only 1% of the total

[06:11] investable market. And if we put it in the context of global wealth, the picture becomes even clearer. Bitcoin today has a market capitalization close to trillions of dollars, with updated data, even less, while the

[06:24] total wealth of the world is estimated at around 1000 trillion. That means Bitcoin represents approximately only 0.2% of global wealth. Bitcoin's current market capitalization is far lower than that of gold and virtually insignificant

[06:38] compared to the bond market, meaning that even a small reallocation of capital from those assets into Bitcoin could have a major impact on its price. To put it into perspective, let's do some very

[06:50] market capitalization of around $34 trillion, while Bitcoin is around $1.7 trillion. That approximately 20 times less than gold today. If at some point Bitcoin were to

[07:04] capture only half the value of gold due to its function as a store of value or simply due to a change in wallet distribution, we would be talking about a gain of close to 17 trillion dollars. Going from 1.7

[07:17] trillion to 17 trillion implies multiplying its market cap by 10. And since the number of Bitcoins is fixed, that translates directly into a price about 10 times higher, which at current prices would place Bitcoin at around

[07:31] Therefore, despite all its growth, I think Bitcoin is still in an real integration into the global financial system has only just begun. But or the profitability that this asset can offer in the future.

[07:47] Research firms like Bernstein and Standard Charter place Bitcoin at around $150,000 by the end of 2026. At GP Morgan, some analysts have indicated that, adjusting Bitcoin for gold's volatility, the

[08:01] $170,000 range. In the longer term, Arc Invest, the firm led by Cat, published in April 2025 three scenarios for 2030: a conservative scenario around $300,000, a base scenario around

[08:16] $700,000, and a bullish scenario exceeding $1.5 million per Bitcoin, which would imply annualized returns of approximately 20%, 40%, annualized returns of approximately 20%, 40%, and over 60% annually, respectively. And

[08:28] if we take an even more aggressive view, Michael Sailor, who runs in the world, has stated on several occasions that Bitcoin could offer a toned return close to 20% over the next few decades, relying

[08:42] on its scarcity and the absorption of capital flows from other assets. And here comes the big question that everyone is asking . If the Bitcoin thesis is so strong and so many analysts predict high returns for the future, why does

[08:55] the price of Bitcoin seem to be stagnating? And why has 2025 been such a weak year for Bitcoin? Okay, now let's get to that. But before answering this interested in investing in Bitcoin, you can do so safely using

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[09:35] 20% extra return on your first deposit. I've included my this exchange in the description in case you're interested. And now, let's see stagnating. There isn't just one answer here; instead, several

[09:49] theories circulating around are mixed together. The first one is quite simple. Many large, long-standing investors, the so-called OG whales, have been in Bitcoin for years and are taking advantage of these prices and the increased market liquidity

[10:01] to sell part of their positions and thus secure profits, since before the arrival of institutions they could not sell their Bitcoin without driving down the price and that puts a lot of selling pressure on them. The second one has to do with the

[10:14] market itself and a super-order to sell. We have seen huge sell orders at very specific levels such as the 90,000 zone, which act as a ceiling and stop any attempt at a strong Bitcoin rise. And the third one has

[10:26] remains a market where many people trade with debt, and when there is too much accumulated leverage, the market becomes very vulnerable and the sharks smell blood. That's why it's not uncommon for large players, including

[10:40] push the price down to trigger cascading sell-offs. This profit while removing highly leveraged investors from the market and subsequently buy back at lower prices. For these reasons, there is so much talk

[10:55] manipulated or about a major bottleneck preventing the price of Bitcoin from rising, at least for now. Which brings us to the big question. Given everything we 're seeing, will Bitcoin still be worth anything in 2026? Bitcoin has gone through very tough cycles. It

[11:11] has fallen by 70 and 80% on several occasions and has been attacked by states and large institutions. She has had very tough and bad years and yet she has always kept going. Its high volatility is nothing exceptional. It is a

[11:25] characteristic of a young asset that is still in the process of being adopted and is making its way into the market. And it's normal to find it hard to digest these price movements or the uncertainty if you're starting to invest, yes, but it's also

[11:37] the price you have to pay for a potential that few assets have had continue to bet on Bitcoin and it remains one of the main assets within my investment portfolio. I understand its volatility, I know the

[11:50] risks, and I see it as a long-term investment with great potential. In addition to being an escape route from a monetary system that is broken. But that doesn't everyone, or that you have to do the same. Bitcoin makes sense if

[12:04] you understand it, if you've done your own research, if you have conviction, and if you strategy. For some, that will translate to 1% of their portfolio, for others to 5% or 10%. And for others, investing in Bitcoin simply won't make sense

[12:19] . So my conclusion is this. Bitcoin may be worthwhile in 2016, yes, but only if it fits with you and what you are pursuing. So the final question is not, what am I going to do ? You already know that, otherwise what are you going to

[12:32] do? Will you invest in Bitcoin or do you prefer to stay on the sidelines? I'll read your this content helpful, remember that you can subscribe to the channel by turning on latest updates. You can also find more resources in the description that

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