So BTC at 75k wasn't just good enough, a pump to 87k (which settled at 85k) signalled that the market may be primed to hit 100k by December.... It looks like a good momentum, and honestly nothing is holding it back from hitting 100k by December.
What I mean is, the last time we were at this exact price, I was writing about how the pump from 80k felt unnatural, like the market was skipping steps it hadn't earned yet. Now we're here again, except this time it doesn't feel like the same kind of pump.
It feels heavier, like it's actually being built on something rather than just short squeezes, I don't know about you, but I'm loving every bit of pump and it feels like dumping back to 58k (the bottom we saw 3 to 4 months ago) is becoming very impossible, and it might take something catastrophic for BTC to reach the 58k levels again.
Now to the actual question: can we hit 100k by December?
Honestly, I think it's possible, but I don't think it's guaranteed, but only if we got similar pumps like the one we've seen in the past few days (4 or 5 times, before the end of the year)
The move from 75k to 85k happened faster than I expected, and fast moves like that usually need to breathe before they continue. If BTC consolidates here, maybe drifts between 82k and 88k for a couple of weeks, that's actually the healthiest thing that could happen.
It would mean the market is digesting the move instead of just running on emotion. If instead we see a straight vertical push to 90k+ within days, I'd actually be more cautious, not less, because that's usually when the market starts setting up for a sharp pullback.
I said before that if BTC could hover in these upper ranges and maybe hit 85-90k by December, then 300k+ becomes realistic for the run toward 2028. We're already sitting inside that range earlier than I expected, which honestly changes my thinking a bit. It doesn't mean I'm throwing out caution, it just means the timeline might be moving faster than I originally mapped out.
What about Hive?
Well it'll follow suit, nothing too dramatic, it'll mirror the Eth movement, moving slowly and pumping just after the BTC pump dissipates. The idea is that there's honestly nothing too much to analyse, the 3.7 cents days are over and from now it'll move when the market moves, just slightly slower.. at least, that's what I think.
I still think ETH matters more than people give it credit for here, since it tends to mirror how the rest of the alt market behaves. If ETH starts moving with BTC instead of lagging behind it, that's usually a sign the broader market is actually ready to participate, not just BTC running alone. In simple English, if you're holding alts, then you should be focusing more on the Eth price performance instead of BTC, a lot of people use BTC alone to judge the market, I think ETH matters even more.
Overall
I don't think 85k is the top yet, we might have a few corrections back to the 80k level, but it's looking like that pump to 90k will be inevitable by October/November. A lot of people are calling this "bullish pump" the bull market.
But sadly these guy have no clue what they're saying. This is a bullish pump in a bear market. My theory is, last bull market was a complete fumble. Market didn't pump the way it should, and there's certainly not a lot of dumping to do like in other traditional market cycle.
We're definitely still going to get a lot of back and forth, but I thoroughly believe that 2028 is going to be the year, and a lot is magic will start happening, right after the BTC halving. So, don't die, keep accumulation and wait for it.
