A resurfaced post circulating widely on social media claims to have accurately foreseen multiple Bitcoin price levels from 2019 through 2024, drawing attention back to an anonymous prediction that has become the talk of the crypto community. The image in question sets an ambitious target: $145,000 for Bitcoin in October 2026. However, serious questions about the origin and credibility of both the data and the graphic remain unanswered.
Source chain cannot be verified
Shared by the cryptocurrency-focused account Corleone, the widely shared screenshot is presented as an anonymous post dated December 20, 2018, in a style reminiscent of 4chan forums. The image claims a particular group controls around 90% of the total Bitcoin supply, and it lists various price targets stretching from October 2019 to October 2026.
At first glance, the predictions appear remarkably accurate. Bitcoin traded at around $67,000 in November 2021, and at the bear market bottom in November 2022, fell to roughly $16,000. This seeming precision quickly fueled viral interest in the post.
The forecast presented in the image may seem uncannily accurate at first, but several issues prevent it from being viewed as an authentic and reliable record.
The biggest issue is the lack of a verifiable archive link, username, or any identifying information tied to the post. Given 4chan’s highly anonymous nature, it’s impossible to prove that the same individual made these predictions before the events occurred without a preserved source. This absence raises major doubts about the legitimacy of the timeline.
Differences between earlier and new versions
A July 2024 Binance Square post featured the same statement about holding around 90% of total supply and similar price targets. In this earlier version, Bitcoin’s price target for September 2024 was listed as $105,400.
Yet the new viral image pegs the September 2024 target at $74,000, and adds a new $145,000 goal for October 2026. The shift in figures strongly suggests that the graphic—or the prediction list—may have been edited over time to better match Bitcoin’s actual price action, further undermining its authenticity.
The price gap between older and newer versions is seen by observers as a major warning sign that the post may have been edited or reconstructed over time.
Market cap calculation errors raise another red flag
The image also claims that the $145,000 prediction would push Bitcoin’s market capitalization to $5.7 trillion, with its dominance ranging from 40% to 47%. But with a price of $145,000 and a circulating supply of roughly 20 million, Bitcoin’s actual market cap would only reach about $2.9 trillion. Even using the absolute maximum supply of 21 million coins, the figure rises to just around $3.05 trillion.
If the $5.7 trillion figure refers to Bitcoin alone, it simply doesn’t add up mathematically. If it refers to the total cryptocurrency market, the statement lacks clarity—raising further doubts about the credibility of the viral prediction.
The 90% supply claim does not align with blockchain data
Another attention-grabbing assertion in the shared post is that a specific group controls about 90% of Bitcoin’s total supply. The current circulating supply stands at approximately 20.04 million, with the maximum capped at 21 million. That means 90% would equate to holdings of around 18 million Bitcoin.
According to Bitinfocharts, however, the top 100 Bitcoin addresses control about 15.27% of the total supply, while the top 10,000 addresses combine for roughly 53.89%. Bitinfocharts tracks blockchain data by address distribution and wealth rankings across the network.
These real-time statistics clearly show that the viral claim of 90% ownership by a single group is not supported by existing blockchain data. As a result, the idea that an anonymous 4chan user has successfully predicted major Bitcoin price moves through 2026 remains entirely unproven at this point.
