Bitcoin’s $266,000 Dream: JPMorgan’s Whimsical Wager

The bank’s prognostications rest upon twin pillars, as fragile as they are intriguing: a “soft” floor beneath Bitcoin’s production cost, and a valuation model that dares to compare the digital upstart to the ancient luster of gold, adjusted for the whims of volatility. In the immediate future, the current downturn is but a trial by fire for miners, a test of mettle and machinery. JPMorgan estimates the cost of birthing a single Bitcoin at a staggering $77,000, while the market, in its capriciousness, lingers in the mid-$60,000s, leaving the less efficient operators to rue their fate.





