---
title: "Get Ready. Renowned Bitcoin Trader Says the Currency Will Hit $15,000 in 2017."
description: "Bitcoin trader masterluc is predicting the crypto will be worth $15,000 before the end of 2017, and that its value will continue to increase into 2019."
date: "2017-08-16"
modified: "2017-08-16"
authors:
  - name: "Brad Jones"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/bradj"
url: "https://futurism.com/get-ready-renowned-bitcoin-trader-says-the-currency-will-hit-15000-in-2017"
categories:
  - "Bitcoin"
  - "Blockchain"
  - "Cryptocurrency"
  - "Future Society"
tags:
  - "bitcoin"
  - "cryptocurrency"
  - "economics"
  - "masterluc"
---

# Get Ready. Renowned Bitcoin Trader Says the Currency Will Hit $15,000 in 2017.

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Late last week, the price of bitcoin rose beyond $3,500, and it currently sits [slightly above $4,200](<https://www.coindesk.com/price/>). While some are [skeptical of this steady increase in value](<https://futurism.com/mark-cuban-asserts-that-bitcoin-is-not-currency>), according to an expert observer, it won't be ending any time soon.

Veteran trader [masterluc](<https://www.tradingview.com/u/PentarhUdi/>) predicts that [bitcoin will be worth $15,000](<https://cointelegraph.com/news/legendary-bitcoin-trader-masterluc-predicts-15000-bitcoin-this-year>) before the end of the year. He believe the cryptocurrency's current bull run will then continue into 2019, at which point its price will top out somewhere between $40,000 and $110,000.

Masterluc has historically been adept at predicting bitcoin's future value. He was able to accurately predict in March 2013 that the crypto would enter into a bear market in November 2013, and then in May 2015, he made a prediction that proved to be just slightly off point, missing the start of the crypto's current surge by just two months.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xAQLlvEIoQ

Masterluc isn't the only pundit expecting bitcoin to go from strength to strength. Earlier this month, Goldman Sachs analyst Sheba Jafari predicted that the currency [could reach $4,800](<https://futurism.com/goldman-sachs-analyst-predicts-bitcoin-price-could-hit-4800>), having previously forecast a high of $3,691 as recently as July.

Bitcoin is on a roll at the moment, and predicting when this run will start to drop off is no easy task. Masterluc has a history of being right in his predictions, and many experts agree that the uptick will continue for at least a little while longer, which could have some [major ramifications for traditional currency](<https://futurism.com/what-would-happen-if-cryptocurrency-became-more-popular-than-cash>).

*Disclosure: Several members of the Futurism team, including the editors of this piece, are personal investors in a number of cryptocurrency markets. Their personal investment perspectives have no impact on editorial content.*