
StanChart reaffirms $200k year-end projection for Bitcoin as US gov shutdown becomes tailwind
ETF inflows and looming U.S. shutdown could propel Bitcoin to reach all-time highs, according to Standard Chartered's Geoffrey Kendrick.
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Softer US labor signals and a live government shutdown have traders leaning heavily toward another Fed cut this month.

Nine of the past 12 weeks printed inflows; at the recent pace, ETFs could retire ~2.7× quarterly.

Dollar down, real yields softer, ETF creations up, fueling a short squeeze through the $118k–$120k bands; $111k STH remains the momentum line to hold.

Shutdown jitters meet weak jobs data as Bitcoin vaults past $114,000 amid a short squeeze.