ARK Invest: Bitcoin will cost $ 761,000 by 2030

By 2030, bitcoin’s capitalization could grow to $ 16 trillion, and the total value of the digital asset market to $ 28 trillion, according to a new report by ARK Invest, an investment company led by Katie Wood.

According to analysts, the rate of the first cryptocurrency can reach about $ 761,900 per coin with a maximum issue of 21 million BTC. This is 746% higher than the current quotes, which are at the level of about 90 thousand dollars. The average annual growth rate is projected at 61%.

The report calls bitcoin «digital gold» and the leader of a new class of institutional assets. Growth will be facilitated by the massive adoption of public blockchains, the inflow of funds into exchange-traded funds, and the accumulation of coins by corporations. According to ARK, US spot crypto funds and public companies already control 12% of the total supply of coins, which is 3.3% more than a year earlier.

Analysts also predict an increase in the capitalization of the smart contract platform sector to $ 6 trillion with an annual revenue of $ 192 billion. In their opinion, two or three first-tier blockchains will take the main market share. The most ambitious forecast concerns the tokenization of real-world assets: the volume of this market may exceed $ 11 trillion against the current 19−22 billion.

ARK explains such prospects by transferring traditional financial instruments to the blockchain. The main driver will be clear regulation and institutional infrastructure. Currently, US Treasury bonds dominate the tokenization industry, but in the future, bank deposits and shares of global companies may play a key role.

BlackRock pays special attention to this segment. In its forecast for 2026, the company noted that Ethereum could benefit significantly from tokenization, where about 65% of all such assets are already placed. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink emphasized that the RWA market is only at the beginning of its development, but its potential is estimated at trillions of dollars.