A Reddit User Predicted Bitcoin Would Hit $100K — But Missed the Chance to Profit. Here's What Happened.
Reddit user predicted Bitcoin would hit $100K back in 2014—10 years later, it came true. But here’s the twist: he didn’t profit a single dime. Read out why.
Back in 2014, Bitcoin was a risky bet. It was trading under $500, and most people still thought of it as a fringe idea for tech nerds and dreamers. But one Reddit user — who went by the name oldie101 — saw something different.
On April 18 of that year, he made a bold prediction in a now-archived Reddit thread.
“Bitcoin will be valued at $100,000 a coin by 2025,” he wrote.
MMW: Bitcoin will be valued at $100,000 a coin by 2025
byu/oldie101 inMarkMyWords
At the time, not many took him seriously. Someone even replied with a sarcastic “Keep dreaming.” And for years, that post was buried and forgotten — until Bitcoin did exactly what he said it would.
On May 8, 2025, Bitcoin officially crossed the $100,000 mark. Suddenly, people started digging through old posts and stumbled on oldie101's prediction. It went viral. People were amazed. Some thought he must be a millionaire now.
But when the original poster showed up again in the comments, he had a surprising confession:
“Unfortunately, I didn’t HODL.”
In crypto slang, “HODL” means to hold on to your coins no matter what — through the ups and downs. oldie101explained that over the years, he bought and sold Bitcoin many times but never held on long enough to ride the wave to $100K.
Still, he didn’t sound bitter.
“Been saying that for the past 11 years. But life’s pretty good without the bitcoin, so can’t complain,” he wrote.
Bitcoin’s journey to $100K didn’t happen overnight. It first hit that mark in December 2024, just weeks after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. Then, on January 20, 2025 — the day Trump was inaugurated — Bitcoin reached an all-time high of $108,786.
As of now, Bitcoin is hovering around $103,313, according to data from crypto exchange Kraken.
For oldie101, the prediction was right — but the timing didn’t quite line up with personal gain. Even so, his story is now part of crypto history. A rare example of someone who got it right, even if they didn’t cash in.
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