“Bitcoin will reach $40,000 – if not even $45,000 – by the year’s end,” Thielen said in a note shared with CoinDesk, citing options market positioning and dovish Federal Reserve (Fed) expectations as catalysts for continued price gains. The cryptocurrency has more than doubled this year, with prices rising nearly 40% in the past four weeks alone.
![The State of Eth2, Jan 2021 [ENG/普通话]](https://storage.googleapis.com/ethereum-hackmd/upload_47c90a1331094cf794adf6539a7f8205.jpg "The State of Eth2, Jan 2021 [ENG/普通话]")
