Prediction record
HitcryptoBitcoin breaks above $20,000 before the end of 2020.
A scored record for Benjamin Cowen, made on .
Scored record
Hitcrypto“there's a good chance we break it before 2021 and then come back down to hold it at support”
Bitcoin breaks above $20,000 before the end of 2020.
- Made on
- 2020-11-26
- Outcome
- Hit
- Importance
- 3 / 5
- Contribution
- +2.27
Criterion
- Resolution status
- resolved
- Resolved on
- 2020-12-16
BTC trades above $20,000 at some point before 2021-01-01.
Criterion (BTC trades above $20,000 at some point before 2021-01-01) unambiguously satisfied: first-ever $20k break on Dec 16, 2020, followed by $23k on Dec 17 and a ~$29,000 year-end close. Multiple independent reputable outlets concur.
Sources
Bitcoin: The correction we knew was coming
YouTube ·
Outcome evidence
Bitcoin broke above $20,000 for the first time ever on Dec 16, 2020, going as high as ~$20,800 (broke $20k ~8:30am EST, peaked ~$20,817 ~9:15am EST) — well before the 2020-12-31 deadline.
TechCrunch: 'Bitcoin passes $20K and reaches all-time high' on Dec 16, 2020 — independent confirmation of BTC trading above $20,000 before 2021-01-01.
Fortune: 'Bitcoin price rockets past $20k USD to new all-time highs' (Dec 16, 2020) — corroborating third source.
Corrections
- tags: Bitcoin-specific claim; 'crypto' primary, 'markets' secondary.
Score contribution
+2.27- Confidence
- 65%
- Outcome
- Hit
- Importance
- 3 / 5
- Contribution
- +2.27
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Provenance
Bitcoin breaks above $20,000 before the end of 2020.- Methodology version
- v1.0.0
- Last computed
- July 18, 2026
- Made on
- 2020-11-26
How this profile was built
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