Swan Bitcoin CEO hands Bitcoin a two-thirds shot at a new record by mid-2027

Bitcoin has a decent shot at a new record — just not tomorrow. Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Swan told interviewer Ciaran Lyons there is a "two-thirds chance" the top crypto will set a new all-time high by June 30, 2027, per Cointelegraph.

The call came during the latest episode of CHAINREACTION. Swan put a number on the timeline rather than hedging, framing the record as the likely outcome inside a roughly two-year window.

The conversation didn't stop at price. Swan also dug into the Binance hack, the threat quantum computing poses to Bitcoin, and how broader adoption is shaping up — three topics that sit at the center of the long-running debate about where the network goes next.

Quantum computing has lingered as a theoretical worry for Bitcoin holders, who wonder whether future machines could crack the cryptography securing wallets and the chain. Swan's take landed alongside the hack discussion and the adoption talk in the same sit-down.

What to watch now: whether Bitcoin's price action starts closing the gap to its previous peak, and whether the quantum and security questions Swan raised move from interview fodder to real roadmaps. For now, his timeline is a prediction — not a promise.