Billionaire Ricardo Salinas predicts Bitcoin will reach 1.5 million dollars.

When gold prices surge significantly, recording an increase of nearly 20% this month and reaching a new record high, does this mean that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) will also rise? This is the view of Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas. As this precious metal officially becomes the first asset to exceed a market capitalization of 30 trillion USD, Salinas predicts that the price of Bitcoin will increase 14 times to keep up with gold, and then surpass it.

After an impressive price increase this year, with gold rising more than 60% compared to the same period last year, gold has surpassed all other assets, including tech giants like Nvidia, Microsoft, and Apple, with a total market capitalization exceeding 30 trillion USD.

Kobeissi's report has called this a “global rush into gold.” Investors are seeking safety amid rising deficits, weak fiat currency, and geopolitical uncertainty.

While central banks hoard gold and exchange-traded funds (ETF) dominate quarterly capital flows, Salinas sees gold merely as a prelude to a new era.

As the third richest person in Mexico and one of the earliest Bitcoin supporters among Latin American billionaires, Salinas asserts that the price of BTC will increase at least 14 times from the current level, reaching 1.516 million USD per coin to correspond with the total market capitalization of gold. He emphasized that even after reaching this level, Bitcoin will continue to outperform. He wrote:

“Bitcoin will increase at least 14 times to catch up with gold… and then it will continue to outperform. Mark this article.”

The global gold rush and skyrocketing gold prices

Gold prices are currently hovering around 4,300 USD per ounce, up more than 60% from last year, as countries seek to protect their fiat currency from volatility. Central banks purchased a record 1,134 tons of gold in the first nine months of 2025, breaking all accumulation records since the 1970s, according to updated reserve data.

The causes of this situation are very profound: prolonged budget deficits, energy shocks, increasing geopolitical competition, and efforts to de-dollarize highlighted by the ongoing tensions between Washington and Beijing.

Discovery Alert suggests that this exponential increase is due to the reallocation of currency from public debt to tangible assets across Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. China and Poland have led this movement, with Beijing currently holding about 2,400 tons of gold, while Warsaw aims to make gold account for 30% of the national reserves.

The irony here is that while the luster of gold belongs to the old world, the emotions driving its demand are very modern. The fear that debt, political volatility, and algorithmic trading make fiat currencies less reliable than ever.

Bitcoin price will increase 14 times when digital gold is reborn

In this context, Salinas's prediction is no longer too far-fetched. A digital asset that was once traded at the price of a glass of tequila, he claims, could now rise to seven figures. The reason for this growth has solid mathematical foundations. With the total market capitalization of Bitcoin hovering around 2 trillion USD, a 14-fold increase in BTC's price would bring it into equivalence with gold's new valuation.

Salinas, who holds 80% of his assets in Bitcoin, is not the only one viewing this digital asset as the evolutionary successor to gold. Analysts at Fidelity Investments also agree that countries are about to follow in the footsteps of this billionaire. The company's report in January 2025 predicts that many countries will begin adding Bitcoin to their national reserves this year.

This theory aligns perfectly with Salinas's decades-long criticism of fiat currencies. After experiencing the collapse of the peso in Mexico, he often compares the decline of the peso to the programmed scarcity of Bitcoin. He calls Bitcoin the most solid form of currency that humanity has ever created and expects that Bitcoin will revalue global assets in a deflationary reset before the decade ends.

The Driving Force Behind Gold and Bitcoin

The Kobeissi report compared the rise in gold prices to a vote against fiat currencies, while suggesting that the high demand for both physical gold and paper gold indicates a deep crisis of trust in governments and their money printing. Meanwhile, the price of BTC reflects this theme digitally, as a hedge for those who prioritize 12 words over 12 safes.

Even when Bitcoin temporarily lags behind the exponential price surge of gold, the structural drivers are still very clear. For Salinas, this convergence is mathematical destiny. If the monetary policy of the 2020s is sowing panic, Bitcoin is the harvest.

The symbol of this moment should not be overlooked by anyone. The price of gold has reached its cosmic valuation peak. Meanwhile, the price of BTC, historically, has followed gold. After the surge in gold prices, digital scarcity may be the next in line to achieve its own $30 trillion valuation.

Mr. Teacher