Mike Alfred 339.3K followers
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Last researched 20 Jul 2026, 03:14 UTC
Mike Alfred is an active digital asset investor, board member, and public promoter whose track record shows a sharp contrast between astute institutional warnings and hyper-bullish, inaccurate price targets. While he successfully warned about Celsius Network's insolvency in 2022, his quantitative Bitcoin price predictions have been systematically overinflated, consistently failing to reach his projected six-figure levels. He frequently leverages his social media presence to drum up retail momentum for personal micro-cap stock positions and to propagate unverified, market-manipulation theories during downturns.
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Publicly warned that Celsius Network was effectively insolvent, would likely hire lawyers to wind down operations, and predicted that depositors would ultimately recover '50% to 80%' of their funds over a timeline of several years.
Celsius paused withdrawals in June 2022, filed for Chapter 11 in July 2022, and retail depositors ultimately recovered roughly 57% to 67% under a court-approved restructuring plan implemented in early 2024.
Reddit /r/CelsiusNetwork
Claimed that Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky attempted to flee the United States to Israel via Morristown Airport in New Jersey but was stopped and barred from leaving by authorities.
Celsius denied the report and authorities did not arrest or detain Mashinsky at an airport on that date, making the specific flight-block claim an unverified rumor.
Investing.com
Tweeted 'Remove your funds from Binance immediately... this is not a test or joke,' predicting an imminent run and collapse of the exchange.
Binance processed billions in outflows smoothly, survived regulatory pressure, and remained the world's largest exchange without collapsing.
Forbes
Claimed Binance was in active discussions with Berkshire Hathaway regarding an equity round.
No discussions or investments ever occurred; Warren Buffett has historically denounced Bitcoin and crypto exchanges.
Coingape / Twitter
Called for Bitcoin to rally to $40,000 from trading levels around $26,000 to $29,000.
Bitcoin gained upward momentum and officially crossed the $40,000 threshold in early December 2023.
The Wolf of All Streets Podcast
Promoted a note predicting $50-$100 billion in spot Bitcoin ETF inflows in 2024 and a year-end 2025 BTC price target of $200,000.
While spot ETF inflows were highly successful, the $200,000 price target was missed; Bitcoin peaked at $126,080 in October 2025 and closed the year at $87,508.
Crypto News
Predicted Bitcoin would skyrocket to $180,000 by mid-March 2025, reaching $120,000 to $150,000 prior to March.
Bitcoin failed to reach the $120,000-$150,000 range in early 2025 and did not break $111,000 until late May 2025.
CryptoDnes / The Wolf of All Streets
Alleged that large Wall Street players were coordinates-selling and manipulating the price of Bitcoin downward to put pressure on Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy (MSTR).
Regarded as standard market conspiracy speculation with zero evidence or regulatory findings of coordinated Wall Street collusion.
Benzinga
Asserted Bitcoin was actively on track to hit $200,000 to $315,000 'soon' (implying late 2025/early 2026).
Bitcoin peaked at $126,080 on October 6, 2025, and corrected sharply downward, trading below $100,000 by early 2026.
Coin Edition / The Wolf of All Streets
Publicly disclosed buying over 1 million shares of ASST at an average of $0.9561 and endorsed it as 'one of the most promising BTC Treasury companies globally'.
The endorsement triggered a major retail short-term price spike, with shares climbing over 110% within three days to surpass $1.45.
Benzinga / CoinCodex
Announced he dumped his entire MSTR position, criticizing Michael Saylor's debt/preferred stock issuance model as a 'fairy tale' that ignores dilution risk.
While his critique of MSTR's capital structure is a subjective financial argument, MSTR continues to trade at a massive premium to net asset value and serves as a major institutional Bitcoin vehicle.
CryptoRank
Guaranteed that if Bitcoin broke the $94,000 level on volume, a $315,000 run was coming.
Bitcoin broke above $94,000 on volume to peak near $98,000, but failed to run to $315,000 and instead corrected back to the $64,000 range.
CCN.com
Claimed Jane Street's morning '10 a.m. dump algorithm' that suppressed Bitcoin's price had been stopped, citing an internal source.
This was an uncorroborated, conspiratorial claim; intraday price movements around market-open are normal ETF/market dynamics.
Gadget Review
Called a market pullback a 'slingshot' move to shake out weak hands before a massive upward expansion.
The asset did not slingshot upward and instead slid further to a low near $58,000 in June 2026.
Bernstein / CCN
Disclosed buying 270,000 shares of OPEN at $4.89, calling the post-earnings sell-off 'blatant manipulation' and 'easy mode' profit.
The stock immediately continued to decline post-purchase due to wider losses, but the long-term trade remains active.
Stocktwits / Benzinga
Predicted Bitcoin would hit $150,000 to $250,000 'in the next 6 months' (targeting December 2026).
The target timeline ends in December 2026; Bitcoin is currently trading at $64,328.
CCN.com
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