Coinbase CEO Forecasts Bitcoin at $400,000 by 2030
Bitcoin (BTC)
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Eugene Serbin
digitaltoday.co.kr reports that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong maintains his forecast that Bitcoin could reach $400,000 by 2030. Armstrong reiterated this possibility in a September 19 interview, citing Bitcoin's historical halving cycles. He noted that the network reduces new supply approximately every four years, leading to repeated sharp rallies and major corrections.
Armstrong stated Bitcoin could rise to about three times its previous record high before 2030, though he clarified this is a possible scenario rather than a fixed target. Coinbase also introduced a fixed-rate loan product allowing customers to borrow USDC using Bitcoin as collateral. This product lets borrowers lock in interest costs and repayment maturity at the start of the loan.
It operates on the decentralized lending protocol Morpho Midnight, which does not custody customer funds. Trade settlement for this new service occurs on Base, Coinbase's Ethereum-based layer-2 blockchain. The fixed-rate product will operate alongside the existing variable-rate Morpho Blue service. Active loans in the variable-rate market currently total more than $1.4 billion with about $3.0 billion in collateral.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for BTC, measured when this story was written up on 28 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
BTC is trading at $84,472.00 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 60.9%, indicating strong immediate buying pressure compared to the 45.0% ratio over the past 4 hours. The 24-hour buy ratio sits at 49.4%, showing that short-term momentum is currently outpacing the daily average. Volume Delta is positive at +$7,226,064 for the hour, suggesting active accumulation in the short term. However, the 4-hour Volume Delta is negative at -$10,916,107, and the 24-hour figure is -$9,651,904, indicating that sellers have dominated the broader daily timeframe. CVD at the 24-hour close matches the daily delta at -$9,651,904. Net buying occurred for only 9 of the last 24 hours despite the high spot volume of $813,976,178.
The latest daily buy ratio of 46.7% sits at the 18th percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.2% - weaker buying than most days.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for BTC, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
The 7-day average buy ratio was 48.6%, making the current 24-hour ratio of 49.4% slightly higher by 0.8 points. Volume over the last day was 0.51x the weekly average, indicating a quieter trading day relative to the recent norm. Only 2 of the past 7 days saw net buying, and the price increased by 4.1% over the last 8 days. Total Volume Delta for the 8-day period was -$355,208,353, confirming that selling pressure has outweighed buying over the week. This day is slightly more bullish than the weekly average but remains part of a predominantly net-selling week.