The people who control the Bitcoin are the same people who control the US-Dollar.
"Predictions"... this one is from 2021 (the article is from 2023):
QuoteWood's 2021 $1 million Bitcoin prediction supported by data analysis
Cathie Wood, founder of Ark Investment Management and longtime champion for cryptocurrency, predicted in 2021 that Bitcoin's value would reach $1 million per coin by 2030. She reiterated this prediction in the following months, including purchasing 315,000 shares in Grayscale Bitcoin Trust in November 2022, buying a dip.
Source: bloomberg. com/
Another "prediction"... from 2021 by coinmarketcap.com:
QuoteBut now the analyst believes that Bitcoin is comfortably on track to exceed $100,000 by December 2021 — paving the way for a more concerted push into six figures as the 2020s continue.
Source: coinmarketcap. com
It's like with (so-called) financial market experts who see coming the biggest financial market crysis ever ("the big one"), "within ... years", and after they failed "prediction", again: "within ... years". One day they might be right and then they probably will tell you that they have told you so, that that would happen.