Bitcoin in 2021 - Insights from Chainalysis - CEO Philip Gradwell. Bitcoin in recovery at $47,936 at time of writing and looking to cross back over the $50,000 mark. Bitcoin is likely to perform well in the longer-term, especially for bitcoin. The key question is whether people start to sell Bitcoin as the economy recovers and inflation concerns do not materialize. The success of non-Bitcoin assets will depend on their use cases than now than it has now.