The main culprit in the 60,000 BTC money laundering case, Qian Zhimin, predicted seven years ago that BTC would rise to $40,000-$55,000 in 2021. According to Caixin, a diary written by Qian Zhimin between May and July 2018, which Caixin reviewed, shows that she created a 'six-year plan' for 2018-2023 and anchored almost all major expenses to Bitcoin. The diary states: In 2018, based on an estimate of 'around $6,800 per BTC,' she planned to sell at least 4,000 BTC; in 2019, assuming the price rose to '$8,200,' she planned to sell no more than 1,500 BTC; by 2020, she further raised her budget price to '$9,500,' and in her diary, she bet that after entering 2021, the price of BTC would remain long-term between $40,000 and $55,000 per coin.