Bitcoin now faces a tougher path to eventually reaching $500,000, according to Mike Novogratz - with the Galaxy Digital chief executive backing down from his previous BTC price prediction that the king crypto would hit that level within five years.

Novogratz said in a recent interview that the Federal Reserve's monetary-tightening campaign led by chairman Jerome Powell has been the key factor that caused the Bitcoin price to plunge 63% to just under $17,000 this year.

"No, not in five years," he told Bloomberg TV when asked about a previous prediction he'd made that Bitcoin would hit $500,000 by 2027.

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