The 4-Year
$BTC Cycle Might Already Be Dead
Most traders still cling to the old Bitcoin playbook: 3 years up.
1 year down.
Repeat.
But according to Hunter Horsley from Bitwise, that structure has already broken — the market just hasn’t fully accepted it yet.
And honestly, the shift makes sense.
Bitcoin is no longer a retail-dominated asset driven purely by hype cycles and halving narratives. The players at the table have changed. We’re now seeing institutional giants like Morgan Stanley and BlackRock entering the space alongside crypto-native firms.
That changes market behavior.
Instead of violent boom-bust cycles fueled by speculation alone, capital flows are becoming deeper, steadier, and more connected to broader financial systems.
Bitcoin’s role is evolving too.
The conversation is no longer just “digital gold” or cycle timing. It’s increasingly about integration: • payments
• collateral
• treasury reserves
• structured financial products
Even Bitwise reflects this transition. They grew from under $1B to over $15B AUM within a few years. And rather than BlackRock crushing competition, institutional adoption actually expanded the entire market and attracted more capital.
So maybe we’re still early.
Just not early in the old retail-driven, parabolic-cycle way most people expect.
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