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Is the Crypto Bull Market Over? Bitpush News May 5, 2024 Since Bitcoin reached highs of $73,000 in March, it has been slowly sliding to $60,000, with the rest of the market following market catalysts like the halving. This price drop, along with regulatory uncertainty and unfavorable macroeconomic conditions, leads some to believe that the 2023–24 bull market has ended abruptly. Let’s analyze the facts and better understand where the market may go. Traditionally, the crypto market has operated in 4-year cycles centered around the halving. In the Fall and Winter after the halving, the market shoots upward wildly before correcting downwards significantly to start the next bear market that lasts three years. This has happened in 2013, 2017, and 2021, leading many to believe that this same price pattern is now taking place and that new all-time highs will be seen near the end of 2024.
While this may be a fun narrative to believe, numerous other considerations for this market were previously not in play. Primarily, the institutionalization of Bitcoin through ETFs has allowed large market entrants and companies to buy Bitcoin in quantities we have never before seen. This certainly dampens the volatility of Bitcoin a bit, as it is no longer dominated by emotional retail traders with immature market strategies. This bull market was kicked off last fall as speculation about the approval of the ETF began to rise, ultimately peaking in March after a few months of massive inflows, which made the Bitcoin ETFs the fastest-growing ETFs of all time. To date, they have seen over $10 billion in inflows and custody over $60 billion BTC. With large financial institutions like BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and VanEck all joining the Bitcoin bandwagon, two arguments must be made. On one hand, this is just the beginning of the Bitcoin rally, and numerous firms will still join the revolution as both buyers and evangelists. On the other, with four months between today and the ETF’s release, most initial purchases may have taken place, and we may simply see a few big entrants join the market per year as they complete their due diligence and train their employees on how to trade Bitcoin. The ETF certainly raises the ceiling for Bitcoin’s market cap but calls into question whether its floor was artificially raised by retail investors speculating about this demand. Though Bitcoin’s commodity status is well-established, every other cryptocurrency still lies in uncharted territory, and none is more crucial than Ethereum. Recently, the US Securities and Exchange Commission has been aggressively pursuing crypto companies and protocols, including the Ethereum Foundation, to attempt to regulate them under traditional rules that simply do not apply. For example, Uniswap Labs, the software company behind the Uniswap decentralized exchange, is being sued for operating as an unlicensed broker since it allows anyone to list and provide liquidity on Ethereum tokens via their smart contracts. Ethereum wallet MetaMask is facing the same charges. Ether ETFs, slated for decision in late May, are all expected to be denied as long as the current SEC leadership remains in power and continues its battle against crypto. ============================== お気に入りの記事を「いいね!」で応援しよう
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