CQ CEO Backtracks on BTC Cycle Theory, Now Cites Institutional Surge
Main Idea
CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju declares the Bitcoin cycle theory 'dead' due to structural market changes, with institutional investors now dominating the market instead of retail traders.
Key Points
1. Ki Young Ju, previously a proponent of Bitcoin cycle theory, now believes the pattern no longer holds and has apologized for his earlier predictions.
2. Current Bitcoin price movements show institutional investors, high-volume wallets, and ETFs are aggressively accumulating, unlike previous cycles dominated by retail FOMO.
3. Retail selling has intensified, with platforms like Binance seeing inflows from small traders surge from $12 billion to $16 billion in a month.
4. Analysts like Stockmoney Lizards suggest this cycle marks a shift towards institutional adoption, with future market behavior possibly resembling the S&P 500.
5. Some, like pseudonymous analyst CryptoCon, still believe in the 4-year cycle, projecting a cycle top between October and December 2025.
Description
CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju has declared that the long-standing Bitcoin (BTC) cycle theory is “dead,” and has issued a public apology for his earlier bearish predictions. Ju, once a proponent of cycle-based forecasting, where he advocated buying when whales accumulate and selling when retail floods in, acknowledged that “the pattern no longer holds” amid a structural transformation led by institutional investors. The Death of the Bitcoin Cycle Theory In a July 25 post on X, Ju explained that old...
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