Bitcoin to see a ‘up year’ in 2026 and a more steady boom

Matt Hougan is the chief investment officer at Bitwise. He believes that Bitcoin will see a substantial increase in price by 2026.

Other analysts have divided opinions on the future of Bitcoin.BTCThe, will either follow its historic pattern or the traditional half-doubling cycle to peak in the next months.

The Bitcoin could be in trouble “good few years,” Hougan

“I bet 2026 is an up year,” Hougan said In an X-video on Friday. “I broadly think we’re in for a good few years,” Hougan added.

Hougan has said that the four-year cycle is a halving. “is dead” Bitcoin has become more expensive for various reasons including its halving. “half as important” Cryptocurrency’s interest rates are rising every four years. The US president has been in office since April Donald Trump has been publicly pressuring Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell will cut interest rates. This could be a bullish catalyst, since lower rates can make traditional assets such as bonds and term deposit less attractive to investors.

Hougan added that as regulations become clearer, the odds of price cuts are decreasing. “Blow-up risk is attenuated, due to improving regulation and the institutionalization of the space,” Hougan said.

The current cycle is more positive than the historical trend suggests, he said.

“The long-term pro-crypto forces will overwhelm the classic “Four-year cycle” forces, to the extent those exist, and that 2026 will be a good year.”

Hougan stated that the most important thing to note was what Hougan had said. “cyclical-style risk” The rise of Bitcoin Treasury Companies is a major development for Bitcoin. “Bears watching and is significant,” Hougan said.

VanEck Asset Manager recently voiced similar concerns, stating that businesses who acquire Bitcoins through the issuance of new shares or by taking on debt may be particularly at risk.

VanEck warned that some companies could be stretched too thin. if Bitcoin’s price falls sharply.

The Bitcoin is more likely to become a mainstream currency “sustained steady boom”

Hougan believes that Bitcoin will continue to rise in price steadily rather than rapidly over the next few months. I think that it is more than just a price increase. “sustained steady boom” “Super-cycle” is what he called it.

“I could be wrong, and I’m certain there will be significant volatility,” He added.

This comes just days after CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju stated that the Bitcoin 4-year cycle theory. “is dead.”

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“My predictions were based on it — buy when whales accumulate, sell when retail joins. But that pattern no longer holds,” Ju said.

“Last cycle, whales sold to retail. This time, old whales sell to new long-term whales. Institutional adoption is bigger than we thought,” Ju added.

But not all say that it has. Rekt capital, the crypto analyst recently warned of this. Bitcoin may only have a few months If the price cycle follows the same pattern as in 2020, there is likely to be a lot of growth left.

Rekt explained the Bitcoin cycles will peak around October 2020 if they follow the same pattern as the previous cycle. That is about 550 day after Bitcoin’s halving, in April of 2024.

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