CryptoQuant CEO Ki Younger Ju says he was flawed concerning the Bitcoin bull cycle being “over” after BTC not too long ago surpassed the $100k mark. He believes that the market is at the moment in a transitional part.
In a current put up, CryptoQuant founder and CEO Ki Younger Ju apologized to his followers for making an incorrect prediction concerning the tip of Bitcoin (BTC) bull cycle earlier in March 2025. This was confirmed by the obvious comeback BTC made when it returned to the $100k mark on Might 8, shortly after President Trump introduced a brand new commerce take care of the U.Okay.
“I apologize for the wrong prediction. I’ll try to offer higher-quality analyses sooner or later. Thanks,” stated Ju.
He concluded that the BTC market not depends on the standard whale and retail-dominated mannequin, as an alternative it’s diversified by the presence of ETFs and different institutional gamers.
“The Bitcoin market has turn into far more various. ETFs, MicroStrategy (MSTR), institutional traders, and even authorities companies are contemplating shopping for and promoting Bitcoin,” stated Ju in his put up.
Consequently, the CryptoQuant CEO said that it could be time to throw out the follow of solely utilizing “profit-taking cycles” to measure market sentiment. These cycles are demonstrated by whales cashing out throughout peak worth intervals, which often triggers a domino impact of sell-offs that ultimately result in a worth drop.
“Now, as an alternative of worrying about outdated whales promoting, it’s extra vital to deal with how a lot new liquidity is coming from establishments and ETFs since this new inflow can outweigh even robust whale sell-offs,” continued Ju.
At press time, BTC has gone up by greater than 3% up to now 24 hours. It’s at the moment buying and selling palms at $102,773. That is the primary time BTC has surpassed the $100,000 threshold since February this 12 months. Nonetheless, its day by day buying and selling quantity has dipped by over 30% to $51 billion.
Though Ju believes that the indications of a bearish or a bullish market are altering, he nonetheless maintains the importance of analysing on-chain information to find out the course of the market, as he has achieved in earlier market analyses.
General, Ju said the market is at the moment in a transitional interval, the place it’s neither bullish nor bearish for the time being. It is because he noticed that the market continues to be gradual in absorbing new liquidity.
“In fact, the current worth motion is extraordinarily bullish, however I’m speaking concerning the profit-taking cycle,” clarified Ju.
Again in March, Ki Younger Ju predicted that within the subsequent six to 12 months, Bitcoin will see “bearish or sideways worth motion.” To assist his level, Ju shared a historic chart, which highlighted BTC’s revenue and loss index cyclical indicators courting again from 2014 till the current day.
Shortly after, Bitcoin had continued to descend till it dipped beneath $75,000 after Trump introduced his Liberation Day blanket tariffs.