2026-01-04 20:20:23

The seasoned leader of an investment institution recently put forward a viewpoint that has sparked reflection within the community. She pointed out that the once quite stable four-year cycle pattern of Bitcoin may now be breaking down.

What exactly is driving this change? The answer points to institutional capital. As a large influx of institutional-level funds continuously enters the digital asset space, the market's bottom support becomes increasingly solid. Those obvious price lows in the past now seem to have formed a genuine bottom region.

What does this mean? Bitcoin may be bidding farewell to its previous clear cyclical volatility pattern and entering a completely different development trajectory. The institutionalization process is reshaping the operational logic of this market.

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DeFi_Dad_Jokes

· 01-07 08:56

I've come clean, this is just an excuse for institutions to buy the dip. --- Is the four-year cycle really dead? I feel like this kind of statement appears in every bull market. --- Is the bottom support solid? Basically, it just means big players won't let it fall. --- Can institutions change the rules once they enter? Nonsense, when there's a crash, it will still be smashed. --- Wait, does this mean there's no obvious trough? Then what are retail investors earning? --- If it collapses, it collapses. Anyway, I hold my Bitcoin regardless of cycles. --- Sounds nice, funds are solid. But the question is, who is dumping the sell orders, sisters? --- They're creating new narratives again, the law of "smelling good" is really at work. --- Institutionalization = a new way to harvest retail investors. I choose to trust my candlestick charts. --- Can the rules of Bitcoin really be rewritten by capital? That's a bit far-fetched, brother.

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CryptoWageSlave

· 01-06 12:25

Institutional entry really changes the game rules, holding the bottom firmly.

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BetterLuckyThanSmart

· 01-04 20:50

Is the four-year cycle broken? Can institutional entry lock in the bottom? That's a bit of an exaggeration. --- Fervently claiming that institutionalization can eliminate cycles is full of logical flaws. --- Wait, so there will never be a big bear market again? I don't believe that. --- Having more institutional funds does not mean the cycle disappears. Wake up, everyone. --- I heard the same thing in 2018 about the bottom support being solid, but look what happened. --- As long as there are people greedy, the cycle won't die. --- Here comes another new excuse to fool retail investors into buying in. --- Institutions can also run away; don't think of people as too rational. --- It's just a rupture, history always repeats itself, just in a different form.

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GasGrillMaster

· 01-04 20:49

The influx of institutions really changes the game rules --- The four-year cycle is gone? So how can retail investors buy the dip? --- That's right, now it can't go to the bottom, and that's the most frustrating --- Wait, is a more solid bottom good or bad? Anyway, I'm confused --- Oh my god, as soon as institutions come in, they really drain all the wildness --- That's why there are no more tenfold coins now, they've all been eaten by institutions --- Is the cycle broken? Or are we entering a new cycle? I can't quite understand --- As expected, crypto still can't beat Wall Street folks in the end --- The bad news is there's no bottom, the good news is there's no crash either? --- Oh my, those who profit from cycles must be having a tough year

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Tokenomics911

· 01-04 20:44

Four-year cycle disintegration? Institutional bottom-fishing makes the bottom even stronger It sounds like big funds are supporting the market, but what about the risk... Has institutional entry really changed the game, or does it still feel like a cycle of repetition? Is a more stable bottom ≈ a bottom-fishing opportunity? Or a trap? Another new narrative, let's see how long it can be hyped up

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GasFeePhobia

· 01-04 20:43

Institutional entry has really changed the game, but I still think the cycle won't break down so easily. Four-year cycles in the crypto world have become a tradition. Now that it's broken, is it really that simple? I have my doubts. The bottom support has indeed strengthened, but don't forget that history tends to repeat itself—just in a different way. Just because institutions have entered, it doesn't mean there won't be a sharp drop? That's too naive. They will still dump and harvest the leeks. It's just a change of players; the logic remains the same. It's not as revolutionary as you might think.

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YieldFarmRefugee

· 01-04 20:41

Institutions entering the market just want to change the rules? Dream on. --- Four-year cycles are dead? Then all my charts from the past few years are for nothing. --- Bottom support is solid... Just hearing that sounds ridiculous, and if something really happens, it will still crash. --- Wake up, everyone. Institutions are just new tools to harvest retail investors. --- The theory of cycle disintegration is back again; someone says this every cycle. --- Institutionalization = stability? It's just a different way to harvest.

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