Bitcoin Price Influenced by Multiple Economic Cycles, Not Just One

Bitcoin's price is influenced by multiple factors, including the halving cycle, macro liquidity, and speculative demand. These elements interact within a complex economic environment.

Bitcoin and Macro Cycles

  • Crypto analyst Giovanni notes that the FOMO surrounding the halving narrative significantly influenced early BTC cycles, alongside the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) exhibiting a 4-year periodicity.
  • The interaction of these cycles needs proper quantification rather than oversimplified explanations.
  • The halving cycle remains significant for miners due to scheduled block reward reductions impacting miner economics.
  • Understanding requires using mathematical tools to study cycle coupling and phase alignment, leading to a structure where internal and external cycles interact in complex ways.

Probability Model for BTC Price Outcomes

  • An analyst known as The Smart Ape developed a theoretical probability model to estimate Bitcoin's price movements in 15-minute markets on Polymarket.
  • The model uses the target price, current BTC price, and remaining time before market closure.
  • The model's outputs closely match real market probabilities, with discrepancies consistently within a narrow 1-5% range.
  • This accuracy suggests a bot-dominated market driven by logical rules and algorithms rather than human traders.