Bitcoin could possibly be in for a quick consolidation section after its latest surge to new all-time highs — however one other leg up earlier than the top of July isn’t off the desk, in line with Galaxy Digital’s head of franchise buying and selling, Michael Harvey.
“Consolidation round present costs is my base case given the big rally and new ATH,” Harvey instructed Cointelegraph.
Bitcoin will “pattern larger” into the top of 2025
“I do anticipate BTC to pattern larger into the year-end, however pausing right here for air could be lifelike,” Harvey mentioned, including:
“I feel the perfect case BTC worth into month finish is a continued sluggish melt-up.”
He defined that reaching new highs by the top of this month is the perfect case state of affairs and would require ongoing sturdy inflows into the US-based spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETF), continued accumulation by Bitcoin treasury corporations, and an aggressive enhance in retail demand.
Whereas spot Bitcoin ETFs have been posting sturdy inflows lately and demand from Bitcoin treasury corporations retains rising, there may be nonetheless debate inside the business about whether or not retail demand has arrived but.
Coinbase lately jumped to No. 137 on the US Apple App Retailer, a hopeful signal that retail curiosity may be selecting up. Nevertheless, the low variety of Google searches for “Bitcoin” means that broader retail demand hasn’t began.
Bitcoin reached a brand new all-time excessive of $122,884 on Monday, earlier than retracing to $118,098 on the time of publication, in accordance to Nansen information.
Bitcoin’s bear case is under $110,000
Nevertheless, Harvey additionally outlined a worst-case state of affairs for Bitcoin within the close to time period, the place the worth may drop again under $110,000.
“Bear case is a risk-off transfer pushed by revenue taking and/or fairness market weak spot, which I imagine may see BTC retrace 5-10%,” he mentioned.
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Earlier than Bitcoin broke its Might all-time excessive of $112,000 on July 9, crypto analyst Rekt Capital warned that the present cycle might solely have a number of months of worth enlargement left, particularly if it follows the identical historic sample from 2020.
Rekt defined that if the Bitcoin cycle follows the 2020 sample, the market will possible peak in October, which is 550 days after the Bitcoin halving in April 2024.
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