Crypto expert Shanaka Anslem Perera believes that Bitcoin has exited its historic four-year cycle, driven by the halving. As a result of this shift, the coin’s traditional dynamic, aimed at significant positive momentum, has become obsolete. However, BTC’s bullish trend is not over yet.
Historically, Bitcoin’s price has followed a four-year cycle, largely driven by halvings, which reduce the block reward.
At each stage of this cycle, the crypto ecosystem has seen a massive bullish trend followed by a sharp price correction. Fast forward to today, and a significant shift has made this traditional model obsolete.
6 2025 October, the Bitcoin reached a cycle peak of $126,270 and then fell 21%.
Perera believes that ETF, investing in Bitcoin, could have played an important role in changing the four-year cycle. Bitcoin ETF attracted $64 billion, and their issuers, BlackRock, Fidelity and other companies, became a kind of “vacuum for dumping assets by major players.”
The influx of institutional investors into the sector may have saved Bitcoin from some ups and downs.