Crypto bull market entering final stage: Crypto Quant 2025
According to the researcher, significant price increases for digital assets could yet occur before the market corrects.
According to data analytics company CryptoQuant, investors are encouraged to exercise care as the cryptocurrency market is currently in the “later stages of the current crypto bull cycle.”
By the first quarter of 2025, or at the latest the second quarter, the bull market, which started in January 2023, is probably going to achieve its cyclical peak. Bitcoin Dan, a contributor to CryptoQuant, said in a Jan. 6 post.
It is logical to assume that the market is currently in the latter phases of this cycle given the significant flood of new investments and additional monies from current investors, the post stated.
According to the report, the percentage of Bitcoin BTC$96,046 that was traded for less than a month increased to 36% in the fourth quarter of 2024, following a pattern similar to previous cryptocurrency market peaks.
According to CryptoQuant, this ratio is probably going to continue climbing and might even double or quadruple before correcting at the beginning of a bear cycle.
Crypto bull Contrasting views
The cautious approach taken by CryptoQuant is in contrast to the majority of analysts, who predict that the bull run will last until the end of 2025 and that it may correct in the fourth quarter.
In addition to other possible “remarkable positive developments,” analysts at Steno Research predict that 2025 will be the strongest year for cryptocurrency ever, with both Bitcoin and Ether (ETH) smashing all-time highs at $3,372.66.
According to asset management VanEck, the crypto bull market will reach a “medium-term peak” in the first quarter of 2025 before soaring to record highs by the year’s end..
“We predict that Bitcoin (BTC) will be worth approximately $180,000 at the peak of the cycle, while Ethereum will be trading above $6,000.” VanEck said in a December blog post authored by head of digital asset research Matthew Sigel.
In a similar vein, traders on the betting sites Kalshi and Polymarket anticipate that BTC and ETH will reach all-time highs in 2025. They also expect the US to create a strategic Bitcoin reserve and approve a number of new cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
