Analyst Declares 4-Year Crypto Cycle Concluded December - Yet Ethereum’s Bull Run Is Just Getting Started
Ethereum defies cyclical predictions with unstoppable momentum as traditional finance scrambles to catch up.
The Decoupling
While one prominent analyst claims the classic four-year crypto cycle wrapped in December 2024, Ethereum isn't reading the script. The network charges ahead with institutional adoption that makes legacy banks look like they're still using fax machines.
Institutional Onslaught
Major funds now allocate to ETH like it's a blue-chip stock—because it performs like one on steroids. The merge completed, scaling solutions live, and staking yields crush anything Wall Street dares to offer. TradFi analysts still can't decide if it's a commodity or security while portfolios bleed from the oversight.
The New Math
Four-year cycles? Try four-week innovation sprints. Ethereum's developer activity hits new highs daily—because building actual utility beats drawing lines on charts. The only cycle that matters now is the feedback loop of adoption driving innovation driving price.
Zero clients care about arbitrary cycle timelines when decentralized applications process billions in real value. The market finally understands: Ethereum isn't just betting against the dollar—it's betting against obsolescence.
So sure, mark your calendars for the next predicted cycle top. Meanwhile, Ethereum will keep doing what it does best—making early believers rich and traditional finance guys mutter about 'irrational exuberance' over martinis they can't afford anymore.
End Of An Era: Forget The Crypto 4-Year Cycle
The crypto 4-year cycle remains the most prominent of all cycles, having served as a pointer toward each of the previous bull markets. This cycle coincides with the Bitcoin halving, which occurs roughly every four years, and precedes each bull market by a year. This means the year after each Bitcoin halving has often seen the start of a market-wide bull run.
However, this time around, the market seems to be deviating, especially as digital assets such as ethereum have not followed Bitcoin straight to new all-time highs. This is something that crypto analyst Jackis alludes to in their post, telling investors to forget about the 4-year cycle.
According to the analyst, for Ethereum specifically, the 4-year cycle had ended back in December 2024. This coincides with the year in which Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs were approved, leading to what many believe is a premature high for Bitcoin, although Ethereum did not enjoy the same fate.
Given this, the analyst believes that investors must evolve with the fact that there is no longer a 4-year cycle for Ethereum. But this does not mean that Ethereum is no longer bullish. Quite the opposite, in fact, as the analyst says Ethereum is bullish for years to come.
Ethereum Price Set For New Highs
With the current state of the market, the analyst points out that the recent rejection from all-time highs has led to a 6th touch of the outlined trendline. However, this is no cause for alarm because historically, there has been an MTF shakeout before an HTF expansion.
In the present case, it is possible for more sell-offs to take the ethereum price below $4,000 again. This would be a pre-bull market shakeout, leading bears into a possible trap with beliefs that the cycle top is in. But as the analyst explains, the ETH price could rally from here toward highs above $7,000. “If the price wants to immediately continue, then it needs to accept above 21 ATHs straight from here,” Jackis said.
