The Final Bitcoin Act: Brace for Impact as BTC Grinds Sideways in 2025
Bitcoin's price action flatlines—again. No fireworks, no crashes. Just the market playing chicken with traders' patience.
Why sideways is the new black
Consolidation isn't boring—it's the coiled spring before the next big move. Every institutional whale and retail bag-holder now glued to the same chart patterns.The waiting game
Volatility compression at these levels historically precedes 30%+ swings. Either up (to new ATHs) or down (to re-test institutional buy zones). Your broker doesn't care which way—they'll collect fees regardless.When the dam breaks
Watch for volume spikes and OI surges. When this range finally snaps, it'll move fast enough to liquidate overleveraged positions on both sides. Pro tip: the 'smart money' is already placing bets while Wall Street tries to price in imaginary ETF flows.Final thought: In crypto, sideways action is just accumulation disguised as boredom. The real question—who's accumulating?
Bitcoin 4-Year Cycle Is Still In Play
After the bitcoin price rallied to new all-time highs pre-halving, which had never happened before, there were talks that the 4-year cycle had been broken. For clarification, the 4-year cycle is tied to the Bitcoin halving events, which take place every four years, cutting block rewards for miners in half.
However, the reduction in block rewards is not the only interesting thing about the 4-year cycle, because each halving also ushers in a new bull market. This has been the case for the past three bull cycles, and Bitcoin is also expected to follow this. Historically, the market rallies for around a year after the halving, with the top being reached one year later. Going by this trend, the Bitcoin price and the crypto market at large are expected to keep rallying before topping later this year.
Pointing to this 4-year cycle, the analyst forecasts another stretch of price increases. The chart shows that price often declines for one year and then rallies for three years, and so far, the Bitcoin price has only been rallying for two, leaving 2025 as another year for rallying.
Additionally, bitcoin is still a long way from levels that have previously marked the top of previous bull markets. Thus, there is still a while before it hits its peak in 2025. Besides, each bull cycle has seen Bitcoin rise 3x higher than its previous all-time highs, and it is year to hit even 2x higher than its previous $69,000 high.
How High Can BTC Go?
If the 4-year cycle is still in play, then it means that the Bitcoin price rally is far from done. In the analyst’s chart, he shows the possible top for Bitcoin based on past cycles, and BTC is still in the middle of the box. The top of this box puts the BTC price at around $200,000 before a top can be reached.
The analyst warns that Bitcoin is about to enter what he refers to as the “greenest stretch of them all”, pointing to another rally to all-time highs. If this forecast plays out, then Bitcoin is expected to see another 50% rally before the bull market is done.
