{"id":704240,"date":"2025-12-18T21:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-bitcoins-popular-narratives-dont-match-the-data-james-check-on-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T21:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:55:10","slug":"why-bitcoins-popular-narratives-dont-match-the-data-james-check-on-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-bitcoins-popular-narratives-dont-match-the-data-james-check-on-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bitcoin\u2019s popular narratives don\u2019t match the data: James Check on 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMTIvMDE5YjMxNDUtMzBmYS03NDQ5LWIyNDYtZDVlMGQwNjg1NDI5LmpwZw==.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\">\n                    <\/p>\n<p>In a recent Cointelegraph interview, James Check uses onchain data to challenge popular Bitcoin narratives and outline his thinking for 2026.<\/p>\n<p><p>Bitcoin\u2019s price may look deceptively familiar, but according to onchain analyst James Check, the market beneath the surface has changed far more than most investors realize.<\/p>\n<p>In a new interview with Cointelegraph, Check revisits a question he was asked earlier this year: Are we in a bull market or a bear market? <\/p>\n<p>While Bitcoin (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/bitcoin-price\">BTC<\/a>) is trading near similar price levels, Check says that leverage, investor cost base, and sell-side behavior are now very different, and all those shifts matter. In fact, a majority of the capital currently invested in Bitcoin was acquired at higher prices, leaving many holders underwater and shaping a cautious sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Bitcoin\u2019s price may look deceptively familiar, but according to onchain analyst James Check, the market beneath the surface has changed far more than most investors realize. In a new interview with Cointelegraph, Check revisits&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-704240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}