{"id":711545,"date":"2026-02-12T17:45:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/is-this-crypto-winter-different-key-observers-reevaluate-bitcoin\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:45:38","slug":"is-this-crypto-winter-different-key-observers-reevaluate-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/is-this-crypto-winter-different-key-observers-reevaluate-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this crypto winter different? Key observers reevaluate Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjYtMDIvMDE5YzUyMWEtZWM1Yy03NjQ4LTk5ZTctZGI5NGMwZDYyMGNmLmpwZw==.jpg\" alt=\"Is this crypto winter different? Key observers reevaluate Bitcoin\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"><\/p>\n<p>The current market downswing could be driven by institutional investors exiting positions, as crypto still presents too much risk for them.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin market observers believe that the recent price slump may actually reflect the asset\u2019s wider adoption by institutions, which still don\u2019t see it as a risk-off asset.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been rough out there for crypto in recent months. Since October, when Bitcoin\u2019s price reached a high of over $120,000, BTC has been gradually sliding. In recent weeks, it dropped sharply, down over 25% on the month.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the sell-off, market observers have been looking for explanations. Bitwise chief investment officer Matt Hougan <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/02\/10\/bitcoin-crash-bitwise-cio-cites-the-four-year-cycle-for-losses.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">attributed<\/a> the fall to the notorious four-year cycles that have previously defined crypto market price swings.<\/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. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" >General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-winter-different-observers-reevaluate-bitcoin?utm_source=rss_feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current market downswing could be driven by institutional investors exiting positions, as crypto still presents too much risk for them. Bitcoin market observers believe that the recent price slump may actually reflect the asset\u2019s wider adoption by institutions, which still don\u2019t see it as a risk-off asset. It\u2019s been rough out there for crypto&#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-711545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711545","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=711545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=711545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=711545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=711545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}