Key Points

• Peter Brandt, a seasoned trader, has suggested that Bitcoin may have already reached its peak in the current cycle at $70,000 due to an "exponential decay" pattern.
• However, other analysts and models project that Bitcoin could potentially skyrocket to $210,000 before the end of the bull run.

Exponential Decay Pattern

Brandt's theory proposes that every subsequent Bitcoin bull market cycle experiences a peak price that is roughly 20% of the gain from the peak of the previous cycle. This trend has been observed in the last three market cycles, indicating that each new cycle loses 80% of the previous cycle's exponential energy.

Based on this decay rate, Brandt predicts that the current cycle might only see a 4.5x increase from the low of about $15,500, suggesting a peak around $70,000. Bitcoin had already reached this level in March when it hit $73,000. However, Brandt assigns a probability of just 25% to the theory that Bitcoin has already reached its peak in this cycle.

Alternate Models

Giovanni Santostasi, CEO and Research Director at Quantonomy, challenges Brandt's theory with his own model based on long-term power law behavior. He argues that Brandt's theory lacks sufficient data for robust statistical analysis.

Santostasi's model focuses on the percentage deviation of peak prices from the long-term power law trend, predicting a different exponential decay pattern. According to his model, the fourth cycle peak around December 2025 is estimated to be approximately $210,000, with the next cycle's bottom likely to be around $83,000.

Other analysts have also put forth their predictions for Bitcoin's peak in this cycle. Pav Hundal, lead analyst at Swyftx, envisions a price of about $120,000 by the 2028 halving. Laurent Benayoun, CEO of Acheron Trading, anticipates a potential peak of $180,000 in the cycle.

As of the report, Bitcoin was trading at $62,528, showing a 15% decline from its all-time high in mid-March.