{"id":12776,"date":"2026-09-03T17:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12776"},"modified":"2026-09-03T17:57:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:57:41","slug":"bitcoins-famous-4-year-cycle-could-be-getting-stretched-by-wall-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=12776","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin\u2019s famous 4-year cycle could be getting stretched by Wall Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bitcoin-rhythm-turntable.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-single-article-content=\"\">\n<p>Bitcoin may be slipping beyond its four-year cycle as institutional capital and macro liquidity gain influence over price.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 3, Bitcoin analyst Willy Woo said that Bitcoin could be moving toward a 6-to-8-year rhythm tied more closely to traditional finance\u2019s short-term debt cycle than to its halving schedule.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, this shift does not make halvings irrelevant. Instead, it means their influence is shrinking relative to the scale of capital now moving through exchange-traded products, corporate treasuries and other institutional channels.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s April 2024 halving cut the block reward to 3.125 BTC, leaving annual new issuance at roughly 164,250 BTC, or about 0.82% of current circulating supply. The next halving, expected in 2028, would cut that pace again to about 82,125 BTC a year, equivalent to roughly 0.41% of today\u2019s supply base.<\/p>\n<p>That makes each new supply shock smaller just as Wall Street\u2019s footprint grows larger.<\/p>\n<h2>Institutional capital is starting to rival Bitcoin\u2019s internal clock<\/h2>\n<p>The balance has already changed materially, with institutional holdings now dwarfing the amount of new Bitcoin miners add to circulation each year.<\/p>\n<p>Data from Bitcoin Treasuries shows 100 public companies now hold more than 1.2 million BTC, while Bitcoin exchange-traded products around the world control more than 1.5 million coins.<\/p>\n<p>Together, those two groups account for more than 2.7 million BTC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Bitcoin&#8217;s first institutional bear market is starting to take shape and draining liquidity<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"cs-article-embed__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"> <i class=\"fa-light fa-arrow-up-right\"\/> <\/span> <\/div>\n<p>That stock is already more than 16 times the amount of new Bitcoin miners currently produce in a year. After the 2028 halving, the gap would widen further as annual issuance falls toward 82,125 BTC.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter\" data-inline-newsletter=\"\" data-newsletter-placement=\"article-midpoint\" data-newsletter-pending-label=\"Joining\u2026\" data-newsletter-pending-status=\"Joining the Daily Brief\u2026\" data-newsletter-email-required-message=\"Before sending, please provide your email address.\" aria-labelledby=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-title\" aria-describedby=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-copy\">\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__inner\">\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__content\"> <span class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__eyebrow\"> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> The Daily Brief <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-title\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__title\">The signal, before the noise.<\/h2>\n<p id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-copy\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__copy\">Start your day with the crypto stories moving markets, decoded by CryptoSlate\u2019s editors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__form-shell\">\n<p class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__form-heading\">One email. Everything that matters.<\/p>\n<p id=\"cs-inline-newsletter-1-privacy\" class=\"cs-inline-newsletter__privacy\">Free to join. Unsubscribe any time.<\/p>\n<p> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-circle-xmark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> <span>Whoops, looks like there was a problem. Please try again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-circle-check\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/> <span><strong>You\u2019re on the list.<\/strong> Your next Daily Brief is on its way.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The comparison does not mean institutional holders dictate price. It does show how much smaller the miner-supply shock has become relative to the Bitcoin already sitting inside corporate balance sheets and regulated investment products.<\/p>\n<p>Woo\u2019s argument is that this changing balance could make credit conditions, global liquidity and portfolio flows increasingly important in determining major market turns.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s historical four-year rhythm has always been approximate rather than mechanical. Halvings, monetary policy and investor psychology have overlapped across previous cycles, while the limited number of completed cycles makes any fixed pattern difficult to establish.<\/p>\n<p>Recent research has also stopped short of declaring the old framework dead.<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy Research said in June that the four-year cycle remained visible, although its amplitude was compressing. A 21Shares midyear review similarly described the pattern as evolving rather than broken.<\/p>\n<p>Fidelity Digital Assets has also argued that Bitcoin\u2019s larger market capitalization, broader institutional base and lower volatility could make future cycles behave differently from earlier boom-and-bust periods.<\/p>\n<p>Woo\u2019s 6-to-8-year thesis therefore remains a developing framework rather than a confirmed replacement.<\/p>\n<p>The measurable change is already underway: annual miner issuance is shrinking toward a fraction of circulating supply while millions of Bitcoin accumulate inside institutional vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>If that trend continues, the next major Bitcoin cycle may depend less on the halving clock alone and more on the same credit and liquidity forces that already shape traditional markets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>BTC Halving,Culture,ETF,Featured,TradFi,Bitcoin,BTC,Fidelity Digital Assets,Galaxy Digital,miningBitcoin,BTC,Fidelity Digital Assets,Galaxy Digital,mining#Bitcoins #famous #4year #cycle #stretched #Wall #Street1788458261<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin may be slipping beyond its four-year cycle as institutional capital and macro liquidity gain influence over price. On Sept. 3, Bitcoin analyst Willy Woo said that Bitcoin could be moving toward a 6-to-8-year rhythm tied more closely to traditional finance\u2019s short-term debt cycle than to its halving schedule. 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