Bitcoin’s Daring Dance: To Plunge or Soar?
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a cryptocurrency in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a forecast. Enter Mr. Jamie Coutts, the esteemed Chief Crypto Analyst of Real Vision, who has lately made a proclamation that would render any drawing-room in want of smelling salts. His newfangled Bitcoin Derivatives Risk Score (DRS) model, a construct of mathematical ingenuity, suggests that our dear Bitcoin faces a dilemma most acute: to suffer a grievous fall or ascend to heights heretofore unseen (ATH, as the young ones say with such enthusiasm).
Bitcoin’s Prospects for the Second Quarter
Mr. Coutts, in a missive dispatched via the modern contrivance known as X, has unveiled his preliminary venture with the DRS model. He reflects upon the recent “Cat5 euphoria” of Q12024, a spectacle which, to the surprise of many, was succeeded by a mere30% retreat. This he contrasts with a similar episode in2019, where the decline was a more robust50%, or70% if one includes the unfortunate COVID shock. “I am still quite taken aback,” he muses, “that the pullback was so modest. The only comparable event outside a cycle top was in2019, with a drop of50% (or70%, should one account for the COVID shock).”
He further posits that the year2019 provides a more fitting benchmark for our current circumstances than2021. The reasoning, he avers, is that the rally of2019 predated a significant expansion of global liquidity. By2021, Bitcoin had already experienced a twelvefold increase from its lows, and global liquidity had swelled by30%, painting a vastly different tableau.
As for the present, Mr. Coutts observes that Bitcoin’s DRS metric has descended into what he terms the “low-risk quantile,” a realm where predictions hold but little sway. “So, where do we stand?” he queries. “Bitcoin’s DRS resides in the low-risk quantile, a place of scant predictive power. Should Bitcoin have reached its zenith, we must brace ourselves for a brutal descent.” Yet, he adds, the possibility of a spirited recovery remains tantalizingly high.
The Rise of Global Liquidity
Mr. Coutts then directs our attention to the potential of global liquidity to ignite another Bitcoin rally. He foresees an imminent inflection point in global liquidity, driven by the necessity to invigorate economies burdened by debt. This, he calculates, will breathe new life into the derivatives market, which dwarfs the spot market fourfold.
“However, that is not my prognosis,” he declares. “Global liquidity stands poised to inflect, reinvigorating the derivatives market (a colossus four times the size of the spot market), potentially propelling Bitcoin to new ATHs by May—or, for those who prefer a margin of safety, by the close of Q2.”
Another observation of note is the Global Liquidity Index, which, as Mr. Coutts points out, has been contracting for an unprecedented duration. “This contraction,” he notes, “is the longest in Bitcoin’s storied history—three years and counting (measured from its peak). Previous contractions (2014–2016 and2018–2019) endured less than two years. One wonders how much longer this state of affairs can persist?”
He concludes with a sardonic nod to the inevitability of liquidity injections, noting that governments, particularly those with debt-to-GDP ratios exceeding100%, would find themselves in a precarious position should nominal GDP fail to keep pace with rising interest costs. “The fiat, fractional-reserve, debt-based system will implode without liquidity injections. The spice, as they say, must flow 🌶️💸.”
At the time of this writing, BTC traded at a respectable $87,703.
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