Bitcoin Cycle Indicator, First Bullish Reversal Since March 2023..."Finally Escaping the Bear Market"

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CryptoQuant's Bitcoin Bull/Bear Market Cycle Indicator showed a green signal for the first time since March 2023. As Bitcoin (BTC) continued its recent rebound, the indicator was interpreted as having exited the bear market phase and entered the early bull market stage.

NewsBTC reported on the 12th, citing CryptoQuant's Quicktake analysis, that the Bitcoin Bull/Bear Market Cycle Indicator showed a signal indicating a recent market phase transition. This indicator is an on-chain based metric that shows which market cycle Bitcoin is currently in.

The indicator is based on CryptoQuant's Profit and Loss Index (P&L Index). The P&L Index combines data from several key on-chain indicators to represent the state of the Bitcoin network as a single score, and the relationship between this index and its 365-day moving average is explained as being linked to market phase transitions. The Bull/Bear Market Cycle Indicator tracks the difference between these two values to show whether the market is in an extreme phase or close to a transition phase.

According to the report, the indicator fell into a deep negative zone after a sharp price drop in early February, signaling an extreme bear market territory. However, the period spent in this zone was short, and as Bitcoin quickly stabilized, it remained in bear market territory in March and April. During this period, the P&L Index was sufficiently below the 365-day moving average but did not expand to an extreme divergence.

Subsequently, as Bitcoin's price recovered, the negative range of the Bull/Bear Market Cycle Indicator also decreased. As the May rally continued, the indicator completely exited the bear market territory, and its current value points to the green zone, an early bull market stage. NewsBTC reported that historically, this zone has often led to bullish reversals in the cryptocurrency market.

However, this signal does not necessarily mean a confirmed bull market. Similar signals appeared in 2019 and 2023, but in March 2022, the same green signal acted as a local peak for Bitcoin rather than confirming a new bull market. At that time, Bitcoin subsequently continued a broader downward trend.

As of the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading around $80,700, having fallen 0.5% in the last 24 hours. The green transition of this cycle indicator, appearing in a phase where both early bull market signals and the possibility of a local peak are being discussed, has been presented as a key variable that will determine the market's next direction.

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