JPMorgan: Bitcoin pullback "significant but not a bear market reversal," crypto winter is not yet here.

JPMorgan analysts stated that despite a significant pullback in Bitcoin over the past month, the market has not entered a "crypto winter," and the overall bull market cycle is not yet over. Analysts pointed out that Bitcoin briefly fell to $81,000 last month, a 9% drop from the beginning of the year, marking the first year-over-year decline since May 2023. However, while this pullback was "significant," it did not represent a structural deterioration. As of Tuesday, Bitcoin was trading around $93,000, a pullback of approximately 1.5% from its peak. The team emphasized that the post-election surge in digital assets was driven by sentiment, and the subsequent decline in market capitalization (over 20%) and trading volume was a normal adjustment. Structurally, stablecoins have seen 17 consecutive months of growth, demonstrating "significant resilience." JPMorgan believes that the traditional four-year cycle logic is weakening, and ETF investors are bringing a more stable funding structure to the market, making a deep 80% pullback increasingly unlikely. Standard Chartered Bank also stated in a research report that with the Federal Reserve's policy expectations easing, "the crypto winter may be a thing of the past." (Decrypt)