{"id":256689,"date":"2024-02-29T21:23:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=256689"},"modified":"2024-02-29T21:23:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:53:38","slug":"analysis-challenges-bitcoin-diminishing-returns-theory-amid-recent-gains-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/analysis-challenges-bitcoin-diminishing-returns-theory-amid-recent-gains-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis challenges Bitcoin diminishing returns theory amid recent gains &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2>Quick Take<\/h2>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/insights\/bitcoins-diminishing-cycle-returns-stir-speculation-ahead-of-halving\/\">diminishing returns<\/a> theory, suggesting that Bitcoin will yield lesser returns with each cycle, is a subject of intense scrutiny. The examination of this theory from two points of view, the cycle low and the cycle all-time high, provides interesting insights.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2022, Bitcoin\u2019s cycle low occurred during the FTX collapse, dropping to roughly $15,500. Since then, Bitcoin has managed a staggering 287% appreciation, outpacing the returns of the 2015 to 2018 cycle (173%) and the 2018 to 2022 cycle (106%).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_401183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-401183\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-401183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Price Performance since cycle low: (Source: Glassnode)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Considering the cycle from its all-time high, the bear market began shortly after the peak in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/research-btc-and-eth-bear-market-started-in-mid-2021-data-suggests\/\">April 2021<\/a>, presenting a similar narrative.<\/p>\n<p>We observe that Bitcoin has already hit its all-time high from April 2021 of roughly $63,000, a significant improvement compared to the previous cycles. At this juncture in the 2013 to 2017 cycle, Bitcoin needed roughly a 35% increase, and during the 2017 to 2021 cycle, a 20% increase was needed.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, while this analysis doesn\u2019t necessarily refute the diminishing returns theory, it highlights the strength of the current Bitcoin cycle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_401184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-401184\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-401184 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ath.png\" alt=\"Price Performance since cycle ATH: (Source: Glassnode)\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1013\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-401184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Price Performance since cycle ATH: (Source: Glassnode)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/insights\/analysis-challenges-bitcoin-diminishing-returns-theory-amid-recent-gains\/\">Analysis challenges Bitcoin diminishing returns theory amid recent gains<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\">CryptoSlate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick Take The diminishing returns theory, suggesting that Bitcoin will yield lesser returns with each cycle, is a subject of intense scrutiny. The examination of this theory from two points of view, the cycle low and the cycle all-time high, provides interesting insights. In November 2022, Bitcoin\u2019s cycle low occurred during the FTX collapse, dropping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,225,221,227,226,228,229,60,223,224,222],"class_list":["post-256689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","tag-brave","tag-coinbase","tag-crypto","tag-decentralised","tag-decentralized","tag-decentralized-exchange","tag-erc-20","tag-featured","tag-meme-coin","tag-robinhood","tag-solana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256691,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256689\/revisions\/256691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}