‘Bitcoin isn’t dead’ – Novogratz weighs in as BTC rebounds to $62K

The crypto market has seen a rough time in the past week after rallies that took the total market cap above $2.50 trillion. For Bitcoin, it rose from $67,000 to above $80,000 in early May. Other crypto followed up on it.

However, over the past two weeks, $BTC has crashed from $77,000 to below $60,000 but has rebounded to $62,000. This shifting sentiment has raised talks around Bitcoin’s outlook.

Experts weigh in on Bitcoin’s thesis break

Recently, Anthony Scaramucci, the host of All Things Markets, asked the CEO of Galaxy, Michael Novogratz, if there was a thesis break on Bitcoin following the market breakdown.

According to Michael Novogratz,

Bitcoin isn’t dead.

This is despite some experts like Peter Schiff saying so. Peter Schiff predicted that Bitcoin might drop to $20K as he continues his strong criticism of the asset.

However, Novogratz said he never thought $BTC should trade on a four-year cycle, despite everyone, especially those in China, believing so. These guys include Binance’s Richard Teng and CZ. He says sometimes the process becomes fulfilling, although its price drops during these periods.

Novogratz argues that as $BTC matures, the 4-year cycle may no longer be the right framework to work with.

The CEO of Galaxy says the bullish outlook for Bitcoin is that it trades 4x above its 2022 lows, when it was trading around $15K. Gold is yet to replicate that, and $BTC is above Michael Saylor’s predicted low of $45K.

Novogratz says there were people who went long on $BTC at $8K and are still holding, believing it could go up to $300K or $400K. These investors still did not sell at $126K.

However, he noted that $BTC is not trading so well currently, with volumes down 40% while other cryptos are way worse. He says the AI bubble was becoming a thing, and that’s how some great undertakings end.

Even with that, Bitcoin had won in resilience, but its structure was changing.

James Wynn closes shorts and opens max leverage longs

With that in mind, as Bitcoin and crypto saw a slow rebound to the upside, James Wynn flipped from shorting the market to long positions.

According to Lookonchain, the trader closed his Bitcoin and Solana [SOL] shorts for a profit of $6.4K. He then opened two long positions: one of $BTC with 40x leverage worth $373K and Ethereum [$ETH] with 25x leverage worth $8.50K.

The positions were a reflection of how the two most-capped cryptos led the market rebound. Bitcoin was up 2.50% while $ETH rose by 2.78%.

Final Summary

• Mike Novogratz says Bitcoin isn’t dead but argues that the 4-year cycle may be broken as crypto matures.
• James Wynn closed his short positions on Bitcoin and Solana and went max-leverage long on $BTC and $ETH.