2212: RIP Bitcoin 4-Year Cycle — 2026 Marks the Start of a New Era
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🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
For the first time since Bitcoin's inception, the traditional four-year cycle framework is being openly challenged. Bitcoin is entering 2026 not as a speculative experiment, but as a global monetary asset shaped by liquidity, institutional flows, and sovereign infrastructure.
Despite ending the post-halving year in the red, Bitcoin fundamentals tell a different story. Tether added another 8,888 BTC, becoming the fifth-largest Bitcoin wallet, while $32 billion flowed into U.S. crypto ETFs in 2025. Analysts now point to massive liquidity injections in 2026 as the catalyst for Bitcoin's next phase.
Meanwhile, Russia's largest bank has issued its first crypto-backed loan to a Bitcoin mining company, further blurring the line between traditional finance and Bitcoin-native infrastructure.
This episode explores why the old cycle model may be obsolete, why self-custody is more important than ever, and why 2026 could mark the beginning of a fundamentally different Bitcoin era.
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| 0:00.0 | Happy New Year. |
| 0:01.4 | 2026 is here. |
| 0:03.6 | Bitcoin is in the green. |
| 0:04.9 | 2025 is behind us. |
| 0:07.2 | Let's get it in today's show. |
| 0:09.0 | I'll be breaking down the latest TA as Bitcoin RSI demands a breakout. |
| 0:12.3 | As exec says, RIP to the four-year, Bitcoin price cycle. |
| 0:17.7 | Also, Tether snaps up another 8,888. Bitscoin, now the fifth largest |
| 0:23.0 | Bitcoin wallet on the planet. Also, investors funneled 32 billion into the U.S. crypto |
| 0:28.5 | ETFs despite this year end pullback, I should say last year's end pullback. Massive liquidity |
| 0:35.2 | injections to boost the Bitcoin price this year in 2026. I'll be |
| 0:39.3 | giving you the breakdown as well as Russia's biggest bank issues their first crypto back loan |
| 0:44.4 | to a Bitcoin mining company. Then we're going to be discussing in detail our IP to the Bitcoin |
| 0:50.2 | four-year cycle. It was fun, but now we have to part. 2026, we enter a new era. Remember, only Bitcoin in self-custody is real Bitcoin. |
| 1:00.0 | We'll also be taking a look at the overall crypto market. All this plus so much more. New Year's Day, |
| 1:06.8 | 2026. Let's get it. Salute to a new year, a phenomenal year, and to multiple new all-time highs, parabolic |
| 1:20.6 | run-up to $1.1 million, send it. |
| 1:23.6 | But now let's kick it off with our market watch as we do each and every day. Pulling up |
| 1:28.0 | coin 360, you can see Bitcoin in the green, which is nice considering we've been correcting |
| 1:32.4 | and trading sideways for weeks. Currently, Bitcoin is up 1% on the day. I'll take it. Ether, |
| 1:38.8 | up three quarters of a percent. Looking to regain 3,000. Cardano, a big gainer today, up 8%. Pepe, you can see it doing |
| 1:47.8 | big things here today. Avax, some of the classics, like Eith Classic, doing quite well. And |
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