Is Bitcoin In A Bear Market? | Anthony Pompliano
The Pomp Podcast
Anthony Pompliano
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this solo episode, Anthony Pompliano explores a key question facing investors today: Is Bitcoin in a bear market? He breaks down the recent drawdown, explains why this cycle looks different, and discusses how Wall Street adoption, shifting inflation expectations, and global risk dynamics are reshaping Bitcoin’s price action.
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- 0:00 - Is bitcoin in a bear market?
- 7:28 - Why is this bear market different?
- 17:29 - Conclusion: where does bitcoin go from here?
- 20:41 - CFO Silvia
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| 0:58.9 | One of the most important questions in Bitcoin right now is Bitcoin in a bare market. |
| 1:03.0 | The reason why a lot of people are asking that is because they're trying to figure out what |
| 1:06.3 | happened. |
| 1:06.7 | We went up to $126,000, set a brand new all-time high. |
| 1:12.6 | And then we came crashing down. We recently hit $75,000 in Bitcoin's price. |
| 1:15.6 | It's a 40% decline. Obviously, that's got a lot of people shook. |
| 1:19.6 | Now, if you've been around, you know that Bitcoin is likely to be very volatile. |
| 1:22.6 | We have seen things like a 30% drawdown four or five, six times in bull markets. |
| 1:28.3 | And so some people are saying, wait, we're actually not in a bare market. |
| 1:32.3 | We simply are just seeing normal drawdowns as we continue to go higher, $150,000, $250,000. |
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