Saylor says Bitcoin’s four-year cycle is losing control

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Michael Saylor has said Bitcoin’s next stage may come from changing less at the protocol level while becoming more important across finance. In a new X article titled “Bitcoin Evolves by Not Changing,...

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In a new X article titled “Bitcoin Evolves by Not Changing,” the Strategy executive chairman argued that Bitcoin should act as a monetary network, not a fast-moving software platform.\n\n\nSummary\n\n\n\nSaylor says ETF, treasury and credit flows now matter more than old miner supply shocks.\nCrypto.news reported that 21Shares still sees Bitcoin’s four-year cycle as intact despite wider institutional demand.\nStrategy’s digital credit framework shows how Saylor wants Bitcoin exposure to move through capital markets.\n\n\n\nhttps://twitter.com/saylor/article/2073685745512948011\nSaylor said Bitcoin’s base layer should harden while capital markets, apps and institutions build around it. He described Bitcoin as digital capital, with its main role tied to final settlement, reserves and collateral rather than everyday payments.\nFour-year cycle faces a new test\nSaylor repeated his view that Bitcoin’s traditional four-year cycle is no longer the main market model. The old cycle linked price moves to the halving, which cuts miner rewards and slows new supply.\nCrypto.news reported in April that Saylor called the four-year cycle “dead” and said capital flows, bank credit and institutional demand now shape Bitcoin’s long-term price path. In that view, ETF flows, corporate treasury buying and credit products now matter more than miner issuance.\nA later crypto.news analysis said the post-halving pattern has weakened as spot Bitcoin ETFs and institutional demand changed the market. The report noted that ETF flows can now move more capital than miners produce, making demand shocks harder to read through the old model.\nCapital markets move closer to Bitcoin\nSaylor also tied Bitcoin’s next decade to digital credit. He said Bitcoin-backed products could connect the asset to banks, funds, insurers, pensions and companies. In his view, direct Bitcoin ownership will exist beside ETFs, custody platforms, credit products and institutional services.\nStrategy’s own business has moved in that direction. On June 29, announced a digital credit capital framework, a USD reserve policy, repurchase programs and a Bitcoin monetization program. The company said it remained committed to Bitcoin as its main treasury reserve asset while using active capital management.\nCrypto.news recently reported that Strategy’s model is under pressure after Bitcoin fell below $60,000 and the company’s market value dropped below the value of its Bitcoin holdings. Another report said Strategy’s June framework turned a one-off Bitcoin sale into a standing option for capital management.\nDoubts remain over the cycle debate\nNot all market watchers agree with Saylor’s view. Crypto.news reported that 21Shares still sees Bitcoin’s four-year cycle as intact, even with stronger institutional participation. The asset manager said Bitcoin’s 2025 peak and later decline still followed broad post-halving behavior.\nThat disagreement keeps the Bitcoin cycle debate open. Saylor sees a market led by balance sheets, credit and institutional products. Other analysts still see the halving cycle as useful, even if larger investors have changed how price moves.\nSaylor also warned that Bitcoin’s base protocol should become harder to change. He said the strongest path is to let innovation move to wallets, custody, Lightning, sidechains and financial products while the base layer handles final settlement.\n\n\n\n\n\n                Read more:\n            \n\n                Binance outflows triple as ETH withdrawals hit 3-year high","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":false,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"isVideo":false,"video":null,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"need_login_tip":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"isLaohu8Offline":false,"tenantId":"TBGLOBAL","deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.45.0","shortVersion":"4.45.0","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2649613115","isCrawlerRequest":true}