Bitcoin Bear-Market Signals: How to Read the Late-Cycle Debate
An analyst describes Bitcoin as possibly entering the late stage of its current bear market, while warning that bearish trend signals remain active and historical cycles should not be copied mechanically.
Event facts
The supplied BlockBeats report dated 2026-07-11T14:35:19.000Z attributes this view to Jamie Coutts of Real Vision. It says Bitcoin may be in the later phase of the bear market, but also clearly says the bear market has not ended. The useful reading is conditional: downside momentum may be weakening while the wider trend remains negative. The event records a roughly 50% decline from the October 2025 high of $126,100 and calls the move a typical bear market.
It also says volatility is about 50% lower than in the previous cycle. That comparison is context, not proof that the current cycle must repeat the previous one.
Mixed signals
The report separates momentum from trend. Longer-cycle momentum indicators are beginning to show bullish divergence, which may mean negative momentum is slowing. However, the supplied facts say trend indicators remain clearly bearish. A slower decline is not the same as a confirmed reversal.
The event names tighter global liquidity and weaker onchain demand as important contributors to the decline. Readers should keep those drivers separate from the analyst's longer-term forecast.
Price scenario
Coutts is cautious about Bitcoin reaching $1 million by 2030. The more restrained forecast in the event is $200,000 to $250,000 over the next two to three years. This is an analyst scenario, not a commitment by Bitcoin, Binance or this page.
The event supplies no certainty about timing, path or probability and warns that markets will not mechanically reproduce historical cycles.
Protocol risk
The event says the Bitcoin community should address potential quantum-computing threats before 2027 because a major protocol upgrade could take about five years. This is a forward-looking risk in the source, not evidence of an immediate failure.
Market-cycle interpretation and protocol-risk monitoring answer different questions. Both belong in a careful reading of the supplied report.
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An analyst describes Bitcoin as possibly entering the late stage of its current bear market, while warning that bearish trend signals remain active and historical cycles should not be copied mechanically.
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