Bitcoin Market Cycles and Institutional Adoption

Every four years, like a financially-minded groundhog seeing its shadow, Bitcoin does something weird: it cuts its own paycheck in half. You guessed: it’s the halving and, it’s a pretty big deal in the crypto world.

Over the past few years, institutional investors, hedge funds, asset managers, and even major banks have entered the scene in a big way, bringing billions in capital and a new layer of legitimacy to the market. 

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are often hyped as the digital answer to inflation, thanks to fixed supplies and decentralization. But the reality isn’t so simple. Whether they actually work as inflation hedges depends on timing, context, and market mood.