If we're to be factual, no one at the moment expected BTC to go from 66k to 77k. In my books this is classified as a "pump" even though by now I felt it should have been in the 50k range.
However other alts did 2 to 10% pump which is not really that type of pump characterized to be a proper alt pump, but I guess that one would actually expect alts to actually to do such a pump, considering the fact that sentiment is extremely bearish, and no one is expecting anything, but isn't this the reality of crypto since the beginning of 2026?
Yes.
Okay let's consider something:
BTC is looking bullish, but a lot of people aren't making noise about this. It's pretty much because BTC doesn't move market sentiment and it pretty much tells you that irrespective of the "love" that internet narrative pushes for BTC, most people aren't holding enough of it.
Also, bear market pumps do not really leave any reactions, just like no one will be surprised if BTC dumps to 40k, these up and downs are expected, however maybe these steady pumps in the last 5 days is beginning to attract attention anyway, but perhaps for BTC maxis.
I haven't seen any post on Hive talking about the BTC pump. ETH is relatively pumping too, but I'm not sure going from 2k to 2.3k is that type of pumps that would turn heads
But it begs the question, what market situation are we currently in?
Is it the after-bull pump (if there's anything like that) or the minor pumps before a big dump, or maybe the 4 years cycle has completely collapsed. Is it that BTC is just pumping because of more instructional interests or is it just the introduction of the ETF that has now messed up the market?
These are all rhetorical questions and I'm sure that no one understands too, except you understand the current market situation and if you've ever predicted that this would be the situation of the market for this present time.
Unfortunately I've not come across anyone like this, so we're presently just looking at the market pattern and judging based on sentiment and market outlook and not anything else.
Personally I don't look at TAs again or listen to any analysis again, because the market is in a deep situation and the BTC part still pump.
Although I think this isn't so good, the reason is because I still firmly hold on to my accessment that the market is going to dump soon.
Alt coins are not moving as much but adding some cents to their prices. A big retraction for BTC let's say back to the 68k range will plunge alts very hard and down to dangerous waters
This is just simply to say the pump is bad because the ratio of pump and dump of BTC in comparison to alts does not correlate. So this might even be more doom for the general alt market.
However, this is not all. The 4 years cycle may have taken a different direction, but if BTC does not bottom by December then this might mean that the this cycle might peak too late for BTC, because I don't see how BTC would not bottom before hitting another all-time high and I don't think 66k was that bottom.
If you're out there, I'll say just watch and learn from the market, and you can also take a break if you're mostly into alts, it might not be pumping this year or next.
