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The bull market, the bull run, and quantitative easing summarized in a few lines for you
Let's organize the picture from the beginning… calmly, without rushing:
Look, the main idea here is not that the market will definitely collapse
Nor that there is no opportunity at all…
The idea is that many people are still thinking with the mentality of the last cycle
Assuming a bull run is coming in the same way
And that it’s just a matter of time… liquidity will return and everything will take off
But the reality has changed
First point: liquidity
Not just any liquidity will return to the market… it will return with the same behavior
In the past, there was a relatively random flow, lifting most assets without clear distinction
Today, if liquidity returns, it will be more cautious and selective
It will go to the bigger, clearer assets
Not to any project just because it dropped a lot or is making noise
Second point: the narrative
The market previously had a strong story:
A new technology, institutional adoption, changing the financial system
Today?
That narrative hasn’t disappeared… but it has been partially exhausted
And the market now needs a stronger story to attract the same momentum
Third point: trust
And this might be the most important element
After collapses, bankruptcies, and projects that didn’t deliver on promises…
Trust has been damaged
And the problem is, once trust is gone, it doesn’t come back quickly
New investors enter with great caution
And old investors don’t return with the same strength
So even if liquidity is available…
It doesn’t necessarily mean the same level of engagement
Fourth point: Misunderstanding of quantitative easing
Many associate money printing directly with rising everything
But easing doesn’t mean that money goes straight to high-risk assets like crypto
Liquidity looks for clarity, relative stability, and understandable returns like US stocks and Bitcoin
And in an environment of uncertainty
Risk is compressed… not expanded
Fifth point, which many ignore: regulation
After what happened with Binance and others
Centralized platforms are now under real scrutiny
Today, you can’t facilitate the entry of anonymous funds like before
Nor can you tolerate practices that used to pass easily
And this has reduced a significant part of the liquidity that used to enter the market…
Especially fast and speculative liquidity
So, where did this liquidity go?
Part of it indeed moved to decentralized platforms
But here’s the paradox:
Decentralized platforms
Are not easy for the average user
And don’t have the same depth of liquidity
Nor the infrastructure to easily absorb large flows
So, the result isn’t a complete transfer…
But a dispersion of liquidity, and weakened impact
Meaning instead of liquidity being concentrated and moving the market strongly
It’s now spread out… and its influence is weaker
What’s happening now:
Weaker or more cautious liquidity
Damaged trust
Increased regulation
And narrower entry channels
This is not the same market you know
That’s why, the question isn’t when the bull run will start?
The more accurate question is:
Is the current environment even prepared for a strong and comprehensive bull cycle?
And if it happens… will all assets benefit in the same way?
In summary, calmly:
The market hasn’t disappeared…
It has matured in a harsh way
It’s less chaotic
More regulated
And less tolerant of weak projects
And any upcoming cycle, if it happens,
Will likely be a repeat of the past
Anyone dealing with it with an old mentality…
Will probably see the same results, even if everything around him changes
Stay safe.