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Briefly on the cyclicality of the cryptocurrency economic development.
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The cyclicality of the cryptocurrency market is the recurring periods of changes in prices and investor sentiment, which on average last about four years and are divided into four main phases: accumulation, growth, distribution, and decline.
### Main cycle phases:
**Accumulation:** The coin price stays put for a long time after a drop. Large investors quietly buy the asset at a low price, while ordinary people still don’t believe in the market.
**Growth (markup):** The value begins to rise quickly. News attracts new buyers, and optimism in the market grows sharply.
**Distribution:** Prices reach their peak and remain high. Experienced players sell their coins to newcomers, locking in large profits.
**Decline (bear market):** The price drops sharply due to mass selling. Disappointment sets in, and interest in the topic fades for a long time.
### Main reasons for cyclicality:
**Bitcoin halving:** Every four years, the reward for mining new coins decreases by half. This reduces the appearance of new Bitcoin on the market and creates scarcity.
**Global economy:** Changes in central bank interest rates affect whether people have spare money for risky purchases.
**Crowd emotions:** Fear of losing money is replaced by a thirst for quick gains, pushing prices up and down faster than in ordinary markets.
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Economic fluctuations differ in their duration and causes. The main types of crypto cycles include:
**Short (Kitchin cycles):** last about 2–4 years and are associated with changes in inventories of inventories of goods and materials.
**Medium-term (Juglar cycles):** last 7–12 years and are usually driven by fluctuations in investments in fixed capital.
**Long waves (Kondratiev cycles):** last 40–60 years; their nature is explained by major technological changes and structural reshaping of the economy.
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