{"id":42995,"date":"2026-05-06T15:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=42995"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:30:44","slug":"bitcoin-has-entered-its-most-dangerous-quarter-and-this-expert-is-warning-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=42995","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Has Entered Its \u2018Most Dangerous Quarter,\u2019 And This Expert Is Warning Investors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bitcoin recovery above $80,000 has brought some sort of confidence back into<\/a> the crypto market, but a crypto expert is warning that the timing of the rebound may be more dangerous than it looks.\u00a0As noted by the expert, who goes by the name Crypto Patel on X,\u00a0 Bitcoin has now entered the same part of the four-year cycle that previously produced some of its deepest quarterly breakdowns.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin Is Repeating A Mid-Term Year Pattern<\/h2>\n

Bitcoin has broken above the $80,000 mark and this has led to Coinmarketcap\u2019s fear and greed index pushing into high neutral numbers. This move has been helped by stronger ETF inflows in<\/a> April and May, but Bitcoin is still 35.5% below its October 2025 peak. All these factors say Bitcoin\u2019s price action in May is starting with a positive note. <\/a>However, according to observations noted by Crypto Patel on the social media platform X, mid-term years have been accompanied by Bitcoin price crashes, and this has repeated across multiple cycles.<\/p>\n

The expert pointed to previous price actions in May in previous years as examples of this mid-term year weakness. His chart, published alongside the post, pointed to four distinct bear markets, each annotated with the peak-to-trough decline.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2014, Bitcoin peaked in May and subsequently fell 76.04%. In 2018, another May peak preceded a 68.35% collapse. In 2022, the same seasonal window in May led to a 70.06% price crash. The pattern is precise: three midterm years, three May peaks, and three catastrophic declines. \u201cThree for three,\u201d Crypto Patel wrote<\/a>. \u201cNot coincidence. Cycle mechanics.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chart then projects a similar structure into 2026, which is a mid-term year, showing another possible 66.54% drop from the current price.<\/p>\n

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Bitcoin Price Chart. Source: @CryptoPatel On X<\/a><\/p>\n

The Relief Rally Trap<\/h2>\n

According to this outlook, the Bitcoin price is now at an identical inflection point, right where previous cycles began their most damaging legs down. Applying the average drawdown structure from prior mid-term cycles to the current price action, Crypto Patel projected a bottom zone anywhere between $50,000 and $30,000.<\/p>\n

The difficult part of Patel\u2019s outlook is that Bitcoin\u2019s current market structure is not completely bearish.<\/a> At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $81,530 and is now close to breaking above its 200-day EMA around $83,000.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin spent the last eight weeks consolidating in the $60,000 to $72,000 range before its recent recovery<\/a>. That recovery has been interpreted by much of the market as confirmation that the bottom is established and the worst is over.<\/a> However, the crypto expert\u2019s post directly addresses this sentiment as a possible trap. \u201cThe dip is in. Wrong. That\u2019s the trap,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Several analysts have also noted that the four-year halving cycle suggests that the current bear market may extend through Q4<\/a> before forming a durable bottom.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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